Merging Two JSON Documents Using Jackson

Question

Is it possible to merge two JSON documents with the Jackson JSON library? I am basically using the Jackson mapper with simple Java Maps.

I\'ve tried to search in Goo

Answer 1

Here,is full implementation of merging two JSON tree into one. Hope it would be helpful :)

/**
 * Merge two JSON tree into one i.e mergedInTo.
 *
 * @param toBeMerged
 * @param mergedInTo
 */
public static void merge(JsonNode toBeMerged, JsonNode mergedInTo) {
    Iterator> incomingFieldsIterator = toBeMerged.fields();
    Iterator> mergedIterator = mergedInTo.fields();

    while (incomingFieldsIterator.hasNext()) {
        Map.Entry incomingEntry = incomingFieldsIterator.next();

        JsonNode subNode = incomingEntry.getValue();

        if (subNode.getNodeType().equals(JsonNodeType.OBJECT)) {
            boolean isNewBlock = true;
            mergedIterator = mergedInTo.fields();
            while (mergedIterator.hasNext()) {
                Map.Entry entry = mergedIterator.next();
                if (entry.getKey().equals(incomingEntry.getKey())) {
                    merge(incomingEntry.getValue(), entry.getValue());
                    isNewBlock = false;
                }
            }
            if (isNewBlock) {
                ((ObjectNode) mergedInTo).replace(incomingEntry.getKey(), incomingEntry.getValue());
            }
        } else if (subNode.getNodeType().equals(JsonNodeType.ARRAY)) {
            boolean newEntry = true;
            mergedIterator = mergedInTo.fields();
            while (mergedIterator.hasNext()) {
                Map.Entry entry = mergedIterator.next();
                if (entry.getKey().equals(incomingEntry.getKey())) {
                    updateArray(incomingEntry.getValue(), entry);
                    newEntry = false;
                }
            }
            if (newEntry) {
                ((ObjectNode) mergedInTo).replace(incomingEntry.getKey(), incomingEntry.getValue());
            }
        }
        ValueNode valueNode = null;
        JsonNode incomingValueNode = incomingEntry.getValue();
        switch (subNode.getNodeType()) {
            case STRING:
                valueNode = new TextNode(incomingValueNode.textValue());
                break;
            case NUMBER:
                valueNode = new IntNode(incomingValueNode.intValue());
                break;
            case BOOLEAN:
                valueNode = BooleanNode.valueOf(incomingValueNode.booleanValue());
        }
        if (valueNode != null) {
            updateObject(mergedInTo, valueNode, incomingEntry);
        }
    }
}

private static void updateArray(JsonNode valueToBePlaced, Map.Entry toBeMerged) {
    toBeMerged.setValue(valueToBePlaced);
}

private static void updateObject(JsonNode mergeInTo, ValueNode valueToBePlaced,
                                 Map.Entry toBeMerged) {
    boolean newEntry = true;
    Iterator> mergedIterator = mergeInTo.fields();
    while (mergedIterator.hasNext()) {
        Map.Entry entry = mergedIterator.next();
        if (entry.getKey().equals(toBeMerged.getKey())) {
            newEntry = false;
            entry.setValue(valueToBePlaced);
        }
    }
    if (newEntry) {
        ((ObjectNode) mergeInTo).replace(toBeMerged.getKey(), toBeMerged.getValue());
    }
}