Jackson json to map and camelcase key name

Question

I want to convert json via jackson library to a map containing camelCase key...say...

from

{
    \"SomeKey\": \"SomeValue\",
    \"Anoth         


        

Answer 1

The following will transform json with keys on any "case format" to using camelCased keys:

/**
 * Convert all property keys of the specified JSON to camelCase
 */
public static String toJsonWithCamelCasedKeys(String json) {
    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    objectMapper.registerModule(new SimpleModule()
      .addKeySerializer(String.class, new JsonSerializer<>() {
          @Override
          public void serialize(String value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {
              String key = CaseUtil.toCamelCase(value);
              gen.writeFieldName(key);
          }
      })
    );

    try {
        Map jsonMap = objectMapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
        return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(jsonMap);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new JsonException("Error transforming JSON", e);
    }
}

...and a CaseUtil implementation could be something like this:

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class CaseUtil {

    public static String toCamelCase(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return null;
        }
        else if (s.isBlank()) {
            return "";
        }

        return decapitaliseFirstLetter(
          String.join("", Arrays.stream(s.split("[-_\\s]"))
          .map(CaseUtil::capitaliseFirstLetter)
          .collect(Collectors.toList()))
        );
    }

    private static String capitaliseFirstLetter(String s) {
        return (s.length() > 0)
          ? s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1)
          : s;
    }

    private static String decapitaliseFirstLetter(String s) {
        return (s.length() > 0)
          ? s.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase() + s.substring(1)
          : s;
    }

}

A unit test:

    @Test
    void jsonWithMiscCasedPropKeys_shouldConvertKeyToCamelCase() throws Exception {
        String inputJson =
            "{\"kebab-prop\": \"kebab\"," +
            "\"snake_prop\": \"snake\"," +
            "\"PascalProp\": \"pascal\"," +
            "\"camelCasedProp\": \"camel\"}";
        String expectedJson =
          "{\"kebabProp\": \"kebab\"," +
            "\"snakeProp\": \"snake\"," +
            "\"pascalProp\": \"pascal\"," +
            "\"camelCasedProp\": \"camel\"}";
        String actualJson = Json.toJsonWithCamelCasedKeys(inputJson);

        JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedJson, actualJson, JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
    }