How to Convert JSON to List in Java

on January 6, 2017

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Convert JSON to List in Java

In this example program, we are showing simple program about, How to Convert JSON to List in Java. The example program were tested and attached in the same post.

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How to Convert JSON to List in Java

1) Input JSON Data (data.json)

[{
"empId":101,
"empName":"John",
"empAge":21,
"empQualification":"MS",
"empSalary":10000
},
{
"empId":102,
"empName":"James",
"empAge":22,
"empQualification":"MBA",
"empSalary":12000
},
{
"empId":103,
"empName":"William",
"empAge":24,
"empQualification":"MCA",
"empSalary":13000
},
{
"empId":104,
"empName":"Smith",
"empAge":23,
"empQualification":"Msc",
"empSalary":12500
},
{
"empId":105,
"empName":"Alex",
"empAge":26,
"empQualification":"MTech",
"empSalary":15000
}]

2) Simple POJO Class (Employee.java)

package com.dineshkrish.json;
public class Employee {
private int empId;
private String empName;
private int empAge;
private String empQualification;
private double empSalary;
public int getEmpId() {
return empId;
}
public void setEmpId(int empId) {
this.empId = empId;
}
public String getEmpName() {
return empName;
}
public void setEmpName(String empName) {
this.empName = empName;
}
public int getEmpAge() {
return empAge;
}
public void setEmpAge(int empAge) {
this.empAge = empAge;
}
public String getEmpQualification() {
return empQualification;
}
public void setEmpQualification(String empQualification) {
this.empQualification = empQualification;
}
public double getEmpSalary() {
return empSalary;
}
public void setEmpSalary(double empSalary) {
this.empSalary = empSalary;
}
}

3) Converting JSON to List Object

package com.dineshkrish.json;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.List;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class ConvertJSONToList {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Defining the list reference variable
List employeeList = null;
// defining the Gson object
Gson gson = new Gson();
File jsonFile = new File("input/data.json");
try {
FileReader reader = new FileReader(jsonFile);
// convert JSON to List Object
employeeList= (List)gson.fromJson(reader, List.class);
System.out.println("JSON File Converted to List");
System.out.println("--------------------------");
// iterating the list object
for(int i=0;i<employeeList.size();i++) {
// converting the each element as 'Employee' object
Employee employee = gson.fromJson(employeeList.get(i).toString(), Employee.class);
System.out.println("ID : "+employee.getEmpId());
System.out.println("Name : "+employee.getEmpName());
System.out.println("Age : "+employee.getEmpAge());
System.out.println("Qualification : "+employee.getEmpQualification());
System.out.println("Salary : "+employee.getEmpSalary());
System.out.println();
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}