Build a JSON with an Array of objects

Question

I'm trying to build an array of objects, something like this

     [
      { name: "joe", id: "123"},
      { name: "ken", id: "234"},
      { name: "dave", id: "987"}
    ]

End goal is to return this as a JSON object in API response. I'd like to use JSON.simple, Greatly appreciate any suggestions,

I am sure there is better way to code, below is what I have currently,

am sure there is better way to code, below is what I have currently,
    JSONObject obj1 = new JSONObject();
        obj1.put("id", "123");
        obj1.put("name", "joe");
    JSONObject obj2 = new JSONObject();
        obj2.put("id", "234");
        obj2.put("name", "ken");
    JSONObject obj3 = new JSONObject();
        obj3.put("id", "987");
        obj3.put("name", "dave");
        JSONArray list = new JSONArray();
    list.add(obj1);
    list.add(obj2);
    list.add(obj3);

jaudo · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-04 16:52:25Z

1

You should define a Class representing the data you want to transform into JSon

class Person {
   private String name;
   private String id;
}

Then use a Serialization library to transform the object list to JSon.

For example : https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson

answered Feb 4, 2019 at 16:52

jaudo

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