Jackson Convert JSON array string to List
By:Roy.LiuLast updated:2019-08-11
Few Jackson examples to convert a JSON array string to a List
// JSON array string // [{"name":"mkyong", "age":37}, {"name":"fong", "age":38}] ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); String json = "[{\"name\":\"mkyong\", \"age\":37}, {\"name\":\"fong\", \"age\":38}]"; // 1. convert JSON array to Array objects Person[] pp1 = mapper.readValue(json, Person[].class); // 2. convert JSON array to List of objects List<Person> ppl2 = Arrays.asList(mapper.readValue(json, Person[].class));
pom.xml
<dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId> <version>2.9.8</version> </dependency>
P.S Tested with Jackson 2.9.8
1. Convert JSON array string to List
1.1 JSON array string
[{"name":"mkyong", "age":37}, {"name":"fong", "age":38}]
1.2 Create an object to map the above JSON fields.
package com.mkyong; public class Person { String name; Integer age; //getters and setters
1.3 Convert the JSON array string to a List
JacksonArrayExample.java
package com.mkyong; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class JacksonArrayExample { public static void main(String[] args) { ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); String json = "[{\"name\":\"mkyong\", \"age\":37}, {\"name\":\"fong\", \"age\":38}]"; try { // 1. convert JSON array to Array objects Person[] pp1 = mapper.readValue(json, Person[].class); System.out.println("JSON array to Array objects..."); for (Person person : pp1) { System.out.println(person); // 2. convert JSON array to List of objects List<Person> ppl2 = Arrays.asList(mapper.readValue(json, Person[].class)); System.out.println("\nJSON array to List of objects"); ppl2.stream().forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); // 3. alternative List<Person> pp3 = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<List<Person>>() {}); System.out.println("\nAlternative..."); pp3.stream().forEach(x -> System.out.println(x)); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace();
Output
1. JSON array to Array objects... Person{name='mkyong', age=37} Person{name='fong', age=38} 2. JSON array to List of objects Person{name='mkyong', age=37} Person{name='fong', age=38} 3. Alternative... Person{name='mkyong', age=37} Person{name='fong', age=38}
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