Package javax.json

Interface JsonObjectBuilder

public interface JsonObjectBuilder
A builder for creating JsonObject models from scratch. This interface initializes an empty JSON object model and provides methods to add name/value pairs to the object model and to return the resulting object. The methods in this class can be chained to add multiple name/value pairs to the object.

The class Json contains methods to create the builder object. The example code below shows how to build an empty JsonObject instance. 

 
 JsonObject object = Json.createObjectBuilder().build();

The class JsonBuilderFactory also contains methods to create JsonObjectBuilder instances. A factory instance can be used to create multiple builder instances with the same configuration. This the preferred way to create multiple instances. The example code below shows how to build a JsonObject model that represents the following JSON object: 

 
 {
     "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25,
     "address" : {
         "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
         "city": "New York",
         "state": "NY",
         "postalCode": "10021"
     },
     "phoneNumber": [
         { "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234" },
         { "type": "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" }
     ]
 }

The code to create the object shown above is the following: 

 
 JsonBuilderFactory factory = Json.createBuilderFactory(config);
 JsonObject value = factory.createObjectBuilder()
     .add("firstName", "John")
     .add("lastName", "Smith")
     .add("age", 25)
     .add("address", factory.createObjectBuilder()
         .add("streetAddress", "21 2nd Street")
         .add("city", "New York")
         .add("state", "NY")
         .add("postalCode", "10021"))
     .add("phoneNumber", factory.createArrayBuilder()
         .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
             .add("type", "home")
             .add("number", "212 555-1234"))
         .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
             .add("type", "fax")
             .add("number", "646 555-4567")))
     .build();

This class does not allow null to be used as a name or value while building the JSON object

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  • Method Details

    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonValue value)
      Adds a name/JsonValue pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or value is null

    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, String value)
      Adds a name/JsonString pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or value is null

    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, BigInteger value)
      Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or value is null
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    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, BigDecimal value)
      Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or value is null
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    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, int value)
      Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null
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    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, long value)
      Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null
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    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, double value)
      Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NumberFormatException - if the value is Not-a-Number (NaN) or infinity
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null
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    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, boolean value)
      Adds a name/JsonValue#TRUE or name/JsonValue#FALSE pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      value - value in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null

    • addNull

      JsonObjectBuilder addNull(String name)
      Adds a name/JsonValue#NULL pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder where the value is null. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with null.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null

    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonObjectBuilder builder)
      Adds a name/JsonObject pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. The value JsonObject is built from the specified object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the JsonObject from the specified object builder.
      Parameters:
      name - name in the name/value pair
      builder - the value is the object associated with this builder
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or builder is null

    • add

      JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonArrayBuilder builder)
      Adds a name/JsonArray pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. The value JsonArray is built from the specified array builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the JsonArray from the specified array builder.
      Parameters:
      name - the name in the name/value pair
      builder - the value is the object array with this builder
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name or builder is null

    • addAll

      default JsonObjectBuilder addAll(JsonObjectBuilder builder)
      Adds all name/value pairs in the JSON object associated with the specified object builder to the JSON object associated with this object builder. The newly added name/value pair will replace any existing name/value pair with the same name.
      Parameters:
      builder - the specified object builder
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified builder is null
      Since:
      1.1

    • remove

      default JsonObjectBuilder remove(String name)
      Remove the name/value pair from the JSON object associated with this object builder if it is present.
      Parameters:
      name - the name in the name/value pair to be removed
      Returns:
      this object builder
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if the specified name is null
      Since:
      1.1

    • build

      JsonObject build()
      Returns the JSON object associated with this object builder. The iteration order for the JsonObject is based on the order in which name/value pairs are added to the object using this builder.
      Returns:
      JSON object that is being built