In this post, we will see how to convert Java List object into JSON array using the Jackson library.
Dependencies
Let’s first add the following dependencies to the pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.9.8</version>
</dependency>
This dependency will also transitively add the following libraries to the classpath:
- jackson-annotations-2.9.8.jar
- jackson-core-2.9.8.jar
- jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar
Always use the latest versions on the Maven central repository for Jackson databind.
Jackson - Convert Java List Object to JSON Array
Let's demonstrates how to convert List object to JSON is using the ObjectMapper.writeValueAsString() method.
JacksonListToJson
package net.javaguides.jackson;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
/**
* Using Jackson API for list serialization and deserialization
* @author ramesh fadatare
*
*/
public class JacksonListToJson {
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {
// Create ObjectMapper object.
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
List < String > progLangs = new ArrayList < > ();
progLangs.add("C");
progLangs.add("C++");
progLangs.add("Java");
progLangs.add("Java EE");
progLangs.add("Python");
progLangs.add("Scala");
progLangs.add("JavaScript");
// Serialize Object to JSON.
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(progLangs);
// Print json
System.out.println(json);
}
}
Output:
[ "C", "C++", "Java", "Java EE", "Python", "Scala", "JavaScript" ]
References
Jackson
Java
JSON
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