Converting JSON String to Java Object Array is performed using JSON-B in spring boot application. The conversion JSON String to Object in spring boot is explained in detail in the post.
In this post, we can see about JSON-BINDING, which is the standard for working between the java object and the json. Json binding has recently been introduced to java as part of the JSR 367 specification. JSON binding api specifies the specifications for converting java object array to json format and converting json strings to java objects array.
It is necessary to convert a json string to java object array in the spring boot application. Using a json string, a java object array can be retrieved from a persistence layer like a database. The json string is a text that can be quickly transmitted across the network. In this post, we’ll see how to convert a json string to a java bean object array.
The javax.json.bind dependency on the spring boot attaches the dependent jars to the spring boot project. Here we see the step-by-step process for building a spring boot application that converts a json string to a java object array and converts a java object array to a json string.
Step 1 – Create pom.xml with dependency
The first step is to build a spring boot application. The spring boot framework includes two simple “spring-boot-starter” and “spring-boot-starter-test” dependencies. To add json binding jars to the project, add “javax.json.bind-api” dependency to the pom.xml file. This is a specification api jar that enforces all json binding specifications.
Add the json binding jars to the spring boot program. The default json binding is org.eclipse.yasson. Add “org.eclipse.yasson” and “org.glassfish.javax.json” to the pom.xml file. The pom.xml file below includes all the dependency for json binding.
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.yawintutor</groupId>
<artifactId>Spring-Application</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>SpringBootJsonbSimple</name>
<description>Spring Boot Project</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.json.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.json.bind-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
<artifactId>yasson</artifactId>
<version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
<version>1.1.4</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>Step 2 – Create Java Bean Class
Build a java bean object that will be transformed to a json object in the spring boot framework. The Java Bean object will contain all private variables and public getter and setter methods. The java bean object must have a default constructor.
The example below shows a sample of the java bean model.
Student.java
package com.yawintutor;
public class Student {
private int id;
private String name;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}Step 3 – JSON Binding API code to convert Java Bean Object Array
The json binding api supports to create a java bean object array by taking input as a json string. The example below demonstrates how to build a java bean object array and how to convert a json string to java bean object array.
SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication.java
package com.yawintutor;
import javax.json.bind.Jsonb;
import javax.json.bind.JsonbBuilder;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication.class, args);
JavaObjectArraytoJSON();
JSONToJavaObjectArray();
}
public static void JavaObjectArraytoJSON() {
Student student1 = new Student();
student1.setId(100);
student1.setName("Yawin");
Student student2 = new Student();
student2.setId(101);
student2.setName("Spring Boot");
Student[] studentArray = new Student[2];
studentArray[0] = student1;
studentArray[1] = student2;
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create();
String jsonString = jsonb.toJson(studentArray);
System.out.println("Json format String : " + jsonString);
}
public static void JSONToJavaObjectArray() {
String jsonString = "[{\"id\":100,\"name\":\"Yawin\"},{\"id\":101,\"name\":\"Spring Boot\"}]";
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create();
Student[] studentArray = jsonb.fromJson(jsonString, new Student[] {}.getClass() );
for(Student st : studentArray) {
System.out.println(st.getId() + " " + st.getName());
}
}
}Output
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:: Spring Boot :: (v2.2.5.RELEASE)
2020-03-16 07:51:20.073 INFO 52723 --- [ main] c.y.SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication : Starting SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication on banl1691b9157 with PID 52723 (/Users/knatarajan2/STS/workspace/SpringBootJsonbSimple/target/classes started by knatarajan2 in /Users/knatarajan2/STS/workspace/SpringBootJsonbSimple)
2020-03-16 07:51:20.075 INFO 52723 --- [ main] c.y.SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2020-03-16 07:51:20.489 INFO 52723 --- [ main] c.y.SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication : Started SpringBootJsonbSimpleApplication in 0.649 seconds (JVM running for 3.209)
Json format String : [{"id":100,"name":"Yawin"},{"id":101,"name":"Spring Boot"}]
100 Yawin
101 Spring Boot