Resolves the serialization of objects in Java's Jackson library and the data generic binding

Jackson object serialization
Here's how to serialize a Java object to a JSON file, and then read the JSON file to get it converted into an object. In this example, the Student class is created. The creation will have the student object represented as JSON in a student.json file.

Create a Java class file named JacksonTester in C:\> Jackson_WORKSPACE.

File: JacksonTester. Java

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;

public class JacksonTester {
  public static void main(String args[]){
   JacksonTester tester = new JacksonTester();
   try {
     Student student = new Student();
     student.setAge(10);
     student.setName("Mahesh");
     tester.writeJSON(student);

     Student student1 = tester.readJSON();
     System.out.println(student1);

   } catch (JsonParseException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   } catch (JsonMappingException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   } catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   }
  }

  private void writeJSON(Student student) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException{
   ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); 
   mapper.writeValue(new File("student.json"), student);
  }

  private Student readJSON() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException{
   ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
   Student student = mapper.readValue(new File("student.json"), Student.class);
   return student;
  }
}

class Student {
  private String name;
  private int age;
  public Student(){}
  public String getName() {
   return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
   this.name = name;
  }
  public int getAge() {
   return age;
  }
  public void setAge(int age) {
   this.age = age;
  }
  public String toString(){
   return "Student [ name: "+name+", age: "+ age+ " ]";
  } 
}

The verification results

Compile the following classes using javac:

C:Jackson_WORKSPACE>javac JacksonTester.java

Now run jacksonTester and see the results:

C:Jackson_WORKSPACE>java JacksonTester

Verify the output

Student [ name: Mahesh, age: 10 ]

Jackson data binding generics
In simple data binding, we use String as the key object and as a value object mapping class. Instead, we can use concrete Java objects and types to cast to JSON.

Consider the following example of using the UserData of a class to hold user-specific data.

Create a directory called JacksonTester in Java class files C:\> Jackson_WORKSPACE.

File name: jacksontester.java

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.type.TypeReference;

public class JacksonTester {
  public static void main(String args[]){
   JacksonTester tester = new JacksonTester();
     try {
      ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

      Map userDataMap = new HashMap();
      UserData studentData = new UserData(); 
      int[] marks = {1,2,3};

      Student student = new Student();
      student.setAge(10);
      student.setName("Mahesh");
      // JAVA Object
      studentData.setStudent(student);
      // JAVA String
      studentData.setName("Mahesh Kumar");
      // JAVA Boolean
      studentData.setVerified(Boolean.FALSE);
      // Array
      studentData.setMarks(marks);
      TypeReference ref = new TypeReference>() { };
      userDataMap.put("studentData1", studentData);
      mapper.writeValue(new File("student.json"), userDataMap);
      //{
      //  "studentData1":
      // {
      // "student":
      // {
      //  "name":"Mahesh",
      //  "age":10
      //   },
      //   "name":"Mahesh Kumar",
      //   "verified":false,
      //   "marks":[1,2,3]
      //  }
      //}
      userDataMap = mapper.readValue(new File("student.json"), ref);

      System.out.println(userDataMap.get("studentData1").getStudent());
      System.out.println(userDataMap.get("studentData1").getName());
      System.out.println(userDataMap.get("studentData1").getVerified());
      System.out.println(Arrays.toString(userDataMap.get("studentData1").getMarks()));
   } catch (JsonParseException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   } catch (JsonMappingException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
   }
  }
}

class Student {
  private String name;
  private int age;
  public Student(){}
  public String getName() {
   return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
   this.name = name;
  }
  public int getAge() {
   return age;
  }
  public void setAge(int age) {
   this.age = age;
  }
  public String toString(){
   return "Student [ name: "+name+", age: "+ age+ " ]";
  } 
}

class UserData {
  private Student student;
  private String name;
  private Boolean verified;
  private int[] marks;

  public UserData(){}

  public Student getStudent() {
   return student;
  }
  public void setStudent(Student student) {
   this.student = student;
  }
  public String getName() {
   return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
   this.name = name;
  }
  public Boolean getVerified() {
   return verified;
  }
  public void setVerified(Boolean verified) {
   this.verified = verified;
  }
  public int[] getMarks() {
   return marks;
  }
  public void setMarks(int[] marks) {
   this.marks = marks;
  } 
}

Verify the output

Compile the following classes using javac:
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Now run jacksonTester and see the results:
The same code at the page code block index 1
Verify the output

Student [ name: Mahesh, age: 10 ]
Mahesh Kumar
false
[1, 2, 3]