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Restructuring JSON file in JAVA

I am having the following sample from a JSON file:
[
{
"0":
{
"File":"file1.java",
"Class":"com.ETransitionActionType",
"Method":"values",
"Annotation":"Not Found"
}
},
{
"1":
{
"File":"file2.java",
"Class":"com.ETransitionParams",
"Method":"values",
"Annotation":"Not Found"
}
},
{
"2":
{
"File":"file3.java",
"Class":"com.phloc.commons.id.IHasID",
"Method":"getID",
"Annotation":"Not Found"
}
},
{
"4":
{
"File":"file3.java",
"Class":"com.ExecuteTransitionActionHandler",
"Method":"createBadRequestResponse",
"Annotation":"Not Found"
}
},
{
"5":
{
"File":"file3.java",
"Class":"com.ExecuteTransitionActionHandler",
"Method":"extractParametersFromAction",
"Annotation":"Not Found"
}
}]
How can I restructure this file using java so that it looks like:
[{
"file1.java": {
"com.ETransitionActionType": {
"values": {
"Annotation": "Not Found"
}
}
}
},
{
"file2.java": {
"com.ETransitionParams": {
"values": {
"Annotation": "Not Found"
}
}
}
},
{
"file3.java": {
"com.phloc.commons.id.IHasID": {
"getID": {
"Annotation": "Not Found"
}
},
"com.ExecuteTransitionActionHandler": {
"getID": {
"Annotation": "Not Found"
},
"extractParametersFromAction": {
"Annotation": "Not Found"
}
}
}
}
]
i.e. Going through the JSON file, searching it, and wherever the "File" attribute has the same value("file3.java" for example), we list all the relevant classes and methods inside and the same applies for the "Class" attribute, if it has the same name, we list all the methods inside it(So it's like comparing and sorting the values for the "File" and "Class" attributes).
I started with JSON simple library and wrote like the code below, but don't know how to go further!
Object object = (JSONArray)parser.parse(new FileReader("rawOutput.json"));
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray) object;
for(int i = 0; i < jsonArray.size(); i++) {
System.out.println(jsonArray.get(i));
JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject)jsonArray.get(i);
String c = jsonObject.get("" + i + "").toString();
}
Any ideas? Your help is really appreciated!!!

I wrote a code to do what do you need but first you have to add this library to your project if you don't have already org.json.zip library, because I didn't have a library for parsing Json texts so I used this library for formatting the Json data, and I'm sorry if you don't understand the code completely because your request isn't so easy as yourself know and I created three functions to get the result and although I wrote some comments to understand easily, this is the code:-
Edit
...
import org.json.*;
...
...
public static void main(String[] args) throws JSONException {
System.out.println(getFormattedJson("json text"));
}
private static String getFormattedJson(String text) throws JSONException{
JSONArray result = new JSONArray();
JSONArray jsonArray = null;
//get the json array
jsonArray = new JSONArray(text);
//loop through items in the array and insert them formatted to the result
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
//get object inside the number
JSONObject object = getJsonChild(jsonArray.getJSONObject(i));
//get these attributes
String file = object.getString("File");
String clas = object.getString("Class");
String meth = object.getString("Method");
String anno = object.getString("Annotation");
//create a custom type of the object's attributes
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("Annotation", anno);
Map<String, Object> map1 = new HashMap<>();
map1.put(meth, map);
Map<String, Object> map2 = new HashMap<>();
map2.put(clas, map1);
Map<String, Object> map3 = new HashMap<>();
map3.put(file, map2);
//loop through repeating values to also add them to one value as you expected
for (int j = jsonArray.length() - 1; j > i; j--) {
JSONObject obj = getJsonChild(jsonArray.getJSONObject(j));
String file1 = obj.getString("File");
String clas1 = obj.getString("Class");
String meth1 = obj.getString("Method");
String anno1 = obj.getString("Annotation");
if (file1.equals(file)) {
if (map2.containsKey(clas1)) {
if (childrenContains(map2, meth1)) {
//if the difference was annotation value
map.put("Annotation", anno1);
} else {
//if the difference was method names
Map<String, String> map_ = new HashMap<>();
map_.put("Annotation", anno1);
((Map<String, Object>) map2.get(clas1)).put(meth1, map_);
}
} else {
//if the difference was class names
Map<String, String> map_ = new HashMap<>();
map_.put("Annotation", anno1);
Map<String, Object> map1_ = new HashMap<>();
map1_.put(meth1, map_);
map2.put(clas1, map1_);
}
//remove the (value added) object
jsonArray.remove(j);
}
}
//add the map to the result
result.put(map3);
}
return result.toString(4);
}
private static boolean childrenContains(Map<String, Object> map1, String meth1) {
for (String childKey : map1.keySet()) {
Map<String, Object> child = (Map<String, Object>) map1.get(childKey);
if (child.containsKey(meth1))
return true;
}
return false;
}
private static JSONObject getJsonChild(JSONObject object) throws JSONException {
Iterator<String> keys = object.keys();
String key = "";
while (keys.hasNext()) {
key = (String) keys.next();
}
return object.getJSONObject(key);
}
And the result for your sample using my code is:-
[
{"file1.java": {"com.ETransitionActionType": {"values": {"Annotation": "Not Found"}}}},
{"file2.java": {"com.ETransitionParams": {"values": {"Annotation": "Not Found"}}}},
{"file3.java": {
"com.ExecuteTransitionActionHandler": {
"createBadRequestResponse": {"Annotation": "Not Found"},
"extractParametersFromAction": {"Annotation": "Not Found"}
},
"com.phloc.commons.id.IHasID": {"getID": {"Annotation": "Not Found"}}
}}
]
And if you want to get the json data from a file so use the following function to create the JSONArray easily:-
private static JSONArray readFromFile(String filePath){
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line = br.readLine();
while (line != null) {
sb.append(line);
sb.append(System.lineSeparator());
line = br.readLine();
}
return new JSONArray(sb.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
return null;
}
}
And use it instead the text json data:-
...
//get the json array
jsonArray = readFromFile("FilePath");
...

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
public class Foo {
public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
String json = formatJson(new FileReader("rawOutput.json"));
System.out.println(json);
}
public static String formatJson(Reader reader) throws IOException {
// group array items by fileName
final Function<List<Map<String, Object>>, Map<String, List<Object>>> groupByFileName =
data -> data.stream().collect(Collectors.groupingBy(map -> (String)map.get("File"), TreeMap::new,
Collectors.mapping(Function.identity(), Collectors.toList())));
// convert source item structure into required
final Function<Map.Entry<String, List<Object>>, Map<String, Object>> convert = entry -> {
Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, String>>> tmp = new LinkedHashMap<>();
entry.getValue().stream()
.map(value -> (Map<String, String>)value)
.forEach(map -> {
Map<String, Map<String, String>> classes = tmp.computeIfAbsent(map.get("Class"), cls -> new TreeMap<>());
Map<String, String> methods = classes.computeIfAbsent(map.get("Method"), method -> new TreeMap<>());
map.entrySet().stream()
.filter(e -> !"Class".equals(e.getKey()) && !"Method".equals(e.getKey()) && !"File".equals(e.getKey()))
.forEach(e -> methods.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue()));
});
return Collections.singletonMap(entry.getKey(), tmp);
};
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
// read json as array of Maps
List<Map<String, Object>> data = Arrays.stream(mapper.readValue(reader, Map[].class))
.map(map -> map.values().iterator().next())
.map(item -> (Map<String, Object>)item)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
return mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(groupByFileName.apply(data).entrySet().stream()
.map(convert).collect(Collectors.toList()));
}
}

You could create a map of maps to represent your grouping by "File" and "Class" for your list of (inner) JSON objects. It might look similar to
final Function<JSONObject, String> fileFunction = (JSONObject jsonObject) -> jsonObject.getString("File");
final Function<JSONObject, String> classFunction = (JSONObject jsonObject) -> jsonObject.getString("Class");
final Map<String, Map<String, List<JSONObject>>> groupedJsonObjects = jsonObjects.stream()
.collect(Collectors.groupingBy(fileFunction, Collectors.groupingBy(classFunction)));

JSON PII data masking in Java

I would like to mask certain elements of JSON and print to logs. Masking can be either by substituting by dummy data or removing the key pair .Is there a utility to do the masking in Java ?
E.g.,
given JSON:
{
"key1":"value1",
"key2":"value2",
"key3":"value3",
}
mask key 2 alone and print JSON:
{
"key1":"value1",
"key2":"xxxxxx",
"key3":"value3",
}
or
{
"key1":"value1",
"key3":"value3",
}

input will be JSON object or array type in string format. Here the maskable keys only static otherwise input string will dynamic.
public final class MaskPIData {
/**
* Mask able keywords mentioned here. It should be in LOWER CASE.
*/
private static final Set<String> MASKABLE_KEYS = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(
"email",
"emails",
"phone",
"pin",
"password",
"phonenumber",
"moneys"));
private static final String MASKING_VALUE = "****";
private static final ObjectMapper OBJECTMAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
private MaskPIData() {
super();
}
private static boolean isValidSet(Set<String> set) {
return set != null && !set.isEmpty();
}
private static boolean isKnownPrimitiveWrapperModel(Object obj) {
return obj == null || obj instanceof String || obj instanceof Integer || obj instanceof Long
|| obj instanceof Double;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private static JSONObject maskingForJsonObject(Set<String> maskableKeys, JSONObject input) {
if (!isValidSet(maskableKeys) || input == null) {
return input;
}
Map<String, Object> inputMap = (Map<String, Object>) input;
Map<String, Object> caseInsensitiveInputMap = new TreeMap<>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
caseInsensitiveInputMap.putAll(inputMap);
for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entryPair : caseInsensitiveInputMap.entrySet()) {
if (entryPair.getValue() instanceof JSONArray) {
JSONArray jsonArr = (JSONArray) caseInsensitiveInputMap.get(entryPair.getKey());
maskingForArray(maskableKeys, entryPair.getKey(), jsonArr);
caseInsensitiveInputMap.put(entryPair.getKey(), jsonArr);
} else if (entryPair.getValue() instanceof JSONObject) {
JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) caseInsensitiveInputMap.get(entryPair.getKey());
caseInsensitiveInputMap.put(entryPair.getKey(), maskingForJsonObject(maskableKeys, jsonObj));
} else if (entryPair.getKey() != null && maskableKeys.contains(entryPair.getKey().toLowerCase())) {
caseInsensitiveInputMap.put(entryPair.getKey(), MASKING_VALUE);
}
}
return OBJECTMAPPER.convertValue(caseInsensitiveInputMap, JSONObject.class);
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private static JSONArray maskingForArray(Set<String> maskableKeys, String key,
JSONArray jsonArr) {
JSONArray toRet = jsonArr;
for (int idx = 0; idx < toRet.size(); idx++) {
Object obj = toRet.get(idx);
if (isKnownPrimitiveWrapperModel(obj)) {
if (key != null && maskableKeys.contains(key.toLowerCase())) {
toRet.remove(idx);
toRet.add(idx, MASKING_VALUE);
}
} else {
JSONObject jsonObjFromArray = (JSONObject) toRet.get(idx);
JSONObject maskedJsonObj = maskingForJsonObject(maskableKeys, jsonObjFromArray);
toRet.remove(idx);
toRet.add(idx, maskedJsonObj);
}
}
return toRet;
}
public static String doMask(String input) {
String maskedData = input;
if (maskedData != null && !maskedData.trim().isEmpty()) {
try {
if (new JSONParser().parse(maskedData) instanceof JSONObject) {
JSONObject maskedOutput = maskingForJsonObject(MASKABLE_KEYS,
(JSONObject) new JSONParser().parse(maskedData));
maskedData = OBJECTMAPPER.writeValueAsString(maskedOutput);
} else if (new JSONParser().parse(maskedData) instanceof JSONArray) {
JSONArray maskedOutput = maskingForArray(MASKABLE_KEYS, null, (JSONArray) new JSONParser().parse(maskedData));
maskedData = OBJECTMAPPER.writeValueAsString(maskedOutput);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// to do - Error while masking data
}
}
return maskedData;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
String input = "{\"item\":{\"test\":\"test\",\"phone\":\"993244\",\"email\":\"mail#mail.com\"}}";
System.out.println(doMask(input));
}

You could use jackson to convert json to map, process map and convert map back to json.
For example:
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.type.TypeReference;
public void mask() throws IOException {
String jsonString = "{\n" +
" \"key1\":\"value1\",\n" +
" \"key2\":\"value2\",\n" +
" \"key3\":\"value3\"\n" +
"}";
Map<String, Object> map;
// Convert json to map
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
TypeReference ref = new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() { };
map = mapper.readValue(jsonString, ref);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.print("cannot create Map from json" + e.getMessage());
throw e;
}
// Process map
if(map.containsKey("key2")) {
map.put("key2","xxxxxxxxx");
}
// Convert back map to json
String jsonResult = "";
try {
jsonResult = mapper.writeValueAsString(map);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.print("cannot create json from Map" + e.getMessage());
}
System.out.print(jsonResult);

Android JSONArray to ArrayList

I am trying to parse a JSONArray into and ArrayList in my android app. The PHP script correctly retuns the expected results, however the Java fails with a null pointer exception at resultsList.add(map)
public void agencySearch(String tsearch) {
// Setting the URL for the Search by Town
String url_search_agency = "http://www.infinitycodeservices.com/get_agency_by_city.php";
// Building parameters for the search
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("City", tsearch));
// Getting JSON string from URL
JSONArray json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl(url_search_agency, params);
for (int i = 0; i < json.length(); i++) {
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
try {
JSONObject c = (JSONObject) json.get(i);
//Fill map
Iterator iter = c.keys();
while(iter.hasNext()) {
String currentKey = (String) iter.next();
map.put(currentKey, c.getString(currentKey));
}
resultsList.add(map);
}
catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
};
MainActivity.setResultsList(resultsList);
}

try like this may help you,
public void agencySearch(String tsearch) {
// Setting the URL for the Search by Town
String url_search_agency = "http://www.infinitycodeservices.com/get_agency_by_city.php";
// Building parameters for the search
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("City", tsearch));
// Getting JSON string from URL
JSONArray json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl(url_search_agency, params);
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> resultsList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
for (int i = 0; i < json.length(); i++) {
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
try {
JSONObject c = json.getJSONObject(position);
//Fill map
Iterator<String> iter = c.keys();
while(iter.hasNext()) {
String currentKey = it.next();
map.put(currentKey, c.getString(currentKey));
}
resultsList.add(map);
}
catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
};
MainActivity.setResultsList(resultsList);
}

Use custom method which convert your JSONArray to List instead of iterate and build List.
How to call :
try {
ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>> list = (ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>>) toList(json);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Convert json array to List :
private List toList(JSONArray array) throws JSONException {
List list = new ArrayList();
int size = array.length();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
list.add(fromJson(array.get(i)));
}
return list;
}
Convert json to Object :
private Object fromJson(Object json) throws JSONException {
if (json == JSONObject.NULL) {
return null;
} else if (json instanceof JSONObject) {
return jsonToMap((JSONObject) json);
} else if (json instanceof JSONArray) {
return toList((JSONArray) json);
} else {
return json;
}
}
Convert json to map :
public Map<String, String> jsonToMap(JSONObject object) throws JSONException {
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap();
Iterator keys = object.keys();
while (keys.hasNext()) {
String key = (String) keys.next();
map.put(key, fromJson(object.get(key)).toString());
}
return map;
}

Parsing JSON in Java without knowing JSON format

I am trying to parse JSON strings in Java and find the key-value pairs so that I can determine the approximate structure of the JSON object since object structure of JSON string is unknown.
For example, one execution may have a JSON string like this:
{"id" : 12345, "days" : [ "Monday", "Wednesday" ], "person" : { "firstName" : "David", "lastName" : "Menoyo" } }
And another like this:
{"url" : "http://someurl.com", "method" : "POST", "isauth" : false }
How would I cycle through the various JSON elements and determine the keys and their values? I looked at jackson-core's JsonParser. I see how I can grab the next "token" and determine what type of token it is (i.e., field name, value, array start, etc), but, I don't know how to grab the actual token's value.
For example:
public void parse(String json) {
try {
JsonFactory f = new JsonFactory();
JsonParser parser = f.createParser(json);
JsonToken token = parser.nextToken();
while (token != null) {
if (token.equals(JsonToken.START_ARRAY)) {
logger.debug("Start Array : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.END_ARRAY)) {
logger.debug("End Array : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.START_OBJECT)) {
logger.debug("Start Object : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.END_OBJECT)) {
logger.debug("End Object : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME)) {
logger.debug("Field Name : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE)) {
logger.debug("Value False : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_NULL)) {
logger.debug("Value Null : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT)) {
logger.debug("Value Number Float : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT)) {
logger.debug("Value Number Int : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_STRING)) {
logger.debug("Value String : " + token.toString());
} else if (token.equals(JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE)) {
logger.debug("Value True : " + token.toString());
} else {
logger.debug("Something else : " + token.toString());
}
token = parser.nextToken();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("", e);
}
}
Is there a class in jackson or some other library (gson or simple-json) that produces a tree, or allows one to cycle through the json elements and obtain the actual key names in addition to the values?

Take a look at Jacksons built-in tree model feature.
And your code will be:
public void parse(String json) {
JsonFactory factory = new JsonFactory();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(factory);
JsonNode rootNode = mapper.readTree(json);
Iterator<Map.Entry<String,JsonNode>> fieldsIterator = rootNode.fields();
while (fieldsIterator.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry<String,JsonNode> field = fieldsIterator.next();
System.out.println("Key: " + field.getKey() + "\tValue:" + field.getValue());
}
}

If a different library is fine for you, you could try org.json:
JSONObject object = new JSONObject(myJSONString);
String[] keys = JSONObject.getNames(object);
for (String key : keys)
{
Object value = object.get(key);
// Determine type of value and do something with it...
}

Find the following code for Unknown Json Object parsing using Gson library.
public class JsonParsing {
static JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
public static HashMap<String, Object> createHashMapFromJsonString(String json) {
JsonObject object = (JsonObject) parser.parse(json);
Set<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> set = object.entrySet();
Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> iterator = set.iterator();
HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> entry = iterator.next();
String key = entry.getKey();
JsonElement value = entry.getValue();
if (null != value) {
if (!value.isJsonPrimitive()) {
if (value.isJsonObject()) {
map.put(key, createHashMapFromJsonString(value.toString()));
} else if (value.isJsonArray() && value.toString().contains(":")) {
List<HashMap<String, Object>> list = new ArrayList<>();
JsonArray array = value.getAsJsonArray();
if (null != array) {
for (JsonElement element : array) {
list.add(createHashMapFromJsonString(element.toString()));
}
map.put(key, list);
}
} else if (value.isJsonArray() && !value.toString().contains(":")) {
map.put(key, value.getAsJsonArray());
}
} else {
map.put(key, value.getAsString());
}
}
}
return map;
}
}

JSON of unknown format to HashMap
writing JSON And reading Json
public static JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
public static void main(String args[]) {
writeJson("JsonFile.json");
readgson("JsonFile.json");
}
public static void readgson(String file) {
try {
System.out.println( "Reading JSON file from Java program" );
FileReader fileReader = new FileReader( file );
com.google.gson.JsonObject object = (JsonObject) parser.parse( fileReader );
Set <java.util.Map.Entry<String, com.google.gson.JsonElement>> keys = object.entrySet();
if ( keys.isEmpty() ) {
System.out.println( "Empty JSON Object" );
}else {
Map<String, Object> map = json_UnKnown_Format( keys );
System.out.println("Json 2 Map : "+map);
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println("Input File Does not Exists.");
}
}
public static Map<String, Object> json_UnKnown_Format( Set <java.util.Map.Entry<String, com.google.gson.JsonElement>> keys ){
Map<String, Object> jsonMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
for (Entry<String, JsonElement> entry : keys) {
String keyEntry = entry.getKey();
System.out.println(keyEntry + " : ");
JsonElement valuesEntry = entry.getValue();
if (valuesEntry.isJsonNull()) {
System.out.println(valuesEntry);
jsonMap.put(keyEntry, valuesEntry);
}else if (valuesEntry.isJsonPrimitive()) {
System.out.println("P - "+valuesEntry);
jsonMap.put(keyEntry, valuesEntry);
}else if (valuesEntry.isJsonArray()) {
JsonArray array = valuesEntry.getAsJsonArray();
List<Object> array2List = new ArrayList<Object>();
for (JsonElement jsonElements : array) {
System.out.println("A - "+jsonElements);
array2List.add(jsonElements);
}
jsonMap.put(keyEntry, array2List);
}else if (valuesEntry.isJsonObject()) {
com.google.gson.JsonObject obj = (JsonObject) parser.parse(valuesEntry.toString());
Set <java.util.Map.Entry<String, com.google.gson.JsonElement>> obj_key = obj.entrySet();
jsonMap.put(keyEntry, json_UnKnown_Format(obj_key));
}
}
return jsonMap;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static void writeJson( String file ) {
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put("Key1", "Value");
json.put("Key2", 777); // Converts to "777"
json.put("Key3", null);
json.put("Key4", false);
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
jsonArray.put("Array-Value1");
jsonArray.put(10);
jsonArray.put("Array-Value2");
json.put("Array : ", jsonArray); // "Array":["Array-Value1", 10,"Array-Value2"]
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject();
jsonObj.put("Obj-Key1", 20);
jsonObj.put("Obj-Key2", "Value2");
jsonObj.put(4, "Value2"); // Converts to "4"
json.put("InnerObject", jsonObj);
JSONObject jsonObjArray = new JSONObject();
JSONArray objArray = new JSONArray();
objArray.put("Obj-Array1");
objArray.put(0, "Obj-Array3");
jsonObjArray.put("ObjectArray", objArray);
json.put("InnerObjectArray", jsonObjArray);
Map<String, Integer> sortedTree = new TreeMap<String, Integer>();
sortedTree.put("Sorted1", 10);
sortedTree.put("Sorted2", 103);
sortedTree.put("Sorted3", 14);
json.put("TreeMap", sortedTree);
try {
System.out.println("Writting JSON into file ...");
System.out.println(json);
FileWriter jsonFileWriter = new FileWriter(file);
jsonFileWriter.write(json.toJSONString());
jsonFileWriter.flush();
jsonFileWriter.close();
System.out.println("Done");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

Here is a sample I wrote shows how I parse a json and mess every number inside it:
public class JsonParser {
public static Object parseAndMess(Object object) throws IOException {
String json = JsonUtil.toJson(object);
JsonNode jsonNode = parseAndMess(json);
if(null != jsonNode)
return JsonUtil.toObject(jsonNode, object.getClass());
return null;
}
public static JsonNode parseAndMess(String json) throws IOException {
JsonNode rootNode = parse(json);
return mess(rootNode, new Random());
}
private static JsonNode parse(String json) throws IOException {
JsonFactory factory = new JsonFactory();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(factory);
JsonNode rootNode = mapper.readTree(json);
return rootNode;
}
private static JsonNode mess(JsonNode rootNode, Random rand) throws IOException {
if (rootNode instanceof ObjectNode) {
Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonNode>> fieldsIterator = rootNode.fields();
while (fieldsIterator.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry<String, JsonNode> field = fieldsIterator.next();
replaceObjectNode((ObjectNode) rootNode, field, rand);
}
} else if (rootNode instanceof ArrayNode) {
ArrayNode arrayNode = ((ArrayNode) rootNode);
replaceArrayNode(arrayNode, rand);
}
return rootNode;
}
private static void replaceObjectNode(ObjectNode rootNode, Map.Entry<String, JsonNode> field, Random rand)
throws IOException {
JsonNode childNode = field.getValue();
if (childNode instanceof IntNode) {
(rootNode).put(field.getKey(), rand.nextInt(1000));
} else if (childNode instanceof LongNode) {
(rootNode).put(field.getKey(), rand.nextInt(1000000));
} else if (childNode instanceof FloatNode) {
(rootNode).put(field.getKey(), format(rand.nextFloat()));
} else if (childNode instanceof DoubleNode) {
(rootNode).put(field.getKey(), format(rand.nextFloat()));
} else {
mess(childNode, rand);
}
}
private static void replaceArrayNode(ArrayNode arrayNode, Random rand) throws IOException {
int arrayLength = arrayNode.size();
if(arrayLength == 0)
return;
if (arrayNode.get(0) instanceof IntNode) {
for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
arrayNode.set(i, new IntNode(rand.nextInt(10000)));
}
} else if (arrayNode.get(0) instanceof LongNode) {
arrayNode.removeAll();
for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
arrayNode.add(rand.nextInt(1000000));
}
} else if (arrayNode.get(0) instanceof FloatNode) {
arrayNode.removeAll();
for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
arrayNode.add(format(rand.nextFloat()));
}
} else if (arrayNode.get(0) instanceof DoubleNode) {
arrayNode.removeAll();
for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
arrayNode.add(format(rand.nextFloat()));
}
} else {
for (int i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
mess(arrayNode.get(i), rand);
}
}
}
public static void print(JsonNode rootNode) throws IOException {
System.out.println(rootNode.toString());
}
private static double format(float a) {
return Math.round(a * 10000.0) / 100.0;
}
}

Would you be satisfied with a Map from Jackson?
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String, Object> map = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<HashMap<String,Object>>(){});
Or maybe a JsonNode?
JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(String jsonString)

Json / JsonArray to HashTable / List in Android

I created a method "Json to HashTable" and vice versa. I use HashTable because "Java" there are no associative arrays. My problem now is when there is an array in the json. This means from "Java" an array of HashTable :/ does not work at all but I think the solution is to use "List >" ...
I see this somewhat complicated. Any help? Is that hard or I complicate too?
Json example:
{"Config":[{"Name":"method1","Uses":"0","Event":["Start","Play"],"Action":{"Class":"Ads","Options":{"Class":"Webview","Url":"http:\/\/test.com\/action.php","Time":"10"}}},{"Name":"method2","Uses":"12","Event":["Loading"],"MaxTimes":"5","Options":{"Class":"Ads"}}]}
View in: http://json.parser.online.fr/
My code:
public Hashtable<?, ?> JSonDecode(String data) {
Hashtable<String, Object> htJS = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
try {
JSONObject objJS = new JSONObject(data);
Iterator<String> it = objJS.keys();
String key = null;
Object value = null;
while (it.hasNext()) {
key = it.next();
value = objJS.get(key);
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
value = JSonObjectToHashtable(value.toString());
}
if (value instanceof JSONArray) {
value = JSonArrayToHashtable(value.toString());
}
htJS.put((String) key, value);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// No valid json
return null;
}
return htJS;
}
public Hashtable<?, ?> JSonObjectToHashtable(String data) {
Hashtable<String, Object> htJS = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
JSONObject objJS;
try {
objJS = new JSONObject(data);
Iterator<String> it = objJS.keys();
String key = null;
Object value = null;
while (it.hasNext()) {
key = it.next();
value = objJS.get(key);
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
value = JSonObjectToHashtable(value.toString());
}
htJS.put((String) key, value);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return htJS;
}
public List<Map<String, Object>> JSonArrayToHashtable(String data) {
List<Map<String, Object>> listMap = new ArrayList<Map<String,Object>>();
Map<String,Object> entry = new HashMap<String,Object>();
JSONArray objJSA;
try {
objJSA = new JSONArray(data);
for (int i = 0; i < objJSA.length(); i++) {
JSONObject objJS = objJSA.getJSONObject(i);
Iterator<String> it = objJS.keys();
String key = null;
Object value = null;
while (it.hasNext()) {
key = it.next();
value = objJS.get(key);
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
value = JSonObjectToHashtable(value.toString());
}
entry.put((String) key, value);
}
listMap.add(entry);
entry = new HashMap<String,Object>();
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return listMap;
}

Map (Hashtable) API is similar to JSONObject API. There is really no need to convert JSONObject to Map unless your application uses Maps consistently.
If you need to convert JSONObject to Map, the Map can be of type Map<String, Object>, where Object can be one of the following types:
String
Primitive (Integer, Float, etc)
Map
Collection (Array, List, etc) of the tree types mentioned above