How to Convert the Following Json String to Java Object?
I Want to Convert the Following Json String to a Java Object: String jsonString = "{ "Libraryname": "My Library", "Mymusic": [ { "Artist Name": "Aaron", "Song...
I want to convert the following JSON string to a java object:
String jsonString = "{
"libraryname": "My Library",
"mymusic": [
{
"Artist Name": "Aaron",
"Song Name": "Beautiful"
},
{
"Artist Name": "Britney",
"Song Name": "Oops I did It Again"
},
{
"Artist Name": "Britney",
"Song Name": "Stronger"
}
]
}"
My goal is to access it easily something like:
(e.g. MyJsonObject myobj = new MyJsonObject(jsonString)
myobj.mymusic[0].id would give me the ID, myobj.libraryname gives me "My Library").
I've heard of Jackson, but I am unsure how to use it to fit the json string I have since its not just key value pairs due to the "mymusic" list involved. How can I accomplish this with Jackson or is there some easier way I can accomplish this if Jackson is not the best for this?
5 Answers
No need to go with GSON for this; Jackson can do either plain Maps/Lists:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String,Object> map = mapper.readValue(json, Map.class);
or more convenient JSON Tree:
JsonNode rootNode = mapper.readTree(json);
By the way, there is no reason why you could not actually create Java classes and do it (IMO) more conveniently:
public class Library {
@JsonProperty("libraryname")
public String name;
@JsonProperty("mymusic")
public List<Song> songs;
}
public class Song {
@JsonProperty("Artist Name") public String artistName;
@JsonProperty("Song Name") public String songName;
}
Library lib = mapper.readValue(jsonString, Library.class);
Check out Google's Gson:
From their website:
Gson gson = new Gson(); // Or use new GsonBuilder().create();
MyType target2 = gson.fromJson(json, MyType.class); // deserializes json into target2
You would just need to make a MyType class (renamed, of course) with all the fields in the json string. It might get a little more complicated when you're doing the arrays, if you prefer to do all of the parsing manually (also pretty easy) check out and download the Java source for the Json parser objects.
Gson gson = new Gson();
JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject object = (JsonObject) parser.parse(response);// response will be the json String
YourPojo emp = gson.fromJson(object, YourPojo.class);
Gson is also good for it:
" Gson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. It can also be used to convert a JSON string to an equivalent Java object. Gson can work with arbitrary Java objects including pre-existing objects that you do not have source-code of. "
Check the API examples: More examples:
Underscore-java (which I am the developer of) can convert json to Object.
import com.github.underscore.U;
String jsonString = "{\n" +
" \"libraryname\":\"My Library\",\n" +
" \"mymusic\":[{\"Artist Name\":\"Aaron\",\"Song Name\":\"Beautiful\"},\n" +
" {\"Artist Name\":\"Britney\",\"Song Name\":\"Oops I did It Again\"},\n" +
" {\"Artist Name\":\"Britney\",\"Song Name\":\"Stronger\"}]}";
Map<String, Object> jsonObject = U.fromJsonMap(jsonString);
System.out.println(jsonObject);
// {libraryname=My Library, mymusic=[{Artist Name=Aaron, Song Name=Beautiful}, {Artist Name=Britney, Song Name=Oops I did It Again}, {Artist Name=Britney, Song Name=Stronger}]}
System.out.println(U.<String>get(jsonObject, "mymusic[0].Artist Name"));
// Aaron
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