Convert JsonNode into POJO

Question

This may seem a little unusual, but I am looking for an efficient way to transform/map a JsonNode into a POJO.

I store some of my Model\'s

Answer 1

If you're using org.codehaus.jackson, this has been possible since 1.6. You can convert a JsonNode to a POJO with ObjectMapper#readValue: http://jackson.codehaus.org/1.9.4/javadoc/org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper.html#readValue(org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode, java.lang.Class)

    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    JsonParser jsonParser = mapper.getJsonFactory().createJsonParser("{\"foo\":\"bar\"}");
    JsonNode tree = jsonParser.readValueAsTree();
    // Do stuff to the tree
    mapper.readValue(tree, Foo.class);