Jackson JSON map key as property of contained object

Question

Given a structure like this:

{
  \"nameOfObject\": { \"score\": 100 },
  \"anotherObject\": { \"score\": 30 }
}

Is it possible to map this

Answer 1

I am a firm believer in separating your POJOs from externalization. Read your JSON into a Map and then build you Container/ScoreKeeper objects like this (apols for any typos):

mapper = new ObjectMapper();

Map data = mapper.readValue(inputstream, Map.class);

Container c = new Container();

for(Map.Entry me : data.entrySet()) {
    String key = me.getKey();
    Map info = (Map) me.getValue();

    ScoreKeeper sk = new ScoreKeeper();
    sk.setName(key);
    Integer q = info.get("score");
    sk.setScore(q);

    c.put(key, sk);
}