1. JSON string to Map
Example to convert JSON string to a Map.
JsonMapExample.java
package com.mkyong.json.example;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
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\", \"age\":\"29\"}";
Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
//convert JSON string to Map
map = mapper.readValue(json,
new TypeReference<HashMap<String,String>>(){});
System.out.println(map);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output
{age=29, name=mkyong}
2. Map to JSON string
Example to convert the Map to JSON string.
MapJsonExample.java
package com.mkyong.json.example;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
public class MapJsonExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = "";
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("name", "mkyong");
map.put("age", "29");
//convert map to JSON string
json = mapper.writeValueAsString(map);
System.out.println(json);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output
{"age":"29","name":"mkyong"}
3. Map to JSON File
Example to convert the Map to a JSON file.
JsonMapFileExample.java
package com.mkyong.json.example;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
public class JsonMapFileExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
map.put("name", "mkyong");
map.put("age", 29);
List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
list.add("msg 1");
list.add("msg 2");
list.add("msg 3");
map.put("messages", list);
try {
// write JSON to a file
mapper.writeValue(new File("c:\\user.json"), map);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
c:\\user.json
{ "age":29, "name":"mkyong", "messages":["msg 1","msg 2","msg 3"] }
4. JSON file to Map
Example to convert the JSON file to a Map.
JsonFileMapExample.java
package com.mkyong.json.example;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Map;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.type.TypeReference;
public class JsonFileMapExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
// read JSON from a file
Map<String, Object> map = mapper.readValue(
new File("c:\\user.json"),
new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {
});
System.out.println(map.get("name"));
System.out.println(map.get("age"));
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
ArrayList<String> list = (ArrayList<String>) map.get("messages");
for (String msg : list) {
System.out.println(msg);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output
mkyong 29 msg 1 msg 2 msg 3
Method Two:
String to Json
JSONObject jasonObject = JSONObject.fromObject(str);
String to Map
JSONObject jasonObject = JSONObject.fromObject(str);
Map map = (Map)jasonObject;