Merge pull request #1634 from lpandzic/#1631

added SET_PROPERTY_CREATOR_AS_DEFAULT MapperFeature

Author: cowtowncoder

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/MapperFeature.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.ConfigFeature;
 
@@ -213,6 +214,15 @@ public enum MapperFeature implements ConfigFeature
      */
     INFER_CREATOR_FROM_CONSTRUCTOR_PROPERTIES(true),
 
+    /**
+     * Feature that determines handling of creators.
+     * When enabled, in a case where JsonCreator mode can't be resolved it will be
+     * resolved as {@link JsonCreator.Mode.PROPERTIES} instead.
+     *
+     * @since 2.9
+     */
+    SET_PROPERTY_CREATOR_AS_DEFAULT(false),
+
     /*
     /******************************************************
     /* Access modifier handling

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/JacksonAnnotationIntrospector.java

@@ -1320,6 +1320,11 @@ public JsonCreator.Mode findCreatorAnnotation(MapperConfig<?> config, Annotated
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if(config.isEnabled(MapperFeature.SET_PROPERTY_CREATOR_AS_DEFAULT)) {
+            return JsonCreator.Mode.PROPERTIES;
+        }
+
         return null;
     }