remove some obsolete methods from the @JsonProvider@ interface

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/Utils.java

@@ -266,54 +266,6 @@ public final class Utils {
     //
     //---------------------------------------------------------
 
-    /**
-     * <p>Deep clone an {@code Object} using serialization.</p>
-     * <p/>
-     * <p>This is many times slower than writing clone methods by hand
-     * on all objects in your object graph. However, for complex object
-     * graphs, or for those that don't support deep cloning this can
-     * be a simple alternative implementation. Of course all the objects
-     * must be {@code Serializable}.</p>
-     *
-     * @param <T>    the type of the object involved
-     * @param object the {@code Serializable} object to clone
-     * @return the cloned object
-     */
-    public static <T extends Serializable> T clone(T object) {
-        if (object == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        byte[] objectData = serialize(object);
-        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(objectData);
-
-        ClassLoaderAwareObjectInputStream in = null;
-        try {
-            // stream closed in the finally
-            in = new ClassLoaderAwareObjectInputStream(bais, object.getClass().getClassLoader());
-            /*
-             * when we serialize and deserialize an object,
-             * it is reasonable to assume the deserialized object
-             * is of the same type as the original serialized object
-             */
-            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // see above
-                    T readObject = (T) in.readObject();
-            return readObject;
-
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("ClassNotFoundException while reading cloned object data", ex);
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("IOException while reading cloned object data", ex);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (in != null) {
-                    in.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("IOException on closing cloned object data InputStream.", ex);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 
     /**
      * <p>Serializes an {@code Object} to the specified stream.</p>

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java

@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json;
 
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProvider;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -25,21 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 public abstract class AbstractJsonProvider implements JsonProvider {
 
-    @Override
-    public Object clone(Object obj) {
-        return Utils.clone((Serializable) obj);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * checks if object is a map or an array
-     *
-     * @param obj object to check
-     * @return true if obj is a map or an array
-     */
-    public boolean isContainer(Object obj) {
-        return (isArray(obj) || isMap(obj));
-    }
-
     /**
      * checks if object is an array
      *
@@ -90,23 +73,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonProvider implements JsonProvider {
         }
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Extracts a value from an object or array
-     *
-     * @param obj an array or an object
-     * @param key a String key or a numerical index
-     * @return the entry at the given key, i.e. obj[key]
-     */
-    public Object getProperty(Object obj, Object key) {
-        if (isMap(obj))
-            return ((Map) obj).get(key.toString());
-        else {
-            int index = key instanceof Integer ? (Integer) key : Integer.parseInt(key.toString());
-            return ((List) obj).get(index);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets a value in an object or array
      *

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.Mode;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -66,10 +65,6 @@ public class JacksonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
       this.objectReader = objectReader;
     }
 
-    public Mode getMode() {
-        return Mode.STRICT;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Object parse(String json) throws InvalidJsonException {
         try {

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java

@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ public class JsonSmartJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
         }
     }
 
-    public Mode getMode() {
-        return mode;
-    }
-
     private JSONParser createParser() {
         return new JSONParser(mode.intValue());
     }

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ public interface JsonProvider {
 
     static final Object UNDEFINED = new Object();
 
-    Mode getMode();
-
     Object parse(String json) throws InvalidJsonException;
 
     Object parse(Reader jsonReader) throws InvalidJsonException;
@@ -38,16 +36,6 @@ public interface JsonProvider {
 
     Object createArray();
 
-    Object clone(Object model);
-
-    /**
-     * checks if object is a map or an array
-     *
-     * @param obj object to check
-     * @return true if obj is a map or an array
-     */
-    boolean isContainer(Object obj);
-
     /**
      * checks if object is an array
      *
@@ -81,15 +69,6 @@ public interface JsonProvider {
      */
     Collection<String> getPropertyKeys(Object obj);
 
-    /**
-     * Extracts a value from an object or array
-     *
-     * @param obj an array or an object
-     * @param key a String key or a numerical index
-     * @return the entry at the given key, i.e. obj[key]
-     */
-    Object getProperty(Object obj, Object key);
-
     /**
      * Extracts a value from an array
      *