Using Simple-JSON on the following JSON formatted file, I'm having a lot of trouble understanding how to access the objects within the array under "name".
JSON File:
[
{
"name":{
"firstName": "Developer",
"lastName": "D"
},
"id": 00,
"permissionLevel": 3,
"password": 12345
},
{
"name":{
"firstName": "Bob",
"lastName": "Smith"
},
"id": 01,
"permissionLevel": 2,
"password": 23456
}
]
I'm able to obtain the information for all of the other contents because they're not located in a nested array; However, when I attempt to retrieve the objects under "name", all that is output is the String found in the JSON file.
Current code:
String[] searchData = {
"name",
"firstName",
"lastName",
"id",
"permissionLevel",
"password"
};
jsonArray = (JSONArray)new JSONParser().parse(s);
for(int i = 0; i < jsonArray.size(); i++){
JSONObject jo = (JSONObject)jsonArray.get(i);
for(int j = 0; j < searchData.length; j++){
System.out.println(
searchData[j] + ": " + jo.get(searchData[j]));
}
}
Output:
name: [{"firstName":"Developer","lastName":"D"}]
firstName: null
lastName: null
id: 0
permissionLevel: 3
password: 12345
name: [{"firstName":"Bob","lastName":"Smith"}]
firstName: null
lastName: null
id: 1
permissionLevel: 2
password: 23456
As you can see, "name" outputs a String from the JSON file, and not each individual value.
In the end, I need to write a universal code that can accept new "searchData" tags for each file that's input.
Might someone be able to direct me how to obtain objects held
within nested arrays?
Or perhaps I need to use a different Library? If so, which one is the most efficient for Java? I'm not programming for Android, and I continue to find Library suggestions for Android, constantly.
My apologies if this post is a dupe, but no other posts are aiding me.
You should get your firstname and lastname, like:
jo.get("name").get("firstname");
jo.get("name").get("lastname");
To get the objects held within nested arrays/objects, you will have to write a recursive method and flatten the structure into a map. Below example shows the same:
public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {
Object object = new JSONParser().parse("[ { \"name\":{ \"firstName\": \"Developer\", \"lastName\": \"D\" }, \"id\": 00, \"permissionLevel\": 3, \"password\": 12345 }, { \"name\":{ \"firstName\": \"Bob\", \"lastName\": \"Smith\" }, \"id\":01, \"permissionLevel\": 2, \"password\": 23456 }]");
Map<String, Object> pairs = new HashMap<>();
addValues(object, pairs);
System.out.println(pairs);
}
public static void addValues(Object object, Map<String, Object> pairs){
if(object instanceof JSONObject){
JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject) object;
for(String key : jsonObject.keySet()){
if(jsonObject.get(key) instanceof JSONObject || jsonObject.get(key) instanceof JSONArray){
addValues(jsonObject.get(key), pairs);
}else{
pairs.put(key, jsonObject.get(key));
}
}
}else if(object instanceof JSONArray){
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray)object;
for(Object element : jsonArray){
addValues(element, pairs);
}
}
}
You can tweak this method to have keys like name.firstname or name.lastname depending on requirements.
I understand that you want the searchData tags to be taken into consideration while parsing the JSON. I would suggest using Google Gson for this case.
You can write a POJO which return the ArrayList<User> for your JSON.
Refer this article on how use Google Gson
Related
I currently have this JSON:
[
{
"example": "12345678",
"test": "0",
"name": "tom",
"testdata": "",
"testtime": 1531209885613
},
{
"example": "12634346",
"test": "43223452234",
"name": "jerry",
"testdata": "pawenkls",
"testtime": 1531209888196
}
]
I am trying to parse through the array to find a value of "testdata" that matches the value of "testdata" that I have generated, which I am currently doing like so:
JsonArray entries = (JsonArray) new JsonParser().parse(blockchainJson);
JsonElement dataHash = ((JsonObject)entries.get(i)).get("dataHash");
Then I wish to find the value of "example" that is in the same array as the "testdata" with the value "pawenkls".
How do I search for the "example" value that is in the same group as the value of "test data" that I have found?
You need to run through the objects in the array and check the value of the testData field against yours. Then read its example field.
String testData = "pawenkls";
JsonArray entries = (JsonArray) new JsonParser().parse(blockchainJson);
String example = null;
for(JsonElement dataHashElement : entries) {
JsonObject currentObject = dataHashElement.getAsJsonObject();
if(testData.equals(currentObject.get("testdata").getAsString())) {
example = currentObject.get("example").getAsString();
break;
}
}
System.out.println("example: "+example);
This prints out
example: 12634346
Here is a Java 8 version doing the same thing:
String testData = "pawenkls";
JsonObject[] objects = new Gson().fromJson(blockchainJson, JsonObject[].class);
Optional<JsonObject> object = Arrays.stream(objects)
.filter(o -> testData.equals(o.get("testdata").getAsString()))
.findFirst();
String example = null;
if(object.isPresent())
example = object.get().get("example").getAsString();
System.out.println("example: "+example);
I have a json link, if we open it I get a following result
{
"Status": "Success",
"All_Details": [{
"Types": "0",
"TotalPoints": "0",
"ExpiringToday": 0
}],
"First": [{
"id": "0",
"ImagePath": "http://first.example.png"
}],
"Second": [{
"id": "2",
"ImagePath": "http://second.example.png"
}],
"Third": [{
"id": "3",
"ImagePath": "http://third.example.png"
}],
}
What I need is, I want to dynamically get all the key names like status, All_details, First etc.
And I also want to get the data inside the All_details and First Array.
I used following method
#Override
public void onResponse(JSONObject response) throws JSONException {
VolleyLog.d(TAG, "Home Central OnResponse: " + response);
String statusStr = response.getString("Status");
Log.d(TAG, "Status: " + statusStr);
if (statusStr.equalsIgnoreCase("Success")) {
Iterator iterator = response.keys();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
String key = (String)iterator.next();
}
}
}
I get all the key names in get stored in the String key. But I am unable to open get the values inside the JSON array, for eg. I need to get the values inside first and second array using the String(Key). How can I do that.???
First, to get the keynames, you can easily iterate through the JSONObject itself as mentioned here:
Iterator<?> keys = response.keys();
while( keys.hasNext() ) {
String key = (String)keys.next();
if ( response.get(key) instanceof JSONObject ) {
System.out.println(key); // do whatever you want with it
}
}
Then, to get the values of the array:
JSONArray arr = response.getJSONArray(key);
JSONObject element;
for(int i = 0; i < arr.length(); i++){
element = arr.getJSONObject(i); // which for example will be Types,TotalPoints,ExpiringToday in the case of the first array(All_Details)
}
If you want to get the JSON array from the response JSONObject you can use the JSONArray class. JSONObject has a method to get a JSONArray: getJSONArray(String). Remember to catch the JSONException when trying this. This exception will be thrown if there is no key for example.
Your code could look like this (only the while loop):
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
String key = (String)iterator.next();
try {
JSONArray array = response.getJSONArray(key);
// do some stuff with the array content
} catch(JSONException e) {
// handle the exception.
}
}
You can get the values from the array with the methods of JSONArray (see the documentation)
Something like this will allow you to iterate on array and individual fields once you have extracted the keys using what you have done. Instead of "Types" use the key variable you will create before this.
JSONArray allDetails = response.getJsonArray("All_Details")
for (int i = 0 ; i < allDetails.length(); i++) {
JSONObject allDetail = allDetails.getJSONObject(i);
allDetails.getString("Types");
}
First of all I want to inform you that it's not a valid JSON. Remove the last Comma (,) to make it valid.
Then you can Iterate like here
JSONArray myKeys = response.names();
Try this one
Iterator keys = jsonObject.keys();
while (keys.hasNext()) {
try {
String dynamicKey = (String) keys.next();//Your dynamic key
JSONObject item = jsonObject.getJSONObject(dynamicKey);//Your json object for that dynamic key
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
I apologize if the title of my question is a bit misleading.
I created a POJO to hold CholesterolInformation about a user (HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, units, etc...). I now want to use my JSONObject to create an ArrayList so that I can generate some data points.
My JSONObject contains the following:
{
"cholesterol": [
{
"date": "2014-01-01",
"hdl": "56464.0",
"ldl": "46494.0",
"triGlycaride": "0.0",
"uid": "email#email.com",
"unit": "mg"
},
{
"date": "2014-01-01",
"hdl": "5.0",
"ldl": "5.0",
"triGlycaride": "0.0",
"uid": "email#email.com",
"unit": "mg"
},
{
"date": "2014-01-01",
"hdl": "6.0",
"ldl": "6.0",
"triGlycaride": "0.0",
"uid": "email#email.com",
"unit": "mg"
}
]
}
My question is, how would one go about iterating through this JSON Object? I would like to maybe use a for each, and create a new object to add to the ArrayList in each iteration... Do you have any advice or suggestions?
Note: I have never used the JSONObject before, and thus am not too familiar with its usage.
EDIT: Thanks everybody, that was exactly what I was looking for. I need to get more familiar with JSON manipulation. And I will look into GSON as well!
Use GSON as suggested by Eric as you already created POJO.
Gson gson = new Gson();
Type type = new TypeToken<List<POJO>>() {}.getType();
List<POJO> mList = gson.fromJson(your_json_string_here, type);
It's time to learn some JSON manipulation:
JSONArray array = yourJsonObject.optJSONArray("cholesterol");
if (array != null) {
for (int i=0; i< array.length; i++) {
JSONObject object = array.optJSONObject(i);
if (object != null) {
// this is where you manipulate all the date, hdl, ldl...etc
}
}
}
you also should check for null before accessing the json
If I understand you correctly, you want to create an ArrayList of your POJO? I assume you have getters and setters inside your POJO class. Initialize an ArrayList somewhere near the top like this
private ArrayList<CholesterolInformation> mCholesterol;
Now, parse through your json like this
JSONobject data = new JSONObject(jsonStringData);
JSONArray cholesterol = data.getJSONArray("cholesterol");
for(int i = 0; i < cholesterol.length; i++)
{
JSONObject object = cholesterol.getJSONObject(i);
// Create a new object of your POJO class
CholesterolInformation ci = new CholesterolInformation();
// Get value from JSON
String date = object.getString("date");
// Set value to your object using your setter method
ci.setDate(date);
String hdl = object.getString("hdl");
ci.setHdl(hdl);
.....
.....
// Finally, add the object to your arraylist
mCholesterol.add(ci);
}
This question is related with my previous question
I can successfully get the String in json format from the URL to my spring controller
Now I have to decode it
so I did like the following
#RequestMapping("/saveName")
#ResponseBody
public String saveName(String acc)
{jsonObject = new JSONObject();
try
{
System.out.println(acc);
org.json.JSONObject convertJSON=new org.json.JSONObject(acc);
org.json.JSONObject newJSON = convertJSON.getJSONObject("nameservice");
System.out.println(newJSON.toString());
convertJSON = new org.json.JSONObject(newJSON.toString());
System.out.println(jsonObject.getString("id"));
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();jsonObject.accumulate("result", "Error Occured ");
}
return jsonObject.toString();
}
This is the JSON String { "nameservice": [ { "id": 7413, "name": "ask" }, { "id": 7414, "name": "josn" }, { "id": 7415, "name": "john" }, { "id": 7418, "name": "RjhjhjR" } ] }
When I run the code then I get the error
org.json.JSONException: JSONObject["nameservice"] is not a JSONObject.
What wrong I am doing?
It's not a JSONObject, it's a JSONArray
From your question:
{ "nameservice": [ { "id": 7413, "name": "ask" }, { "id": 7414, "name": "josn" }, { "id": 7415, "name": "john" }, { "id": 7418, "name": "RjhjhjR" } ] }
The [ after the nameservice key tells you it's an array. It'd need to be a { to indicate an object, but it isn't
So, change your code to use it as a JSONArray, then iterate over the contents of that to get the JSONObjects inside it, eg
JSONArray nameservice = convertJSON.getJSONArray("nameservice");
for (int i=0; i<nameservice.length(); i++) {
JSONObject details = nameservice.getJSONObject(i);
// process the object here, eg
System.out.println("ID is " + details.get("id"));
System.out.println("Name is " + details.get("name"));
}
See the JSONArray javadocs for more details
It seems you're trying to get a JSONObject when "nameservice" is an array of JSONObjects and not an object itself. You should try this:
JSONObject json = new JSONObject(acc);
JSONArray jsonarr = json.getJSONArray("nameservice");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonarr.length(); i++) {
JSONObject nameservice = jsonarr.getJSONObject(i);
String id = nameservice.getString("id");
String name = nameservice.getString("name");
}
I don't understand why you do it manualy if you already have Spring Framework.
Take a look at MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter and configure your ServletDispatcher accordingly. Spring will automatically convert your objects to JSON string and vice versa.
After that your controller method will be looked like:
#RequestMapping("/saveName")
#ResponseBody
public Object saveName(#RequestBody SomeObject obj) {
SomeObject newObj = doSomething(obj);
return newObj;
}
I have the following JSON:
{
"registration": {
"name": "Vik Kumar",
"first_name": "Vik",
"last_name": "Kumar",
"bloodGroup": "B-",
"gender": "male",
"birthday": "10\/31\/1983",
"email": "vik.ceo\u0040gmail.com",
"cellPhone": "1234123456",
"homePhone": "1234123457",
"officePhone": "1234123458",
"primaryAddress": "jdfjfgj",
"area": "jfdjdfj",
"location": {
"name": "Redwood Shores, California",
"id": 103107903062719
},
"subscribe": true,
"eyePledge": false,
"reference": "fgfgfgfg"
}
}
I am using the following code to parse it:
JsonNode json = new ObjectMapper().readTree(jsonString);
JsonNode registration_fields = json.get("registration");
Iterator<String> fieldNames = registration_fields.getFieldNames();
while(fieldNames.hasNext()){
String fieldName = fieldNames.next();
String fieldValue = registration_fields.get(fieldName).asText();
System.out.println(fieldName+" : "+fieldValue);
}
This works fine and it print all the values except for location which is kind of another level of nesting. I tried the same trick as above code to pass json.get("location") but that does not work. Please suggest how to make it work for location.
You need to detect when you are dealing with a (nested) Object using JsonNode#isObject:
public static void printAll(JsonNode node) {
Iterator<String> fieldNames = node.getFieldNames();
while(fieldNames.hasNext()){
String fieldName = fieldNames.next();
JsonNode fieldValue = node.get(fieldName);
if (fieldValue.isObject()) {
System.out.println(fieldName + " :");
printAll(fieldValue);
} else {
String value = fieldValue.asText();
System.out.println(fieldName + " : " + value);
}
}
}
Thus, when you reach an object, such as location, you'll call the printAll recursively to print all its inner values.
org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode json = new ObjectMapper().readTree(jsonString);
org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode registration_fields = json.get("registration");
printAll(registration_fields);
Since location is nested within registration, you need to use:
registration_fields.get("location");
to get it. But isn't it already processed by the while-loop, why do you need to get it separately?