How to Convert XML to JSON in Java

on October 16, 2017

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Converting XML to JSON in Java

In this post, We will show you simple program about, How to Convert XML to JSON in Java. The example program has been tested and shared in the same post.

Maven Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20170516</version>
</dependency>

Example Program

package com.dineshkrish;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.json.XML;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class Converter {
// Converting XML to JSON
public static JSONObject convert(String xml) {
if(xml == null || xml.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
return XML.toJSONObject(xml);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
final String fileName = "input.xml";
File xmlFile = new File(fileName);
try {
byte[] b = Files.readAllBytes(xmlFile.toPath());
String xml = new String(b);
JSONObject obj = convert(xml);
System.out.println(obj);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

Sample Input

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<employee>
<empId>101</empId>
<empName>John</empName>
<empAge>10</empAge>
<empEmail>dinesh@idineshkrishnan.com</empEmail>
<empPhone>+91 9941937705</empPhone>
<Address>
<doorNo>10</doorNo>
<city>Chennai</city>
<state>Tamilnadu</state>
<country>India</country>
</Address>
</employee>

Output

{
"employee": {
"empId": 101,
"empPhone": "+91 9941937705",
"Address": {
"country": "India",
"city": "Chennai",
"doorNo": 10,
"state": "Tamilnadu"
},
"empName": "John",
"empEmail": "dinesh@idineshkrishnan.com",
"empAge": 10
}
}