In Java, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a widely used data format for exchanging and representing structured data. You can work with JSON data in Java by using libraries and APIs that facilitate JSON parsing, generation, and manipulation. Here’s how you can work with JSON in Java:

1. JSON Libraries:

   There are several popular JSON libraries available for Java that make it easy to work with JSON data. Some of the commonly used libraries include:

   • Jackson: Jackson is a high-performance JSON library for Java. It provides both streaming and data-binding approaches for parsing and generating JSON data. You can use Jackson to map JSON data to Java objects and vice versa.

   • Gson: Gson is a library developed by Google for working with JSON data in Java. It allows you to serialize Java objects to JSON and deserialize JSON data into Java objects.

   • JSON-P (javax.json): The Java API for JSON Processing (JSON-P) is part of the Java EE platform. It provides a standard API for parsing and generating JSON data in Java.

2. Parsing JSON:

   To parse JSON data in Java, you can use one of the JSON libraries mentioned above. Here’s an example of how to parse JSON using Jackson:

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   // Import Jackson classes
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

    

   // JSON data as a string
   String jsonData = “{\”name\”:\”John\”,\”age\”:30,\”city\”:\”New York\”}”;

   // Create ObjectMapper
   ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

   // Parse JSON data
   JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(jsonData);

   // Access JSON properties
String name = jsonNode.get("name").asText();
int age = jsonNode.get("age").asInt();
String city = jsonNode.get("city").asText();


3. Generating JSON:

   To generate JSON data from Java objects, you can use the JSON library of your choice. Here’s an example using Jackson:

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   // Import Jackson classes
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

    

   // Create ObjectMapper
   ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

   // Create a Java object
   Person person = new Person(“John”, 30, “New York”);

   // Convert Java object to JSON
String jsonData = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(person);


4. Working with Java Objects and JSON:

   You can map Java objects to JSON and vice versa using the libraries mentioned above. This is particularly useful when you need to serialize and deserialize data between Java and JSON formats.

   Here’s a simplified example of a Java class and its mapping to JSON using Jackson:

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   import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonGetter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSetter;

    

   public class Person {
   private String name;
   private int age;
   private String city;

   // Getters and setters
   @JsonGetter(“name”)
   public String getName() {
   return name;
   }

   @JsonSetter(“name”)
   public void setName(String name) {
   this.name = name;
   }

   // Other getters and setters for age and city
}


   This class can be easily converted to and from JSON using Jackson’s ObjectMapper.

Remember to include the appropriate JSON library in your Java project’s dependencies based on your choice (e.g., Jackson, Gson, JSON-P) to work with JSON effectively in Java.