Java - parse JSON to Node

In this short article, we would like to show how to parse JSON to the JsonNode object in Java.

Quick solution:

ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

String json = "{\"name\": \"john\"}";           // {"name": "john"}
JsonNode node = objectMapper.readTree(json);

System.out.println(node.get("name").asText());  // john

Practical example

As JsonNode we understand, the object returned from a parser is not related to a specific type. The JsonNode can store any JSON described as nodes tree.

Quick solution:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

public class Program {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonProcessingException {

		ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();

		String json = "{\"name\": \"john\", \"email\": \"john@mail.com\"}";
		JsonNode node = objectMapper.readTree(json);

		JsonNode nameNode = node.get("name");
		JsonNode emailNode = node.get("email");

		System.out.println("name:  " + nameNode.asText());   // john
		System.out.println("email: " + emailNode.asText());  // john@mail.com
	}
}

Output:

name:  john
email: john@mail.com

Hint: to know how to attach *.jar lib to your project read this article.

Link to the library in the Maven repository:
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind

See also

1. Java - parse JSON to object with Jackson lib