How to fluently build JSON in Java?

Question

I\'m thinking of something like:

String json = new JsonBuilder()
  .add(\"key1\", \"value1\")
  .add(\"key2\", \"value2\")
  .add(\"key3\", new JsonBuilder()         


        

Answer 1

it's much easier than you think to write your own, just use an interface for JsonElementInterface with a method string toJson(), and an abstract class AbstractJsonElement implementing that interface,

then all you have to do is have a class for JSONProperty that implements the interface, and JSONValue(any token), JSONArray ([...]), and JSONObject ({...}) that extend the abstract class

JSONObject has a list of JSONProperty's
JSONArray has a list of AbstractJsonElement's

your add function in each should take a vararg list of that type, and return this

now if you don't like something you can just tweak it

the benifit of the inteface and the abstract class is that JSONArray can't accept properties, but JSONProperty can accept objects or arrays