Jackson how to transform JsonNode to ArrayNode without casting?

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Konrad Höffner picture Konrad Höffner · May 28, 2013 · Viewed 200.2k times · Source

I am changing my JSON library from org.json to Jackson and I want to migrate the following code:

JSONObject datasets = readJSON(new URL(DATASETS));
JSONArray datasetArray =  datasets.getJSONArray("datasets");

Now in Jackson I have the following:

ObjectMapper m = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode datasets = m.readTree(new URL(DATASETS));      
ArrayNode datasetArray = (ArrayNode)datasets.get("datasets");

However I don't like the cast there, is there the possibility for a ClassCastException? Is there a method equivalent to getJSONArray in org.json so that I have proper error handling in case it isn't an array?

Answer

Perception picture Perception · May 28, 2013

Yes, the Jackson manual parser design is quite different from other libraries. In particular, you will notice that JsonNode has most of the functions that you would typically associate with array nodes from other API's. As such, you do not need to cast to an ArrayNode to use. Here's an example:

JSON:

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