How to Convert JSON to Map Object in Java

on January 6, 2017

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Convert JSON to Map Object in Java

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How to Convert JSON to Map Object in Java

Input JSON File (data.json)

{
"1":"One",
"2":"Two",
"3":"Three",
"4":"Four",
"5":"Five",
"6":"Six",
"7":"Seven",
"8":"Eight",
"9":"Nine",
"10":"Ten"
}

Converting JSON to Map Object (ConvertJSONToMap.java)

package com.dineshkrish.json;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.Map;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class ConvertJSONToMap {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// defining the Gson object
Gson gson = new Gson();
// json file
File jsonFile = new File("input/data.json");
try {
// defining FileReader object passing file
FileReader reader = new FileReader(jsonFile);
// Convert JSON to Map Object
Map<Integer, String> map = gson.fromJson(reader, Map.class);
System.out.println(map);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}