How to enable pretty print JSON output (Gson)

In tutorial, we show you how to enable pretty print JSON output in Gson framework. In last Gson – object to/from json example :

Gson gson = new Gson();
String json = gson.toJson(obj);
System.out.println(json);

the JSON output is display as compact mode like following :

{"data1":100,"data2":"hello","list":["String 1","String 2","String 3"]}

To enable pretty print, you should use GsonBuilder return a Gson object :

Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
String json = gson.toJson(obj);
System.out.println(json);

Output

{
  "data1": 100,
  "data2": "hello",
  "list": [
    "String 1",
    "String 2",
    "String 3"
  ]
}

See full example.

package com.mkyong.core;
 
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
public class GsonExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
	DataObject obj = new DataObject();
	// Gson gson = new Gson();
 
	Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
 
	String json = gson.toJson(obj);
 
	System.out.println(json);
 
    }
}