How to save data with gson in a json file?

Question

In my web application I succeed in displaying data in html table using mybatis. Now I want to save the records of the Mysql table in a json file and create an array of users, I

Answer 1

I was previously using outputStream.writeObject and Serializable with default writer/reader for saving object data. Because of problems with code sustainability I have been after something else. This is the result. That BufferedWriter is mandatory, otherwise write speed drops 8 times. Notice that UTF-8 declaration which is default encoding of Json. Not sure whether not declaring it is safe.

Example:

private void saveJson(Object object, Type type, String directory, String fileName) {

    File file = new File(getApplicationContext().getDir(directory, Context.MODE_PRIVATE),
            fileName);
    OutputStream outputStream = null;
    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().setPrettyPrinting()
            .create();
    try {
        outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
        BufferedWriter bufferedWriter;
        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream,
                    StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
        } else {
            bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, "UTF-8"));
        }

        gson.toJson(object, type, bufferedWriter);
        bufferedWriter.close();

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        if (DEBUG) Log.e(saveJson, "saveUserData, FileNotFoundException e: '" + e + "'");
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        if (DEBUG) Log.e(saveJson, "saveUserData, IOException e: '" + e + "'");
    } finally {
        if (outputStream != null) {
            try {
                outputStream.flush();
                outputStream.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                if (DEBUG) Log.e(saveJson, "saveUserData, finally, e: '" + e + "'");
            }
        }
    }

}


private Object loadJson(Type type,  String directory, String fileName) {
    Object jsonData = null;

    File file = new File(getApplicationContext().getDir(directory, Context.MODE_PRIVATE),
            fileName);
    InputStream inputStream = null;
    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization().setPrettyPrinting()
            .create();
    try {
        inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
        InputStreamReader streamReader;
        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            streamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream,
                    StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        } else {
            streamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, "UTF-8");
        }

        jsonData = gson.fromJson(streamReader, type);
        streamReader.close();

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        if (DEBUG) Log.e(TAG, "loadJson, FileNotFoundException e: '" + e + "'");
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        if (DEBUG) Log.e(TAG, "loadJson, IOException e: '" + e + "'");
    } finally {
        if (inputStream != null) {
            try {
                inputStream.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                if (DEBUG) Log.e(TAG, "loadJson, finally, e: '" + e + "'");
            }
        }
    }
    return jsonData;
}

where Type for example:

Type type = new TypeToken>() { }.getType();