```
public final class Json
extends Object
```
Factory class for creating JSON processing objects. This class provides the most commonly used methods for creating these objects and their corresponding factories. The factory classes provide all the various ways to create these objects.
The methods in this class locate a provider instance using the method JsonProvider.provider(). This class uses the provider instance to create JSON processing objects.
The following example shows how to create a JSON parser to parse an empty array:
```
 
 StringReader reader = new StringReader("[]");
 JsonParser parser = Json.createParser(reader);
 
 
```
All the methods in this class are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder()`	Creates a JSON array builder
`static JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array)`	Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the specified array
`static JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection)`	Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the content of specified `collection`.
`static JsonBuilderFactory`	`createBuilderFactory(Map<String,?> config)`	Creates a builder factory for creating `JsonArrayBuilder` and `JsonObjectBuilder` objects.
`static JsonPatch`	`createDiff(JsonStructure source, JsonStructure target)`	Generates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the source and target `JsonStructure`.
`static JsonGenerator`	`createGenerator(OutputStream out)`	Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a byte stream.
`static JsonGenerator`	`createGenerator(Writer writer)`	Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a character stream.
`static JsonGeneratorFactory`	`createGeneratorFactory(Map<String,?> config)`	Creates a generator factory for creating `JsonGenerator` objects.
`static JsonMergePatch`	`createMergeDiff(JsonValue source, JsonValue target)`	Generates a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from the source and target `JsonValue`s which when applied to the `source`, yields the `target`.
`static JsonMergePatch`	`createMergePatch(JsonValue patch)`	Creates JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from specified `JsonValue`.
`static JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder()`	Creates a JSON object builder
`static JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object)`	Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the specified object.
`static JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder(Map<String,Object> map)`	Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the data from specified `map`.
`static JsonParser`	`createParser(InputStream in)`	Creates a JSON parser from a byte stream.
`static JsonParser`	`createParser(Reader reader)`	Creates a JSON parser from a character stream.
`static JsonParserFactory`	`createParserFactory(Map<String,?> config)`	Creates a parser factory for creating `JsonParser` objects.
`static JsonPatch`	`createPatch(JsonArray array)`	Creates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the specified operations.
`static JsonPatchBuilder`	`createPatchBuilder()`	Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902).
`static JsonPatchBuilder`	`createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array)`	Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902), initialized with the specified operations.
`static JsonPointer`	`createPointer(String jsonPointer)`	Creates JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) from given `jsonPointer` string.
`static JsonReader`	`createReader(InputStream in)`	Creates a JSON reader from a byte stream.
`static JsonReader`	`createReader(Reader reader)`	Creates a JSON reader from a character stream.
`static JsonReaderFactory`	`createReaderFactory(Map<String,?> config)`	Creates a reader factory for creating `JsonReader` objects.
`static JsonNumber`	`createValue(double value)`	Creates a JsonNumber.
`static JsonNumber`	`createValue(int value)`	Creates a JsonNumber.
`static JsonNumber`	`createValue(long value)`	Creates a JsonNumber.
`static JsonString`	`createValue(String value)`	Creates a JsonString.
`static JsonNumber`	`createValue(BigDecimal value)`	Creates a JsonNumber.
`static JsonNumber`	`createValue(BigInteger value)`	Creates a JsonNumber.
`static JsonWriter`	`createWriter(OutputStream out)`	Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON `object` or `array` structure to the specified byte stream.
`static JsonWriter`	`createWriter(Writer writer)`	Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON `object` or `array` structure to the specified character stream.
`static JsonWriterFactory`	`createWriterFactory(Map<String,?> config)`	Creates a writer factory for creating `JsonWriter` objects.
`static String`	`decodePointer(String escaped)`	Decodes a passed JSON-pointer string as defined by RFC 6901.
`static String`	`encodePointer(String pointer)`	Encodes (escapes) a passed string as defined by RFC 6901.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - createParser
```
public static JsonParser createParser(Reader reader)
```
    Creates a JSON parser from a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - i/o reader from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON parser
  - createParser
```
public static JsonParser createParser(InputStream in)
```
    Creates a JSON parser from a byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as specified in RFC 7159.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - i/o stream from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON parser
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonException - if encoding cannot be determined or i/o error (IOException would be cause of JsonException)
  - createGenerator
```
public static JsonGenerator createGenerator(Writer writer)
```
    Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - a i/o writer to which JSON is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON generator
  - createGenerator
```
public static JsonGenerator createGenerator(OutputStream out)
```
    Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON to a byte stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - i/o stream to which JSON is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON generator
  - createParserFactory
```
public static JsonParserFactory createParserFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a parser factory for creating JsonParser objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON parsers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    JSON parser factory
  - createGeneratorFactory
```
public static JsonGeneratorFactory createGeneratorFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a generator factory for creating JsonGenerator objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON generators. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    JSON generator factory
  - createWriter
```
public static JsonWriter createWriter(Writer writer)
```
    Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - to which JSON object or array is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer
  - createWriter
```
public static JsonWriter createWriter(OutputStream out)
```
    Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified byte stream. Characters written to the stream are encoded into bytes using UTF-8 encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - to which JSON object or array is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer
  - createReader
```
public static JsonReader createReader(Reader reader)
```
    Creates a JSON reader from a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - a reader from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader
  - createReader
```
public static JsonReader createReader(InputStream in)
```
    Creates a JSON reader from a byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as described in RFC 7159.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - a byte stream from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader
  - createReaderFactory
```
public static JsonReaderFactory createReaderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a reader factory for creating JsonReader objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON readers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader factory
  - createWriterFactory
```
public static JsonWriterFactory createWriterFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a writer factory for creating JsonWriter objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON writers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer factory
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON array builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the specified array
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - the initial array in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public static JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection)
```
    Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the content of specified collection. If the @{code collection} contains Optionals then resulting JSON array builder contains the value from the collection only if the Optional is not empty.
    
    Parameters:
    
    collection - the initial data for the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the collection cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON object builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object)
```
    Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the specified object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the initial object in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public static JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(Map<String,Object> map)
```
    Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the data from specified map. If the @{code map} contains Optionals then resulting JSON object builder contains the key from the map only if the Optional is not empty.
    
    Parameters:
    
    map - the initial object in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the map cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPointer
```
public static JsonPointer createPointer(String jsonPointer)
```
    Creates JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) from given jsonPointer string.
    
    An empty jsonPointer string defines a reference to the target itself.
    
    If the jsonPointer string is non-empty, it must be a sequence of '/' prefixed tokens.
    Parameters:
    
    jsonPointer - the valid escaped JSON Pointer string
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Pointer
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - if jsonPointer is null
    
    JsonException - if jsonPointer is not a valid JSON Pointer
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatchBuilder
```
public static JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902).
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatchBuilder
```
public static JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902), initialized with the specified operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - the initial patch operations
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatch
```
public static JsonPatch createPatch(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the specified operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - patch operations
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createDiff
```
public static JsonPatch createDiff(JsonStructure source,
                                   JsonStructure target)
```
    Generates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the source and target JsonStructure. The generated JSON Patch need not be unique.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source
    
    target - the target, must be the same type as the source
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch which when applied to the source, yields the target
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createMergePatch
```
public static JsonMergePatch createMergePatch(JsonValue patch)
```
    Creates JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from specified JsonValue.
    
    Parameters:
    
    patch - the patch
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Merge Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createMergeDiff
```
public static JsonMergePatch createMergeDiff(JsonValue source,
                                             JsonValue target)
```
    Generates a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from the source and target JsonValues which when applied to the source, yields the target.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source
    
    target - the target
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Merge Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createBuilderFactory
```
public static JsonBuilderFactory createBuilderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a builder factory for creating JsonArrayBuilder and JsonObjectBuilder objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON builders. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON builder factory
  - createValue
```
public static JsonString createValue(String value)
```
    Creates a JsonString.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON string
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonString for the string
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public static JsonNumber createValue(int value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public static JsonNumber createValue(long value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public static JsonNumber createValue(double value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public static JsonNumber createValue(BigDecimal value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public static JsonNumber createValue(BigInteger value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - encodePointer
```
public static String encodePointer(String pointer)
```
    Encodes (escapes) a passed string as defined by RFC 6901. This method doesn't validate the passed JSON-pointer string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pointer - the JSON-pointer string to encode
    
    Returns:
    
    encoded JSON-pointer string
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - decodePointer
```
public static String decodePointer(String escaped)
```
    Decodes a passed JSON-pointer string as defined by RFC 6901. This method doesn't validate the passed JSON-pointer string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    escaped - the JSON-pointer string to decode
    
    Returns:
    
    decoded JSON-pointer string
    
    Since:
    
    1.1

Class Json

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

createParser

createParser

createGenerator

createGenerator

createParserFactory

createGeneratorFactory

createWriter

createWriter

createReader

createReader

createReaderFactory

createWriterFactory

createArrayBuilder

createArrayBuilder

createArrayBuilder

createObjectBuilder

createObjectBuilder

createObjectBuilder

createPointer

createPatchBuilder

createPatchBuilder

createPatch

createDiff

createMergePatch

createMergeDiff

createBuilderFactory

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue

encodePointer

decodePointer