How to convert POJO to JSON and vice versa?

Question

I want to know if there is any Java API available to convert a POJO object to a JSON object and vice versa.

Answer 1

Take a look at https://www.json.org

[edited] Imagine that you have a simple Java class like this:

public class Person {

    private String name;
    private Integer age;

    public String getName() { return this.name; }
    public void setName( String name ) { this.name = name; }

    public Integer getAge() { return this.age; }
    public void setAge( Integer age ) { this.age = age; }

}

So, to transform it to a JSon object, it's very simple. Like this:

import org.json.JSONObject;

public class JsonTest {

    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.setName( "Person Name" );
        person.setAge( 333 );

        JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject( person );
        System.out.println( jsonObj );
    }

}

Hope it helps.

[edited] Here there is other example, in this case using Jackson: https://brunozambiazi.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/working-with-json-in-java/

Maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.1</version>
</dependency>

And a link (below) to find the latest/greatest version:

https://search.maven.org/classic/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22com.fasterxml.jackson.core%22%20AND%20a%3A%22jackson-databind%22