Is it possible to deserialize JSON to a tree in Java?

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I have JSON response from Facebook, which I don't want to deserialize into a custom Java object. Mostly because there is no guarantee that their API will stay stable. Once they change it my deserialization will fail for sure.

What I want is to deserialize their JSON data into HashMap<String, Object>, where Object may be a String or a HashMap. In PHP it's called associative array and it is produced by json_decode() function. Is it possible to do the same in Java?

skaffman · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-01 19:19:03Z

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Certainly. Have a look at Jackson, it can do this easily enough, e.g.

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String, Object> userData = mapper.readValue(jsonData, Map.class);

The resulting Map will nest as many levels deep as is required.

answered Mar 1, 2011 at 19:19

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