Fix #2059

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/CREDITS-2.x

@@ -802,3 +802,7 @@ Petar Tahchiev (ptahchiev@github)
   * Reported #2060: `UnwrappingBeanPropertyWriter` incorrectly assumes the found
     serializer is of type `UnwrappingBeanSerializer`
   (2.9.6)
+
+Thibaut Robert (trobert@github)
+  * Requested #2059: Remove `final` modifier for `TypeFactory`
+  (2.10.0)

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 === Releases === 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.10.0 (not yet released)
+
+#2059: Remove `final` modifier for `TypeFactory`
+ (requested by Thibaut R)
+
 2.9.7 (not yet released)
 
 #2060: `UnwrappingBeanPropertyWriter` incorrectly assumes the found serializer is

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeFactory.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *</pre>
  */
 @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes" })
-public final class TypeFactory
+public class TypeFactory // note: was final in 2.9, removed from 2.10
     implements java.io.Serializable
 {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ protected TypeFactory(LRUMap<Object,JavaType> typeCache, TypeParser p,
         _classLoader = classLoader;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * "Mutant factory" method which will construct a new instance with specified
+     * {@link TypeModifier} added as the first modifier to call (in case there
+     * are multiple registered).
+     */
     public TypeFactory withModifier(TypeModifier mod) 
     {
         LRUMap<Object,JavaType> typeCache = _typeCache;
@@ -188,6 +193,10 @@ public TypeFactory withModifier(TypeModifier mod)
         return new TypeFactory(typeCache, _parser, mods, _classLoader);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * "Mutant factory" method which will construct a new instance with specified
+     * {@link ClassLoader} to use by {@link #findClass}.
+     */
     public TypeFactory withClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
         return new TypeFactory(_typeCache, _parser, _modifiers, classLoader);
     }
@@ -281,7 +290,7 @@ public Class<?> findClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException
         Throwable prob = null;
         ClassLoader loader = this.getClassLoader();
         if (loader == null) {
-            loader = 	Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+            loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         }
         if (loader != null) {
             try {