Use GSON library for that. Here is the sample code
List<String> foo = new ArrayList<String>();
foo.add("A");
foo.add("B");
foo.add("C");
String json = new Gson().toJson(foo );
Here is the maven dependency for Gson
<dependencies>
<!-- Gson: Java to Json conversion -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Or you can directly download jar from here and put it in your class path
http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/downloads/detail?name=gson-1.0.jar&can=4&q=
To send Json to client you can use spring or in simple servlet add this code
Answer from code_fish on Stack Overflowresponse.getWriter().write(json);
Use GSON library for that. Here is the sample code
List<String> foo = new ArrayList<String>();
foo.add("A");
foo.add("B");
foo.add("C");
String json = new Gson().toJson(foo );
Here is the maven dependency for Gson
<dependencies>
<!-- Gson: Java to Json conversion -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Or you can directly download jar from here and put it in your class path
http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/downloads/detail?name=gson-1.0.jar&can=4&q=
To send Json to client you can use spring or in simple servlet add this code
response.getWriter().write(json);
You need an external library for this.
JSONArray jsonA = JSONArray.fromObject(mybeanList);
System.out.println(jsonA);
Google GSON is one of such libraries
You can also take a look here for examples on converting Java object collection to JSON string.
How to convert list data into json in java - Stack Overflow
How to convert List to Json String in java (com.amazonaws.util.json.JSONObject) - Stack Overflow
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Using gson it is much simpler. Use following code snippet:
// create a new Gson instance
Gson gson = new Gson();
// convert your list to json
String jsonCartList = gson.toJson(cartList);
// print your generated json
System.out.println("jsonCartList: " + jsonCartList);
Converting back from JSON string to your Java object
// Converts JSON string into a List of Product object
Type type = new TypeToken<List<Product>>(){}.getType();
List<Product> prodList = gson.fromJson(jsonCartList, type);
// print your List<Product>
System.out.println("prodList: " + prodList);
public static List<Product> getCartList() {
JSONObject responseDetailsJson = new JSONObject();
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
List<Product> cartList = new Vector<Product>(cartMap.keySet().size());
for(Product p : cartMap.keySet()) {
cartList.add(p);
JSONObject formDetailsJson = new JSONObject();
formDetailsJson.put("id", "1");
formDetailsJson.put("name", "name1");
jsonArray.add(formDetailsJson);
}
responseDetailsJson.put("forms", jsonArray);//Here you can see the data in json format
return cartList;
}
you can get the data in the following form
{
"forms": [
{ "id": "1", "name": "name1" },
{ "id": "2", "name": "name2" }
]
}
You should convert your list to a JSON Array, and just use its toString() function:
JSONArray myArray = new JSONArray(jsonObjlist);
// ...
String arrayToJson = myArray.toString(2);
The int parameter specifies the indent factor to use for formatting.
You can also direct use
String jsonString = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(jsonObjectList)
To get the desired ouptput
Here is the small example
List<JSONObject> jsons = new ArrayList<>();
jsons.add(new JSONObject(ImmutableMap.of("Attribute", "EmailAddress", "Value", "[email protected]")));
jsons.add(new JSONObject(ImmutableMap.of("Attribute1", "EmailAddress3", "Value1", "[email protected]")));
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(jsons));
The output is
[{"Value":"[email protected]","Attribute":"EmailAddress"},{"Attribute1":"EmailAddress3","Value1":"[email protected]"}]
I suspect there are some toString() method in any object that you have override?