Json vs Gson vs Jackson

JSON vs GSON vs
JACKSON
- Vinaykumar Hebballi

Topics to cover
 Overview of JSON
 The working of GSON
 The working of JACKSON
 Comparison of JSON,GSON and JACKSON.
 Conclusion
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What is JSON
 JSON is a lightweight data interchange format .
 The most important aspects of JSON are
 Simplicity
 Extensibility
 Interoperability
 Openness and Human readability.

The working of GSON
 GSON is an Java library to serialize and deserialize Java
objects to (and from) JSON.
 It provides two methods :-
 Gson.toJson to serialize java objects.
 Gson.fromJson to deserialize json objects.

GSON Example
 Serialization:-
 Gson gson = new Gson();
Car audi = new Car("Audi", "A4", 1.8, false);
Car skoda = new Car(“Skoda", "Octavia", 2.0, true);
Car[] cars = {audi, skoda};
Person johnDoe = new Person("John", "Doe", 245987453, 35,
cars);
System.out.println(gson.toJson(johnDoe));

GSON Example
 Deserialization:-
 Gson gson = new Gson();
String json = "{"name":"John","surname":"Doe","cars":
[{"manufacturer":"Audi","model":"A4","capacity":1.8,"a
ccident":false},
{"manufacturer":"Škoda","model":"Octavia","capacity":2.
0,"accident":true}], "phone":245987453}";
Person johnDoe = gson.fromJson(json, Person.class);
System.out.println(johnDoe.toString());

The working of JACKSON
 It is a Java library for processing JSON.
 Jackson aims to be the best possible combination of fast,
correct, lightweight, and friendly for developers.
 Jackson offers three alternative methods:-
 Stream API
 Tree Model
 Data Binding

JACKSON Example- Data Binding
 Read the Values from JSON file:-
 ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
User user = mapper.readValue(new File("user.json"), User.class);
 Write the values To the JSON file:-
 mapper.writeValue(new File("user-modified.json"), user);

JACKSON Example- Tree Model
 Tree Model:-
 ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
ArrayNode arrayNode = mapper.createArrayNode();
ObjectNode objectNode = mapper.createObjectNode();
objectNode.put("Firstname", student.getFirstName());
objectNode.put("Lastname",student.getLastName());
objectNode.put("age", student.getAge());
objectNode.put("address", student.getAddress());
objectNode.put("studentId", student.getStudentId());
arrayNode.add(objectNode);

JACKSON Example- Stream API
 Writing to File:-
JsonFactory f = new JsonFactory();
JsonGenerator g =f.createJsonGenerator(new File("user.json"));
g.writeStartObject();
g.writeStartArray();
g.writeEndArray();
g.writeEndObject();
g.close();
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JACKSON Example- Stream API
JsonFactory jfactory = new JsonFactory();
JsonParser jParser = jfactory.createJsonParser(new File("c://temp/user.json"));
while (jParser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
if ("name".equals(fieldname)) {
jParser.nextToken();
System.out.println(jParser.getText()); }
if ("age".equals(fieldname)) {
System.out.println(jParser.getIntValue()); }
if ("messages".equals(fieldname)) {
while (jParser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
System.out.println(jParser.getText()); }}
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COMPARISON-Big File

COMPARISON-Small File

CONCLUSION
 If you are dealing with big JSON files, then Jackson is your
library of interest.
 If you are dealing with with lots of small JSON requests then
GSON is your library of interest.
 If you end up having to often deal with both types of files,
then JSON.simple. Neither Jackson nor GSON perform as
well across multiple files sizes.

References:
 www.json.org
 http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonHome
 https://google-
gson.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gson/docs/javadocs/c
om/google/gson/Gson.html

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