bit more work on #674

Author: cowtowncoder

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java

@@ -375,7 +375,25 @@ public Object getOutputTarget() {
      *
      * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #getCurrentValue()}
      */
-    public abstract Object currentValue();
+    public Object currentValue() {
+        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make getCurrentValue() call this
+        return getCurrentValue();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
+     *<code>
+     *   getOutputContext().setCurrentValue(v);
+     *</code>
+     *
+     * @param v Current value to assign for the current context of this generator
+     *
+     * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #setCurrentValue}
+     */
+    public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) {
+        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make setCurrentValue() call this
+        setCurrentValue(v);
+    }
 
     // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     /**
@@ -389,15 +407,12 @@ public Object getCurrentValue() {
         return (ctxt == null) ? null : ctxt.getCurrentValue();
     }
 
+    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     /**
-     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
-     *<code>
-     *   getOutputContext().setCurrentValue(v);
-     *</code>
+     * Alias for {@link #assignCurrentValue}, to be deprecated in later
+     * Jackson 2.x versions (and removed from Jackson 3.0).
      *
      * @param v Current value to assign for the current context of this generator
-     *
-     * @since 2.5
      */
     public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
         JsonStreamContext ctxt = getOutputContext();

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonParser.java

@@ -718,9 +718,25 @@ public JsonLocation currentTokenLocation() {
      * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #getCurrentValue()}
      */
     public Object currentValue() {
+        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make getCurrentValue() call this
         return getCurrentValue();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
+     *<code>
+     *   getParsingContext().setCurrentValue(v);
+     *</code>
+     *
+     * @param v Current value to assign for the current input context of this parser
+     *
+     * @since 2.13 (added as replacement for older {@link #setCurrentValue}
+     */
+    public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) {
+        // TODO: implement directly in 2.14 or later, make setCurrentValue() call this
+        setCurrentValue(v);
+    }
+
     // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     /**
      * Alias for {@link #currentValue()}, to be deprecated in later
@@ -733,15 +749,12 @@ public Object getCurrentValue() {
         return (ctxt == null) ? null : ctxt.getCurrentValue();
     }
 
+    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     /**
-     * Helper method, usually equivalent to:
-     *<code>
-     *   getParsingContext().setCurrentValue(v);
-     *</code>
+     * Alias for {@link #assignCurrentValue}, to be deprecated in later
+     * Jackson 2.x versions (and removed from Jackson 3.0).
      *
      * @param v Current value to assign for the current input context of this parser
-     * 
-     * @since 2.5
      */
     public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
         JsonStreamContext ctxt = getParsingContext();

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonGeneratorDelegate.java

@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ public JsonGeneratorDelegate(JsonGenerator d, boolean delegateCopyMethods) {
     @Override public Object getOutputTarget() { return delegate.getOutputTarget(); }
     @Override public int getOutputBuffered() { return delegate.getOutputBuffered(); }
 
-    @Override
-    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
-        delegate.setCurrentValue(v);
-    }
+    @Override public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.assignCurrentValue(v); }
+    @Override public Object currentValue() { return delegate.currentValue(); }
 
+    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     @Override
-    public Object currentValue() { return delegate.currentValue(); }
+    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.setCurrentValue(v); }
 
+    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     @Override
     public Object getCurrentValue() { return delegate.getCurrentValue(); }
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/util/JsonParserDelegate.java

@@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ public JsonParser overrideFormatFeatures(int values, int mask) {
     @Override public JsonToken getLastClearedToken() { return delegate.getLastClearedToken(); }
     @Override public void overrideCurrentName(String name) { delegate.overrideCurrentName(name); }
 
+    @Override // since 2.13
+    public void assignCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.assignCurrentValue(v); }
+
+    // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     @Override
-    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
-        delegate.setCurrentValue(v);
-    }
+    public void setCurrentValue(Object v) { delegate.setCurrentValue(v); }
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
@@ -120,10 +122,13 @@ public void setCurrentValue(Object v) {
     @Override public JsonToken currentToken() { return delegate.currentToken(); }
     @Override public int currentTokenId() { return delegate.currentTokenId(); }
     @Override public String currentName() throws IOException { return delegate.currentName(); }
-    @Override public Object currentValue() { return delegate.currentValue(); }
+    @Override // since 2.13
+    public Object currentValue() { return delegate.currentValue(); }
 
-    @Override public JsonLocation currentLocation() { return delegate.getCurrentLocation(); }
-    @Override public JsonLocation currentTokenLocation() { return delegate.getTokenLocation(); }
+    @Override // since 2.13
+    public JsonLocation currentLocation() { return delegate.getCurrentLocation(); }
+    @Override // since 2.13
+    public JsonLocation currentTokenLocation() { return delegate.getTokenLocation(); }
 
     // TODO: deprecate in 2.14 or later
     @Override public JsonToken getCurrentToken() { return delegate.getCurrentToken(); }