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Gson, or Google Gson, is an open-source Java library that serializes Java objects to JSON (and deserializes them back to Java).
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Initial release | May 22, 2008 |
Stable release | 2.11.0
/ 20 May 2024 |
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Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
License | Apache License 2.0 |
Website | github |
The Gson library was originally developed for internal purposes at Google, with Version 1.0 released on May 22, 2008, under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. The latest version, 2.11, was released on May 20, 2024.
Gson utilizes reflection, meaning that classes do not have to be modified to be serialized or deserialized. By default, a class only needs a defined default (no-args) constructor; however, this requirement can be circumvented (see Features).
The following example demonstrates the basic usage of Gson when serializing a sample object:
package example;
public class Car {
public String manufacturer;
public String model;
public double capacity;
public boolean accident;
public Car() {
}
public Car(String manufacturer, String model, double capacity, boolean accident) {
this.manufacturer = manufacturer;
this.model = model;
this.capacity = capacity;
this.accident = accident;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return ("Manufacturer: " + manufacturer + ", " + "Model: " + model + ", " + "Capacity: " + capacity + ", " + "Accident: " + accident);
}
}
package example;
public class Person {
public String name;
public String surname;
public Car cars;
public int phone;
public transient int age;
public Person() {
}
public Person(String name, String surname, int phone, int age, Car cars) {
this.name = name;
this.surname = surname;
this.cars = cars;
this.phone = phone;
this.age = age;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append("Name: ").append(name).append(" ").append(surname).append("\n");
sb.append("Phone: ").append(phone).append("\n");
sb.append("Age: ").append(age).append("\n");
int i = 0;
for (Car car : cars) {
i++;
sb.append("Car ").append(i).append(": ").append(car).append("\n");
}
return sb.toString();
}
}
package main;
import example.Car;
import example.Person;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Enable pretty printing for demonstration purposes
// Can also directly create instance with `new Gson()`; this will produce compact JSON
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
Car audi = new Car("Audi", "A4", 1.8, false);
Car skoda = new Car("Škoda", "Octavia", 2.0, true);
Car[] cars = {audi, skoda};
Person johnDoe = new Person("John", "Doe", 2025550191, 35, cars);
System.out.println(gson.toJson(johnDoe));
}
}
Calling the code of the above Main class will result in the following JSON output:
{
"name":
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