Once i have parsed a JSON String into a GSON provided JsonObject class, (assume that i do not wish to parse it into any meaningful data objects, but strictly want to use JsonObject), how am i able to modify a field / value of a key directly?
I don't see an API that may help me.
https://static.javadoc.io/com.google.code.gson/gson/2.6.2/com/google/gson/JsonObject.html
Strangely, the answer is to keep adding back the property. I was half expecting a setter method. :S
System.out.println("Before: " + obj.get("DebugLogId")); // original "02352"
obj.addProperty("DebugLogId", "YYY");
System.out.println("After: " + obj.get("DebugLogId")); // now "YYY"
addProperty method, it added an extra element with the same key but different value. Any work around that?This works for modifying childkey value using JSONObject.
import used is
import org.json.JSONObject;
ex json:(convert json file to string while giving as input)
{
"parentkey1": "name",
"parentkey2": {
"childkey": "test"
},
}
Code
JSONObject jObject = new JSONObject(String jsoninputfileasstring);
jObject.getJSONObject("parentkey2").put("childkey","data1");
System.out.println(jObject);
output:
{
"parentkey1": "name",
"parentkey2": {
"childkey": "data1"
},
}
Since 2.3 version of Gson library the JsonArray class have a 'set' method.
Here's an simple example:
JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
array.add(new JsonPrimitive("Red"));
array.add(new JsonPrimitive("Green"));
array.add(new JsonPrimitive("Blue"));
array.remove(2);
array.set(0, new JsonPrimitive("Yelow"));
Another approach would be to deserialize into a java.util.Map, and then just modify the Java Map as wanted. This separates the Java-side data handling from the data transport mechanism (JSON), which is how I prefer to organize my code: using JSON for data transport, not as a replacement data structure.
It's actually all in the documentation.
JSONObject and JSONArray can both be used to replace the standard data structure.
To implement a setter simply call a remove(String name) before a put(String name, Object value).
Here's an simple example:
public class BasicDB {
private JSONObject jData = new JSONObject;
public BasicDB(String username, String tagline) {
try {
jData.put("username", username);
jData.put("tagline" , tagline);
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public String getUsername () {
String ret = null;
try {
ret = jData.getString("username");
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return ret;
}
public void setUsername (String username) {
try {
jData.remove("username");
jData.put("username" , username);
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public String getTagline () {
String ret = null;
try {
ret = jData.getString("tagline");
} catch (JSONException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return ret;
}
public static JSONObject convertFileToJSON(String fileName, String username, List<String> list)
throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, org.json.simple.parser.ParseException {
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
String jsonStr = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(fileName)));
json = new JSONObject(jsonStr);
System.out.println(json);
JSONArray jsonArray = json.getJSONArray("users");
JSONArray finalJsonArray = new JSONArray();
/**
* Get User form setNewUser method
*/
//finalJsonArray.put(setNewUserPreference());
boolean has = true;
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jsonObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
finalJsonArray.put(jsonObject);
String username2 = jsonObject.getString("userName");
if (username2.equals(username)) {
has = true;
}
System.out.println("user name are :" + username2);
JSONObject jsonObject2 = jsonObject.getJSONObject("languages");
String eng = jsonObject2.getString("Eng");
String fin = jsonObject2.getString("Fin");
String ger = jsonObject2.getString("Ger");
jsonObject2.put("Eng", "ChangeEnglishValueCheckForLongValue");
System.out.println(" Eng : " + eng + " Fin " + fin + " ger : " + ger);
}
System.out.println("Final JSON Array \n" + json);
jsonArray.put(setNewUserPreference());
return json;
}
