Molten JSON

molten-json is a fluent Java 8 DSL for building JSON documents.

Example

{
    "name": "molten-json",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "description": "A fluent Java 8 DSL for working with JSON.",
    "repository": {
        "type": "git",
        "url": "https://github.com/helpermethod/molten-json"
    },
    "keywords": ["json", "java-8", "fluent", "dsl"],
    "author": "helpermethod",
    "license": "Apache 2",
    "bugs": {
        "url": "https://github.com/helpermethod/molten-json/issues"
    }
}

String project = new Json()
    .object(o -> o
        .string("name", "molten-json")
        .string("version", "0.1.0")
        .string("description", "A fluent Java 8 DSL for working with JSON.")
        .object("repository", r -> r
            .string("type", "git")
            .string("url", "https://github.com/helpermethod/molten-json"))
        .array("keywords", k -> k.strings("json", "java-8", "fluent", "dsl"))
        .string("author", "helpermethod")
        .string("license", "Apache 2")
        .object("bugs", b -> b
            .string("url", "https://github.com/helpermethod/molten-json/issues")))
    .toPrettyString();

Getting Started

Maven

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>bintray</id>
        <url>http://dl.bintray.com/helpermethod/maven</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.helpermethod</groupId>
        <artifactId>molten-json</artifactId>
        <version>0.1.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Gradle

repositories {
    maven {
        url 'http://dl.bintray.com/helpermethod/maven'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.helpermethod:molten-json:0.1.0'
}

Usage

Creating an empty JSONObject

JSONObject project = new Json().object().toJson();

Creating a JSONObject with one string property

JSONObject project = new Json().object(o -> o.string("name", "molten-json"));

Creating an empty JSONArray

JSONArray keywords = new Json().array().toJson();

Creating a JSONArray with one string element

JSONArray keywords = new Json().array(a -> a.strings("json"))

Creating a JSONArray with multiple string elements

JSONArray keywords = new Json().array(a -> a.strings("json", "java-8", "fluent", "dsl"))

Creating a JSON string

String project = new Json().object(o -> o.string("name", "molten-json")).toString();

Creating a pretty-printed JSON string

String project = new Json().object(o -> o.string("name", "molten-json")).toPrettyString();

Creating a nested JSONObject

JSONObject project = new Json()
    .object(o -> o
        .string("name", "molten-json")
        .string("version", "0.1.0"))
        .object("repository", r -> r
            .string("type", "git")
            .string("url", "https://github.com/helpermethod/molten-json")))
    .toJson();    

Ignoring properties with null values

String version = null;

JSONObject project = new Json(NullHandlingStrategy.IGNORE_NULL)
    .object(o -> o
        .string("name", "molten-json")
        .string("version", version))
    .toJson();