How to test if JSON object is empty in Java

Question

The JSON object I\'m receiving looks like this:

[{\"foo1\":\"bar1\", \"foo2\":\"bar2\", \"problemkey\": \"problemvalue\"}]

What I\'m trying

Answer 1

obj.length() == 0

is what I would do.

Answer 2

if you want to check for the json empty case, we can directly use below code

String jsonString = {};
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
if(jsonObject.isEmpty()){
 System.out.println("json is empty");
} else{
 System.out.println("json is not empty");
}

this may help you.

Answer 3

A JSON notation {} represents an empty object, meaning an object without members. This is not the same as null. Neither it is string as you are trying to compare it with string "{}". I don't know which json library are you using, but try to look for method something like:

isEmptyObject() 

Answer 4

If JSON returned with following structure when records is an ArrayNode:

{}client 
  records[]

and you want to check if records node has something in it then you can do it using a method size();

if (recordNodes.get(i).size() != 0) {}

Answer 5

I would do the following to check for an empty object

obj.similar(new JSONObject())

Answer 6

Object getResult = obj.get("dps"); 
if (getResult != null && getResult instanceof java.util.Map && (java.util.Map)getResult.isEmpty()) {
    handleEmptyDps(); 
} 
else {
    handleResult(getResult); 
}