Method Details

• toJson

  public static elemental.json.JsonValue toJson(Object bean)

  Converts a Java bean, JsonSerializable instance, String, wrapper of primitive type or enum to a JsonValue.

  When a bean is used, a JsonObject is returned.

  Parameters:

  bean - Java object to be converted

  Returns:

  the json representation of the Java object

• toJson

  public static elemental.json.JsonArray toJson(Collection<?> beans)

  Converts a collection of object into a JsonArray, converting each item of the collection individually.

  Parameters:

  beans - the collection of objects to be converted

  Returns:

  the json representation of the objects in the collectios. An empty array is returned if the input collections is null

• toObject

  public static <T> T toObject(Class<T> type, elemental.json.JsonValue json)

  Converts a JsonValue to the corresponding Java object. The Java object can be a Java bean, JsonSerializable instance, String, wrapper of primitive types or an enum.

  Type Parameters:

  T - the resulting object type

  Parameters:

  type - the type of the Java object convert the json to

  json - the json representation of the object

  Returns:

  the deserialized object, or null if the input json is null

• toObjects

  public static <T> List<T> toObjects(Class<T> type, elemental.json.JsonArray json)

  Converts a JsonArray into a collection of Java objects. The Java objects can be Java beans, JsonSerializable instances, Strings, wrappers of primitive types or enums.

  Type Parameters:

  T - the resulting objects types

  Parameters:

  type - the type of the elements in the array

  json - the json representation of the objects

  Returns:

  a modifiable list of converted objects. Returns an empty list if the input array is null