Convert object to JSON in Android

Question

Is there a simple method to convert any object to JSON in Android?

Answer 1

Spring for Android do this using RestTemplate easily:

final String url = "http://192.168.1.50:9000/greeting";
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
restTemplate.getMessageConverters().add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
Greeting greeting = restTemplate.getForObject(url, Greeting.class);