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FasterXML/jackson-databind

SlopCodeMonitor badge for FasterXML/jackson-databind Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

General data-binding package for Jackson: works on streaming API (core) implementation(s)

0.3 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for FasterXML/jackson-databind, a Java project with 3,755 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 330,223 lines of code across 1451 source files, recording 42 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.3 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

0.3
Adjusted Signal
0.3
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
3.8K
Stars
Java
Language
330.2K
Lines of Code
1.5K
Files
42
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 0.8/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 34 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.3/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 5 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.1/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 3 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 1.2/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 42 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 2HIGH 0MEDIUM 10LOW 30

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 42 distinct pattern matches across 10 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Hallucination Indicators2 hits · 20 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICAL…s/jackson/databind/deser/BasicDeserializerFactory.java1870 fallbacks.put(java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap.class.getName(),CODE
CRITICAL…tools/jackson/databind/ser/BasicSerializerFactory.java352 if (java.nio.charset.Charset.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {CODE
Over-Commented Block18 hits · 18 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…kson/databind/deser/jdk/DateDeserializationTZTest.java81 {COMMENT
LOW…kson/databind/deser/jdk/DateDeserializationTZTest.java141 verify( MAPPER, "2000-01-02T03:04:05.6", judate(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 600, LOCAL_TZ));COMMENT
LOW…kson/databind/deser/jdk/DateDeserializationTZTest.java201 verify(MAPPER, "2000-01-02T03:04Z", judate(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 0, "UTC"));COMMENT
LOW…kson/databind/deser/jdk/DateDeserializationTZTest.java281 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
LOW…kson/databind/deser/jdk/DateDeserializationTZTest.java441 // any timezone/offset information.COMMENT
LOW…d/struct/UnwrappedPerPropIgnoreProperties5985Test.java21// [databind#5985]: Per-property `@JsonIgnoreProperties` /COMMENT
LOW…ind/jsontype/deduct/BasicPolymorphicDeductionTest.java161 assertEquals("ENTROPY", ((DeadCat)cat).causeOfDeath);COMMENT
LOWsrc/main/java/module-info.java1// Jackson 3.x module-info for Main artifactCOMMENT
LOW…ckson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java1321 visible = true;COMMENT
LOW…ckson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java1781 //COMMENT
LOW…ls/jackson/databind/deser/jdk/JDKKeyDeserializers.java61 }COMMENT
LOW…ools/jackson/databind/deser/bean/BeanDeserializer.java781 // [databind#5969]: must honor active view here too -- otherwiseCOMMENT
LOW…/jackson/databind/ser/jackson/JsonValueSerializer.java461 {COMMENT
LOW…ain/java/tools/jackson/databind/node/BaseJsonNode.java541 protected ObjectNode _withObject(JsonPointer origPtr,COMMENT
LOW…ckson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeDeserializerBase.java181 return NullifyingDeserializer.instance;COMMENT
LOW…ckson/databind/jsontype/impl/SimpleNameIdResolver.java121 return null;COMMENT
LOW…ackson/databind/jsontype/impl/ClassNameIdResolver.java121 str = ctxt.getTypeFactory().constructMapType(EnumMap.class, enumClass, valueClass).toCanonical();COMMENT
LOW…jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/TypeNameIdResolver.java121 // same way "ClassNameIdResolver" doesCOMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary6 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM…ls/jackson/databind/misc/CaseInsensitiveDeserTest.java148 // Definitely not OK to enable dynamically - the BeanPropertyMap (which is the consumer of this particular featuCOMMENT
MEDIUM…databind/records/RecordWithEnumAsNumberFormatTest.java15// [databind#3580] Enum (de)serialization in conjunction with JsonFormat.Shape.NUMBER_INTCOMMENT
MEDIUM…abind/deser/creators/PolymorphicPropsCreatorsTest.java155 // and finally, lactose-intolerant, but otherwise robust super-cat:COMMENT
MEDIUM…databind/format/EnumNumberFormatShape3580PojoTest.java16// [databind#3580] Enum (de)serialization in conjunction with JsonFormat.Shape.NUMBER_INTCOMMENT
LOW…abind/jsonFormatVisitors/JsonFormatVisitorWrapper.java64 * {@link #getContext()} as expected; other methods simply return nullCOMMENT
LOW…on/databind/jsontype/impl/AsArrayTypeDeserializer.java112 // [databind#2467] (2.10): Allow missing value to be taken as "just use null value"COMMENT
Slop Phrases4 hits · 12 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM…ava/tools/jackson/databind/DeserializationFeature.java323 * type {@link RuntimeException}: as mentioned earlier,COMMENT
MEDIUM…/jackson/databind/ser/jdk/JDKStringLikeSerializer.java109 * This should work for most cases; some sub-classes may want toCOMMENT
MEDIUM…s/jackson/databind/ser/std/ToStringSerializerBase.java41 * This should work for most cases; some sub-classes may want toCOMMENT
MEDIUM…ools/jackson/databind/ser/std/StdScalarSerializer.java41 * This should work for most cases; some sub-classes may want toCOMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping3 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡filter_popular_issues.py74 print(f"Error: {e.read().decode('utf-8')}", file=sys.stderr)CODE
LOW⚡filter_popular_issues.py78 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUM⚡filter_popular_issues.py79 print(f"Error fetching issues: {e}", file=sys.stderr)CODE
Verbosity Indicators2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…ools/jackson/databind/deser/bean/BeanDeserializer.java333 // Step 1: Pre-populate buffer from existing Record values, includingCOMMENT
LOW…ools/jackson/databind/deser/bean/BeanDeserializer.java354 // Step 2: Parse JSON input, overriding pre-populated valuesCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…ools/jackson/databind/deser/bean/BeanDeserializer.java333 // Step 1: Pre-populate buffer from existing Record values, includingCOMMENT
LOW…ools/jackson/databind/deser/bean/BeanDeserializer.java354 // Step 2: Parse JSON input, overriding pre-populated valuesCOMMENT
Fake / Example Data3 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…test/java/tools/jackson/databind/ObjectReaderTest.java936 a2q("{ 'name': 'John Doe'}"));STRING
LOW…test/java/tools/jackson/databind/ObjectReaderTest.java940 assertEquals("John Doe", bean.name);STRING
LOW…t/java/tools/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNodeTest.java687 root.withArray("/arr").add("placeholder");CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/workflows/main.yml135 # Check if base coverage artifact was downloaded and calculate deltasCOMMENT
Deep Nesting1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWfilter_popular_issues.py25CODE