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How to parse prettyprinted JSON with GSON

I'm connecting to some APIs. These calls return an already "prettyprinted" JSON instead of a one-line JSON.
Example:
[
{
"Field1.1": "Value1.1",
"Field1.2": "value1.2",
"Field1.3": "Value1.3"
},
{
"Field2.1": "Value2.1",
"Field2.2": "value2.2",
"Field2.3": "Value2.3"
}
]
When I try to parse a JSON like this with GSON it throws JsonSyntaxException.
Code example:
BufferedReader br = /*Extracting response from server*/
JsonElement jelement = new JsonParser().parse(br.readLine())
Is there a way to parse JSON files formatted like this?
EDIT:
I tried using Gson directly:
BufferedReader jsonBuf = ....
Gson gson = new Gson();
JsonObject jobj = gson.fromJson(jsonBuf, JsonObject.class)
But jobj is NULL when the code terminates.
I also tried to parse the string contained into the BufferedReader into a single line string and then using JsonParser on that:
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
BufferedReader jsonBuf = ....
JsonElement jEl = new JsonParser().parse(IOUtils.toString(jsonBuf).replaceAll("\\s+", "");
But the JsonElement I get in the end is a NULL pointer...
I can't understand what I'm doing wrong...

BufferedReader::nextLine reads only one line. Either you read whole json from your reader to some String variable or you will use for example Gson::fromJson(Reader, Type) and pass reader directly to this method.
As your json looks like an array of json objects it can be deserialized to List<Map<String,String>> with usage of TypeToken :
BufferedReader bufferedReader = ...
Type type = new TypeToken<List<Map<String,String>>>(){}.getType();
Gson gson = new Gson();
List<Map<String,String>> newMap = gson.fromJson(bufferedReader, type);
You could also use some custom object instead of Map depending on your needs.

Find JSON object in JSON array

I have a goal to verify that certain JSON that I've got from RabbitMQ corresponds to one of expected JSONs in an array in a single file.
In other words, I need to verify that this JSON:
{
"networkCode":"network",
"programId":"92000"
}
is present in this JSON array:
[
{
"networkCode":"network",
"programId":"92000"
},
{
"networkCode":"network",
"programId":"92666"
}
]
Thank you very much for help!
Some part of my code
//GET DESIRABLE JSON
String message = new String(delivery.getBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
JSONObject myJSON= new JSONObject(message);
//GET THE JSON ARRAYS FROM FILE
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
Object expectedJSONs= parser.parse(new FileReader("C:\\amqpclient\\src\\test\\java\\tradeDoubler\\ExpectedDTO.json"));
JSONArray expectedArray = (JSONArray) expectedJSONs;
JSONAssert.assertEquals(
myJSON, expectedArray , JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
Compilation says that cannot resolve this
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: Expecting a JSON array, but passing in a JSON object

Org.json library is quite easy to use.
Example code below:
import org.json.*;
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(" yourJSONObjectHere ");
JSONArray arr = obj.getJSONArray("networkArray");
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length(); i++)
{
String networkCode = arr.getJSONObject(i).getString("networkCode");
......
}
By iterating on your JSONArray, you can check if each object is equal to your search.
You may find more examples from: Parse JSON in Java

May I suggest you to use the Gson Library?
You can use something like this. But It will throw an exception if the json doesn't match/contains the fields.
Type listType = new TypeToken<ArrayList<YourJavaClassJsonModel>>() {
}.getType();
List<YourJavaClassJsonModel> resultList = gson.fromJson(JsonString, listType);
Hope it may help

You could use a JSON parser to convert the JSON to a Java object (Jackson and GSON are good options), and then check that object.

Parser for json Object in java

I am trying to create a common parser in java.I am passing json object from different class based on my need.But parsing doesnot works for me.Can anybody help me to make a JSONObject parser in java.Any help will be highly appreciable....
This is my code for common parser
public JSONObject jsonParser(JSONObject objJson){
//JSONObject myjson = new JSONObject(objJson);
JSONArray the_json_array = objJson.getJSONArray("profiles");
JSONObject SnapshotRequest= objJson.g;
Iterator x = SnapshotRequest.keys();
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
while (x.hasNext()){
String key = (String) x.next();
jsonArray.put(songs.get(key));
}
}
In this code I am getting an error that need to cast.
JSONArray the_json_array = objJson.getJSONArray("profiles");
But casting won't work.

Json Iterating using java

Here is my json Object.
{"id":"mrbbt6f3fa99gld0m6n52osge0",
"name_value_list":
{"user_default_dateformat":{"name":"user_default_dateformat","value":"m/d/Y"}},
"module_name":"Users"}
I got id,and module_name through following code.How can i get user_default_dateformat?.
I know it may so simple but I am a newbie in json.
String jsonResponse;
while ((jsonResponse = br.readLine()) != null) {
jsonOutput = jsonResponse;
}
JSONObject job = new JSONObject(jsonOutput);
System.out.println(job);// i can see the same json object
that i showen above.
sessionID = job.get("id").toString();
Exception generating coge
JSONObject job2=new JSONObject(job);
dateFormat = job2.get("user_default_dateformat").toString();
The Eexception is
org.json.JSONException: JSONObject["user_default_dateformat"] not found.
Thanks,

name_value_list is also an Object.
JSONObject job2 = new JSONObject(job.get("name_value_list"));
So there you get
job2.get("user_default_dateformat");
Every {} in your JSON is an object. So for every String you get which is something like {"xy":"za","ab":"cd"} you have to cast it to the JSONObject
Edit for your error:
As you can see in your code the line:
JSONObject job2=new JSONObject(job);
will try to generate a JSONObject out of your JSONObject.
You have to get the JSONObject in your JSONObject.
You want to get the user_default_dateformat which is in your JSONObject:
String name_value_list_string = job.get("name_value_list").toString();
//this string is another json-string which contains the user_default_dateformat
JSONObject name_value_list_object = new JSONObject(name_value_list_string);
//This JSONObject contains the user_default_dateformat but this is also a JSONObject
String user_default_dateformat_string = name_value_list_object.get("user_default_dateformat").toString();
//this String contains the user_default_dateformat JSONString
JSONObject user_default_dateformat_object = new JSONObject(user_default_dateformat_string);
//This JSONObject contains the String values of your user_default_dateformat

if you are using JSONSimple library you can use this:
jsonObject = (JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(jsonstr);
System.out.println((JSONObject)jsonObject.get("name_value_list"))).get("user_default_dateformat"));
This should give you the required result.

parsing URL in String from JSON

1) I've got a JSON file:
{
"serverURI":"http://localhost:8080/PocketUNI_API/serverURLs",
"newsURI":"http://localhost:8080/gateway/rss/rss.xml",
"modulesURI":"http://localhost:8080/PocketUNI_API/modules"
}
2) I need to get URLs on Java client in String format.
String json = jsonReceiver.makeHttpRequest(URL_SERVER, "GET", params);
JSONArray uris = new JSONArray(json);
Receiver works fine and json shows the correct string received, but when it goes to parsing with JSONArray it throws an error
org.json.JSONException: Value {"serverURI":"http:\/\/192.168.0.... of type org.json.JSONObject cannot be converted to JSONArray.
Question: How to parse json with URL values?

You don't get a JSONArray but a JSONObject.
JSONObject uris = new JSONObject(json);

json is a json object not an array, that is why you are getting the error. An array will be wrapped with in [ and ], and objects within { and }.
JSONObject uris = new JSONObject (json);

Instead of JSONArray you must use JSONObject.
JSONObject uris = new JSONObject(json);

In your code just replace JSONArray to JSONobject
JSONObject uris = new JSONObject(json);