Jackson

public class MyJackson {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        jsonToUser();
        userToJson();
    }

    private static void jsonToUser() throws IOException {
        File file = new File(MyJackson.class.getClassLoader().getResource("test.json").getFile());
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
        User user = objectMapper.readValue(file, User.class);
        System.out.println(user);
    }

    private static void userToJson() throws IOException {
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
        User user = new User();
        user.setName("Jackson");
        user.setAge(22);
        List<String> messages = new ArrayList<String>();
        messages.add("aaa");
        messages.add("bbb");
        user.setMessages(messages);
        String valueAsString = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(user);
        System.out.println(valueAsString);
    }
}

Console outPut :

User{name='Jackson', age=20, messages=[hello jackson 1, hello jackson 2, hello jackson 3]}
{"name":"Jackson","age":22,"messages":["aaa","bbb"]}

pom.xml

 <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
            <version>2.6.3</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

test.json

{
  "name" : "Jackson",
  "age" : 20,
  "messages" : [ "hello jackson 1", "hello jackson 2", "hello jackson 3" ]
}

user.java

public class User {

    private String name;
    private int age;
    private List<String> messages;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public void setAge(int age) {
        this.age = age;
    }

    public List<String> getMessages() {
        return messages;
    }

    public void setMessages(List<String> messages) {
        this.messages = messages;
    }

    @Override public String toString() {
        return "User{" +
                "name='" + name + '\'' +
                ", age=" + age +
                ", messages=" + messages +
                '}';
    }
}