基本思想是跳转JSON中基于特殊字符的格式。例如,如果观察到“{”或“[”,代码将创建一个新行并增加缩进级别。
/**
* A simple implementation to pretty-print JSON file.
*
* @param unformattedJsonString
* @return
*/
public static String prettyPrintJSON(String unformattedJsonString) {
StringBuilder prettyJSONBuilder = new StringBuilder();
int indentLevel = 0;
boolean inQuote = false;
for(char charFromUnformattedJson : unformattedJsonString.toCharArray()) {
switch(charFromUnformattedJson) {
case '"':
// switch the quoting status
inQuote = !inQuote;
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
break;
case ' ':
// For space: ignore the space if it is not being quoted.
if(inQuote) {
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
}
break;
case '{':
case '[':
// Starting a new block: increase the indent level
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
indentLevel++;
appendIndentedNewLine(indentLevel, prettyJSONBuilder);
break;
case '}':
case ']':
// Ending a new block; decrese the indent level
indentLevel--;
appendIndentedNewLine(indentLevel, prettyJSONBuilder);
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
break;
case ',':
// Ending a json item; create a new line after
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
if(!inQuote) {
appendIndentedNewLine(indentLevel, prettyJSONBuilder);
}
break;
default:
prettyJSONBuilder.append(charFromUnformattedJson);
}
}
return prettyJSONBuilder.toString();
}
/**
* Print a new line with indention at the beginning of the new line.
* @param indentLevel
* @param stringBuilder
*/
private static void appendIndentedNewLine(int indentLevel, StringBuilder stringBuilder) {
stringBuilder.append("\n");
for(int i = 0; i < indentLevel; i++) {
// Assuming indention using 2 spaces
stringBuilder.append(" ");
}
}