A simple example to use Jackson to convert a JSON string to a Map.
String json = "{name:\"mkyong\"}";
Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
map = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<HashMap<String,String>>(){});
Problem
When the program is executed, it hits following error message
org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException:
Unexpected character ('n' (code 110)): was expecting double-quote to start field name
at [Source: java.io.StringReader@7c87c24a; line: 1, column: 3]
Solution
In JSON specification, it requires the use of double quotes for field names. To enable Jackson to handle the unquoted field name, add JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES
in the ObjectMapper
configuration.
package com.mkyong.jsonexample;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.type.TypeReference;
public class JsonMapExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String json = "{name:\"mkyong\"}";
Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES, true);
try {
map = mapper.readValue(json,
new TypeReference<HashMap<String,String>>(){});
System.out.println(map);
} catch (JsonParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (JsonMappingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output
{name=mkyong}
Note
In JSON, unquoted field names are non-standard, and should be avoided.
In JSON, unquoted field names are non-standard, and should be avoided.