Convert JSON to Map

Question

What is the best way to convert a JSON code as this:

{ 
    \"data\" : 
    { 
        \"field1\" : \"value1\", 
        \"field2\" : \"value2\"
    }
}


        

Answer 1

I do it this way. It's Simple.

import java.util.Map;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import com.google.gson.Gson;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject("{ \"f1\":\"v1\"}");
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map<String, String> map = new Gson().fromJson(jsonObj.toString(),Map.class);
        System.out.println(map);
    }
}

Answer 2

Try this code:

  public static Map<String, Object> convertJsonIntoMap(String jsonFile) {
        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
        try {
            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
            mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, true);
            mapper.readValue(jsonFile, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {
            });
            map = mapper.readValue(jsonFile, new TypeReference<Map<String, String>>() {
            });
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return map;
    }

Answer 3

One more alternative is json-simple which can be found in Maven Central:

(JSONObject)JSONValue.parse(someString); //JSONObject is actually a Map.

The artifact is 24kbytes, doesn't have other runtime dependencies.

Answer 4

Using the GSON library:

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
import java.lang.reclect.Type;

Use the following code:

Type mapType = new TypeToken<Map<String, Map>>(){}.getType();  
Map<String, String[]> son = new Gson().fromJson(easyString, mapType);

Answer 5

This way its works like a Map...

JSONObject fieldsJson = new JSONObject(json);
String value = fieldsJson.getString(key);

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
    <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
    <version>1.1</version>
</dependency>

Answer 6

The JsonTools library is very complete. It can be found at Github.