Expose the getter for the Converter in StdDelegatingSerializer (#5316)

Author: k163377

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Project: jackson-databind
  (reported by  @wrongwrong)
 #5293: Fix minor typo in `PropertyBindingException.getMessageSuffix()`
  (reported by Johny L)
+#5313: Expose `getConverter()` in `StdDelegatingSerializer` for improved
+  customizability
+ (contributed by @wrongwrong)
 
 2.20.1 (not yet released)
 
@@ -33,8 +36,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #4136: Drop deprecated (in 2.12) `PropertyNamingStrategy` implementations
   from 2.20
 #4218: If `@JacksonInject` is specified for field and deserialized by the Creator,
-  the inject process will be executed twice
- (reported by  @wrongwrong)
+  the inject process will be executed twice 
+ (reported by @wrongwrong)
  (fix by Giulio L)
 #4656: `DeserializationProblemHandler.handleUnexpectedToken()` cast Object to String
  (reported by @yacine-pc)

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdDelegatingSerializer.java

@@ -136,7 +136,14 @@ public JsonSerializer<?> createContextual(SerializerProvider provider, BeanPrope
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
-    protected Converter<Object, ?> getConverter() {
+    /**
+     * Accessor to the {@link Converter} used for conversion.
+     *
+     * @return {@link Converter} used for conversion
+     *
+     * @since 2.21
+     */
+    public Converter<Object, ?> getConverter() {
         return _converter;
     }