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 There are a few open-source projects that can convert Java objects to JSON. However, most of them require that you place Java annotations in your classes; something that you can not do if you do not have access to the source-code. Most also do not fully support the use of Java Generics. Gson considers both of these as very important design goals.
 
+:information_source: Gson is currently in maintenance mode; existing bugs will be fixed, but large new features will likely not be added. If you want to add a new feature, please first search for existing GitHub issues, or create a new one to discuss the feature and get feedback.
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 ### Goals
   * Provide simple `toJson()` and `fromJson()` methods to convert Java objects to JSON and vice-versa
   * Allow pre-existing unmodifiable objects to be converted to and from JSON