JSON-B 1.0

JSON-P provides the lower JSON node operations, JSON Binding API provides advanced operations on serialization of Java objects to JSON string and de-serialization of JSON string to Java objects.

Serialization

An example to serialize a Java object to JSON string.

Person duke = new Person("Duke", LocalDate.of(1995, 5, 23));
duke.setPhoneNumbers(
        Arrays.asList(
                new PhoneNumber(HOME, "100000"),
                new PhoneNumber(OFFICE, "200000")
        )
);

Jsonb jsonMapper = JsonbBuilder.create();
String json = jsonMapper.toJson(duke);

LOG.log(Level.INFO, "converted json result: {0}", json);

JsonPath allow you read the values of JSON nodes.

String name = JsonPath.parse(json).read("$.name");
assertEquals("Duke", name);

JsonPath.using() method accepts custom configuration APIs to configure the json provider, eg. using Gson instead of the default JSON provider.

Configuration config = Configuration.defaultConfiguration()
        .jsonProvider(new GsonJsonProvider())
        .mappingProvider(new GsonMappingProvider());
TypeRef<List<String>> typeRef = new TypeRef<List<String>>() {
};

List<String> numbers = JsonPath.using(config).parse(json).read("$.phoneNumbers[*].number", typeRef);

assertEquals(Arrays.asList("100000", "200000"), numbers);

Deserialization

Read the JSON string and map to an object directly.

Jsonb jsonMapper = JsonbBuilder.create();

Person person = jsonMapper.fromJson(JsonbTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/person.json"), Person.class);

assertEquals("Duke", person.getName());

Type type = new ArrayList<Person>() {}
        .getClass()
        .getGenericSuperclass();

List<Person> persons = jsonMapper.fromJson(JsonbTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/persons.json"), type);

assertTrue(persons.size() == 2);

JSON-B annotations

JSON-B provides a series of annotations to adjust the serialization and deserialization for an object, including @JsonbProperty, @JsonbPropertyOrder, @JsonbTransient etc.

@JsonbProperty 
private String name;

Grab the source codes from my GitHub account, and have a try.