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google-gson

Gson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. It can also be used to convert a JSON string to an equivalent Java object. Gson can work with arbitrary Java objects including pre-existing objects that you do not have source-code of.

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.

Gson 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
Extensive support of Java Generics
Allow custom representations for objects
Support arbitrarily complex objects (with deep inheritance hierarchies and extensive use of generic types)

Gson Downloads

Gson 2.3.1 [http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.google.code.gson%7Cgson%7C2.3.1%7Cjar downloads at Maven Central]

Gson Documentation

Gson [http://google-gson.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gson/docs/javadocs/index.html API]: Javadocs for the current Gson release
Gson [http://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-user-guide user guide]: This guide contains examples on how to use Gson in your code.
Gson [https://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-roadmap Roadmap]: Details on upcoming releases
Gson [https://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-design-document design document]: This document discusses issues we faced while designing Gson. It also include a comparison of Gson with other Java libraries that can be used for Json conversion

Please use the [http://groups.google.com/group/google-gson google-gson Google Group] to discuss Gson, or to post questions.

Gson-related Content Created by Third Parties

[http://www.studytrails.com/java/json/java-google-json-introduction.jsp Gson Tutorial] by StudyTrails