Package javax.json

Class Json

java.lang.Object
javax.json.Json
public final class Json extends Object
Factory class for creating JSON processing objects. This class provides the most commonly used methods for creating these objects and their corresponding factories. The factory classes provide all the various ways to create these objects.

The methods in this class locate a provider instance using the method JsonProvider.provider(). This class uses the provider instance to create JSON processing objects.

The following example shows how to create a JSON parser to parse an empty array: 

 
 StringReader reader = new StringReader("[]");
 JsonParser parser = Json.createParser(reader);

All the methods in this class are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.

  • Method Details

    • createParser

      public static JsonParser createParser(Reader reader)
      Creates a JSON parser from a character stream.
      Parameters:
      reader - i/o reader from which JSON is to be read
      Returns:
      a JSON parser

    • createParser

      public static JsonParser createParser(InputStream in)
      Creates a JSON parser from a byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as specified in RFC 7159.
      Parameters:
      in - i/o stream from which JSON is to be read
      Returns:
      a JSON parser
      Throws:
      JsonException - if encoding cannot be determined or i/o error (IOException would be cause of JsonException)

    • createGenerator

      public static JsonGenerator createGenerator(Writer writer)
      Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a character stream.
      Parameters:
      writer - a i/o writer to which JSON is written
      Returns:
      a JSON generator

    • createGenerator

      public static JsonGenerator createGenerator(OutputStream out)
      Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a byte stream.
      Parameters:
      out - i/o stream to which JSON is written
      Returns:
      a JSON generator

    • createParserFactory

      public static JsonParserFactory createParserFactory(Map<String,?> config)
      Creates a parser factory for creating JsonParser objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
      Parameters:
      config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON parsers. The map may be empty or null
      Returns:
      JSON parser factory

    • createGeneratorFactory

      public static JsonGeneratorFactory createGeneratorFactory(Map<String,?> config)
      Creates a generator factory for creating JsonGenerator objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
      Parameters:
      config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON generators. The map may be empty or null
      Returns:
      JSON generator factory

    • createWriter

      public static JsonWriter createWriter(Writer writer)
      Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified character stream.
      Parameters:
      writer - to which JSON object or array is written
      Returns:
      a JSON writer

    • createWriter

      public static JsonWriter createWriter(OutputStream out)
      Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified byte stream. Characters written to the stream are encoded into bytes using UTF-8 encoding.
      Parameters:
      out - to which JSON object or array is written
      Returns:
      a JSON writer

    • createReader

      public static JsonReader createReader(Reader reader)
      Creates a JSON reader from a character stream.
      Parameters:
      reader - a reader from which JSON is to be read
      Returns:
      a JSON reader

    • createReader

      public static JsonReader createReader(InputStream in)
      Creates a JSON reader from a byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as described in RFC 7159.
      Parameters:
      in - a byte stream from which JSON is to be read
      Returns:
      a JSON reader

    • createReaderFactory

      public static JsonReaderFactory createReaderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
      Creates a reader factory for creating JsonReader objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
      Parameters:
      config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON readers. The map may be empty or null
      Returns:
      a JSON reader factory

    • createWriterFactory

      public static JsonWriterFactory createWriterFactory(Map<String,?> config)
      Creates a writer factory for creating JsonWriter objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
      Parameters:
      config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON writers. The map may be empty or null
      Returns:
      a JSON writer factory

    • createArrayBuilder

      public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder()
      Creates a JSON array builder
      Returns:
      a JSON array builder

    • createArrayBuilder

      public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array)
      Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the specified array
      Parameters:
      array - the initial array in the builder
      Returns:
      a JSON array builder
      Since:
      1.1

    • createArrayBuilder

      public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection)
      Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the content of specified collection. If the @{code collection} contains Optionals then resulting JSON array builder contains the value from the collection only if the Optional is not empty.
      Parameters:
      collection - the initial data for the builder
      Returns:
      a JSON array builder
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the collection cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
      Since:
      1.1

    • createObjectBuilder

      public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder()
      Creates a JSON object builder
      Returns:
      a JSON object builder

    • createObjectBuilder

      public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object)
      Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the specified object.
      Parameters:
      object - the initial object in the builder
      Returns:
      a JSON object builder
      Since:
      1.1

    • createObjectBuilder

      public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(Map<String,Object> map)
      Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the data from specified map. If the @{code map} contains Optionals then resulting JSON object builder contains the key from the map only if the Optional is not empty.
      Parameters:
      map - the initial object in the builder
      Returns:
      a JSON object builder
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the map cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
      Since:
      1.1

    • createPointer

      public static JsonPointer createPointer(String jsonPointer)
      Creates JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) from given jsonPointer string.
      • An empty jsonPointer string defines a reference to the target itself.
      • If the jsonPointer string is non-empty, it must be a sequence of '/' prefixed tokens.
      Parameters:
      jsonPointer - the valid escaped JSON Pointer string
      Returns:
      a JSON Pointer
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if jsonPointer is null
      JsonException - if jsonPointer is not a valid JSON Pointer
      Since:
      1.1

    • createPatchBuilder

      public static JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder()
      Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902).
      Returns:
      a JSON Patch builder
      Since:
      1.1

    • createPatchBuilder

      public static JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array)
      Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902), initialized with the specified operations.
      Parameters:
      array - the initial patch operations
      Returns:
      a JSON Patch builder
      Since:
      1.1

    • createPatch

      public static JsonPatch createPatch(JsonArray array)
      Creates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the specified operations.
      Parameters:
      array - patch operations
      Returns:
      a JSON Patch
      Since:
      1.1

    • createDiff

      public static JsonPatch createDiff(JsonStructure source, JsonStructure target)
      Generates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the source and target JsonStructure. The generated JSON Patch need not be unique.
      Parameters:
      source - the source
      target - the target, must be the same type as the source
      Returns:
      a JSON Patch which when applied to the source, yields the target
      Since:
      1.1

    • createMergePatch

      public static JsonMergePatch createMergePatch(JsonValue patch)
      Creates JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from specified JsonValue.
      Parameters:
      patch - the patch
      Returns:
      a JSON Merge Patch
      Since:
      1.1

    • createMergeDiff

      public static JsonMergePatch createMergeDiff(JsonValue source, JsonValue target)
      Generates a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from the source and target JsonValues which when applied to the source, yields the target.
      Parameters:
      source - the source
      target - the target
      Returns:
      a JSON Merge Patch
      Since:
      1.1

    • createBuilderFactory

      public static JsonBuilderFactory createBuilderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
      Creates a builder factory for creating JsonArrayBuilder and JsonObjectBuilder objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
      Parameters:
      config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON builders. The map may be empty or null
      Returns:
      a JSON builder factory

    • createValue

      public static JsonString createValue(String value)
      Creates a JsonString.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON string
      Returns:
      the JsonString for the string
      Since:
      1.1

    • createValue

      public static JsonNumber createValue(int value)
      Creates a JsonNumber.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON number
      Returns:
      the JsonNumber for the number
      Since:
      1.1

    • createValue

      public static JsonNumber createValue(long value)
      Creates a JsonNumber.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON number
      Returns:
      the JsonNumber for the number
      Since:
      1.1

    • createValue

      public static JsonNumber createValue(double value)
      Creates a JsonNumber.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON number
      Returns:
      the JsonNumber for the number
      Since:
      1.1

    • createValue

      public static JsonNumber createValue(BigDecimal value)
      Creates a JsonNumber.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON number
      Returns:
      the JsonNumber for the number
      Since:
      1.1

    • createValue

      public static JsonNumber createValue(BigInteger value)
      Creates a JsonNumber.
      Parameters:
      value - a JSON number
      Returns:
      the JsonNumber for the number
      Since:
      1.1

    • encodePointer

      public static String encodePointer(String pointer)
      Encodes (escapes) a passed string as defined by RFC 6901. This method doesn't validate the passed JSON-pointer string.
      Parameters:
      pointer - the JSON-pointer string to encode
      Returns:
      encoded JSON-pointer string
      Since:
      1.1

    • decodePointer

      public static String decodePointer(String escaped)
      Decodes a passed JSON-pointer string as defined by RFC 6901. This method doesn't validate the passed JSON-pointer string.
      Parameters:
      escaped - the JSON-pointer string to decode
      Returns:
      decoded JSON-pointer string
      Since:
      1.1