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How to read Json array data using JsonArray?


This page shows how to read Json array data using JsonArray object.

Note: Refer How to read Json data using JsonReader? page for dependent libraries.

Here is the input json file:

Json Input File:
{
    "emp_id": 1017,
    "emp_name": "Nagesh Y",
    "emp_designation": "Manager",
    "department": "Java2Novice",
    "salary": 30000,
    "direct_reports": [
        "Nataraj G",
        "Kalyan",
        "Mahitha"
    ],
    "address": {
        "street":"MG Road",
        "city":"Bangalore"
    }
}

Java example to read json array data:

package com.javaapi.json.examples;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import javax.json.Json;
import javax.json.JsonArray;
import javax.json.JsonObject;
import javax.json.JsonReader;
import javax.json.JsonValue;

public class ReadJsonArrayEx {

	public static void main(String a[]){
		
		File jsonInputFile = new File("/Users/java2novice/jsonInput.txt");
		InputStream is;
		try {
			is = new FileInputStream(jsonInputFile);
			// Create JsonReader from Json.
			JsonReader reader = Json.createReader(is);
			// Get the JsonObject structure from JsonReader.
			JsonObject empObj = reader.readObject();
			reader.close();
			// read string data
	        System.out.println("Emp Name: " + empObj.getString("emp_name"));
	        // read json array
	        JsonArray arrObj = empObj.getJsonArray("direct_reports");
	        System.out.println("\nDirect Reports:");
	        for(JsonValue value : arrObj){
	        	System.out.println(value.toString());
	        }
	        
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

Output:
Emp Name: Nagesh Y

Direct Reports:
"Nataraj G"
"Kalyan"
"Mahitha"
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