40 lines of java code Map convert to JSON

 

public class JsonHelper {
	private static void appendKeyUnit(StringBuilder sb, String key) {
		sb.append("\"");
		sb.append(key);
		sb.append("\"");
	}

	private static void appendValueUnit(StringBuilder sb, Object val) {
		if (val instanceof Integer) {
			sb.append(String.valueOf(((Integer)val).intValue()));
		} else if (val instanceof String) {
			appendKeyUnit(sb, val.toString());
		} else if (val instanceof Map) {
			String vStr = map2Json((Map<String, Object>)val);
			sb.append(vStr);
		} else if (val instanceof List) {
			sb.append("[");
			for (Object obj : (List<?>)val) {
				appendValueUnit(sb, obj);
			}
			sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1); // remove the last comma
			sb.append("]");
		}
		sb.append(",");
	}
	
	public static String map2Json(Map<String, Object> m) {
		StringBuilder jsonBuf = new StringBuilder("{");
		Set<String> kSet = m.keySet();
		for (String k : kSet) {
			Object v = m.get(k);
			appendKeyUnit(jsonBuf, k);
			jsonBuf.append(":");
			appendValueUnit(jsonBuf, v);
		}
		jsonBuf.deleteCharAt(jsonBuf.length() - 1); // remove the last comma
		jsonBuf.append("}");
		return jsonBuf.toString();
	}
}

The key of the Map must be a String. However, the value could be an Integer, a String, a Map or a List. The generic type of the List couldcountry be one of the four value type. The test code is as follows, but the content doesn't make any sense.

class JsonHelperTest
{
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		map.put("name", "TaylorSwift");
		
		Map<String, Object> submap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		submap.put("genre", "country music");
		submap.put("age", 22);
		map.put("career", submap);
		
		List<Map<String, Object>> list = new ArrayList<Map<String, Object>>();
		submap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		submap.put("career", "engineer");
		list.add(submap);
		
		submap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		submap.put("career", "music");
		list.add(submap);
		
		map.put("subcareer", submap);
		map.put("company", list);
		
		String json = JsonHelper.map2Json(map);
		System.out.println(json);
	}
}

The output is: {"subcareer":{"career":"music"},"company":[{"career":"engineer"},{"career":"music"}],"name":"TaylorSwift","career":{"genre":"country music","age":22}}