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How to Parse JSON in Java
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by tmo9d
Posted Sep
23 2009 12:25 PM
1. Add this dependency to your project:
<dependency> <groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId> <artifactId>json-lib</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency>
What does this mean? See How to Add a Dependency to a Java Project
2. Put the following JSON sample in your classpath:
{'foo':'bar', 'coolness':2.0, 'altitude':39000, 'pilot':{'firstName':'Buzz', 'lastName':'Aldrin'}, 'mission':'apollo 11'}
3. Load the resource from the classpath and parse this JSON as follows:
package com.discursive.answers; import java.io.InputStream; import net.sf.json.JSONObject; import net.sf.json.JSONSerializer; import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils; public class JsonParsing { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { InputStream is = JsonParsing.class.getResourceAsStream( "sample-json.txt"); String jsonTxt = IOUtils.toString( is ); JSONObject json = (JSONObject) JSONSerializer.toJSON( jsonTxt ); double coolness = json.getDouble( "coolness" ); int altitude = json.getInt( "altitude" ); JSONObject pilot = json.getJSONObject("pilot"); String firstName = pilot.getString("firstName"); String lastName = pilot.getString("lastName"); System.out.println( "Coolness: " + coolness ); System.out.println( "Altitude: " + altitude ); System.out.println( "Pilot: " + lastName ); } }
Note that JSONSerializer returns a JSON object. This is a general object which could be a JSONObject or a JSONArray depending on the JSON you are trying to parse. In this example, since I know that the JSON is a JSONObject, I can cast the result directly to
a JSONObject. If you are dealing with JSON that could return a JSONArray, you'll likely want to check the type of the object that is returned by toJSON.
This sample project is available on GitHub here: http://github.com/to...le-json-parsing
For more information about the json-lib project, see JSON-LIB project page
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2 Replies
Alternative
solution by Stuart12345
Posted Sep
30 2011 10:13 AM
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId>
<artifactId>json-lib</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<classifier>jdk15</classifier>
</dependency>
Alternative
solution by Adam Musial-Bright
Posted Oct
03 2011 09:39 AM
You will need a simple POJOs for the JSON representation:
// JSON representation class MyJson { public MyJson() {} private String foo; private float coolness; // other attributes public void setFoo(String foo) { this.foo = foo; } public String getFoo() { return foo; } public void setCoolness(float coolness) { this.coolness = coolness; } public float getCoolness() { return coolness; } }
Now you can convert a JSON representation into a JSON object:
Gson gson = new Gson(); MyJson myJson = new gson.fromJson(jsonTxt, MyJson.class); // now you have a real java object System.out.println(myJson.getFoo());
done.