Select a particular value from a JSON array - json

Question

I have a JSON array containing the following details, I would like to extract the text Alignment value of Right and assign it to a val.
"data":[
{
"formatType": "text",
"value": "bgyufcie huis huids hufhsduhfsl hd"
},
{
"formatType": "text size",
"value": 12
},
{
"formatType": "text alignment",
"value" : "right"
}
]
Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Using the Gson library, you can map the json in a Java object.
So, you have to create a class like this:
public class MyObject{
private String formatType;
private String value;
//Constuctors, Getter and Setter...
//.....
//.....
}
After, using the method fromJson you can create an array of MyObject.
Gson gson = new Gson();
MyObject[] array = gson.fromJson(new FileReader("file.json"), MyObject[].class);

Answer 2

You can also use json4s library as shown next:
import org.json4s._
import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
val json = """{
"data":[
{
"formatType": "text",
"value": "bgyufcie huis huids hufhsduhfsl hd"
},
{
"formatType": "text size",
"value": 12
},
{
"formatType": "text alignment",
"value" : "right"
}
]
}"""
val parsed = parse(json)
val value = (parsed \ "data" \\ classOf[JObject]).filter(m => m("formatType") == "text alignment")(0)("value")
// value: Any = right
The filter (parsed \ "data" \\ classOf[JObject]) extracts all the items into a List of Map i.e:
List(
Map(formatType -> text, value -> bgyufcie huis huids hufhsduhfsl hd),
Map(formatType -> text size, value -> 12), Map(formatType -> text alignment, value -> right)
).
From those we apply the filter filter(m => m("formatType") == "text alignment") to retrieve the record that we really need.

Answer 3

Use Dijon FTW!
Here is a test that demonstrates how easily the "right" value can be found in samples like yours:
import com.github.pathikrit.dijon._
val json = parse(
"""{
|"data":[
| {
| "formatType": "text",
| "value": "bgyufcie huis huids hufhsduhfsl hd"
| },
| {
| "formatType": "text size",
| "value": 12
| },
| {
| "formatType": "text alignment",
| "value" : "right"
| }
|]
|}""".stripMargin)
assert(json.data.toSeq.collect {
case obj if obj.formatType == "text alignment" => obj.value
}.head == "right")

Answer 4

I would use the Jackson library, it is very helpful for parsing JSON. You can read the JSON using an ObjectMapper.
Here is a full tutorial to get you started: https://www.mkyong.com/java/jackson-how-to-parse-json/

Answer 5

create a multiline JSON string, then parse that string directly into a Scala object, use the net.liftweb package to solve this.
import net.liftweb.json._
object SarahEmailPluginConfigTest {
implicit val formats = DefaultFormats
case class Mailserver(url: String, username: String, password: String)
val json = parse(
"""
{
"url": "imap.yahoo.com",
"username": "myusername",
"password": "mypassword"
}
"""
)
def main(args: Array[String]) {
val m = json.extract[Mailserver]
println(m.url)
println(m.username)
println(m.password)
}
}
https://alvinalexander.com/scala/simple-scala-lift-json-example-lift-framework
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