Java XML and JSON, Chapter 11, introduces Jackson, which provides APIs for parsing and creating JSON objects. It’s also possible to use Jackson to convert XML documents to JSON documents.

JSON objects. JSON objects are unordered sets of name and value pairs. Objects are written inside of curly braces, like these { }. Everything inside the curly braces is part of the object. Objects can ...

Complex JSON: Nesting, objects, and arrays. So far, you’ve only seen examples of JSON used with shallow (or simple) objects. That just means every field on the object holds the value of a primitive.

The Java Serialization API provides a standard mechanism for developers to handle object serialization. For example, say you have a “Person” class in Java that contains fields containing an ...

Java object serialization is a feature of the JDK that is far too often overlooked. When a developer puts together a prototype or cooks up a proof of concept, simply saving a serialized Java object to ...

JSON-like documents: MongoDB’s use of JSON-like documents aligns well with Java’s data structures. Developers can often directly map Java objects to MongoDB documents, simplifying the process ...