com.ibm.commons.util.io.json
Class JsonGenerator

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.commons.util.io.json.JsonGenerator

public class JsonGenerator
extends java.lang.Object

JSON text generator.

This class provides some methods for generating JSON object representation. It uses a factory to deal with the actual object classes.

Nested Class Summary

static class	JsonGenerator.Generator Generator base class.
static class	JsonGenerator.StringBuilderGenerator StringBuilder generator class.
static class	JsonGenerator.StringGenerator String generator class.
static class	JsonGenerator.WriterGenerator Writer generator class.

Constructor Summary

JsonGenerator()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	toJson(JsonFactory factory, java.lang.Object value) Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text.
static java.lang.String	toJson(JsonFactory factory, java.lang.Object value, boolean compact) Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text.
static java.lang.StringBuilder	toJson(JsonFactory factory, java.lang.StringBuilder b, java.lang.Object value, boolean compact) Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text and append it to an existing String builder.
static void	toJson(JsonFactory factory, java.io.Writer writer, java.lang.Object value, boolean compact) Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text in a writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JsonGenerator

public JsonGenerator()

Method Detail

toJson

public static java.lang.String toJson(JsonFactory factory,
                                      java.lang.Object value)
                               throws java.io.IOException,
                                      JsonException

Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text. The string is written in a compact form (no extra spaces/new lines inserted).

Parameters:

factory - the object factory

value - the convert to serialize

Returns:

the resulting JSON string

Throws:

java.io.IOException

JsonException

toJson

public static java.lang.String toJson(JsonFactory factory,
                                      java.lang.Object value,
                                      boolean compact)
                               throws java.io.IOException,
                                      JsonException

Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text.

Parameters:

factory - the object factory

value - the convert to serialize

compact - indicates if the string should be in a compact format

Returns:

the resulting JSON string

Throws:

java.io.IOException

JsonException

toJson

public static java.lang.StringBuilder toJson(JsonFactory factory,
                                             java.lang.StringBuilder b,
                                             java.lang.Object value,
                                             boolean compact)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             JsonException

Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text and append it to an existing String builder.

Parameters:

factory - the object factory

b - the StringBuilder to append the text to

value - the convert to serialize

compact - indicates if the string should be in a compact format

Returns:

the resulting JSON string

Throws:

java.io.IOException

JsonException

toJson

public static void toJson(JsonFactory factory,
                          java.io.Writer writer,
                          java.lang.Object value,
                          boolean compact)
                   throws java.io.IOException,
                          JsonException

Convert an object hierarchy to a JSON text in a writer.

Parameters:

factory - the object factory

writer - the writer to write to

value - the convert to serialize

compact - indicates if the string should be in a compact format

Throws:

java.io.IOException

JsonException