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JSON String to Bean 

JSON-lib is a java library for serializing and de-serializing java beans, maps, arrays and collections in JSON format. Get the latest binaries from sourceforge http://json-lib.sourceforge.net/. This requires the libraries ( json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar, xom-1.2.7.jar, ezmorph.jar commons-lang.jar, commons-collections.jar, commons-beanutils-1.7.jar and commons-logging-1.1.1.jar) to be in classpath. The following example shows converting a JSON String to Bean.

File Name  :  
com/bethecoder/tutorials/json_lib/common/Student.java 
   
package com.bethecoder.tutorials.json_lib.common;

import java.util.Date;

public class Student {
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
  private int age;
  private String hobby;
  private Date dob;

  public Student() {
  }

  public Student(String firstName, String lastName, int age, String hobby,
      Date dob) {
    super();
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
    this.age = age;
    this.hobby = hobby;
    this.dob = dob;
  }
  public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
  }
  public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
  }
  public String getLastName() {
    return lastName;
  }
  public void setLastName(String lastName) {
    this.lastName = lastName;
  }
  public int getAge() {
    return age;
  }
  public void setAge(int age) {
    this.age = age;
  }
  public String getHobby() {
    return hobby;
  }

  public void setHobby(String hobby) {
    this.hobby = hobby;
  }
  public Date getDob() {
    return dob;
  }
  public void setDob(Date dob) {
    this.dob = dob;
  }

  public String toString() {
    return "Student[ " +
      "firstName = " + firstName +
      ", lastName = " + lastName +
      ", age = " + age +
      ", hobby = " + hobby +
      ", dob = " + dob +
      " ]";
  }
}
   

File Name  :  
com/bethecoder/tutorials/json_lib/tests/JsonStr2Bean.java 
Author  :  Sudhakar KV
Email  :  [email protected]
   
package com.bethecoder.tutorials.json_lib.tests;

import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
import net.sf.json.JSONSerializer;

import com.bethecoder.tutorials.json_lib.common.Student;

public class JsonStr2Bean {

  /**
   * @param args
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String jsonStr = "{" + 
          "age: 2," +
          "firstName: 'Sriram'," +
          "hobby: 'Singing'," +
          "lastName: 'Kasireddi'" +
        "}";
    
    JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) JSONSerializer.toJSON(jsonStr); //String to JSON
    System.out.println(jsonObj);
    
    Student stud = (Student) JSONObject.toBean(jsonObj, Student.class);  //JSON to BEAN
    System.out.println(stud.toString());
  }

}
   

It gives the following output, 
{"age":2,"firstName":"Sriram","hobby":"Singing","lastName":"Kasireddi"}
Student[ firstName = Sriram, lastName = Kasireddi, age = 2, hobby = Singing, dob = null ]



 
  


  
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