Works perfectly! Thank you Tatu - appreciate the help!! :)
On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 5:36:18 PM UTC+2, Serdyn du Toit wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having a problem getting a String of Json to "pretty print". After > doing some cleanup of the String I can get it "pretty printed" using > https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/, so I think I'm just using the > Jackson Api in the wrong way. > > > Here is my code: > @Test > public void testToPrettyJson_ProblematicString() throws Exception { > String problematicString = > "{\"data\":[{\"id\":\"57fa47de76a073d78a63b726\",\"firstName\":\"pVvnTRAv\",\"lastName\":\"ABtWQaSW\",\"fullName\":\"ABtWQaSW, > > pVvnTRAv\",\"emailAddress\":\"20161009-15363...@test.com\",\"workNumber\":\"+27 > > 12 123 1234\",\"cellNumber\":null,\"homeNumber\":null,\"status\":\"Pending > approval\",\"displayStatus\":\"Pending > approval\",\"displayStatusColor\":\"<span style=\\\"color:red\\\">Pending > approval</span>\",\"suspensionNotes\":\"<span style=\\\"color:red\\\">Test > suspension > notes.</span>\",\"notes\":null,\"createDate\":\"09/10/2016\",\"lastUpdate\":\"09/10/2016\",\"admin\":\"System\",\"isStatusActive\":false}],\"recordsTotal\":0,\"recordsFiltered\":521,\"draw\":1}"; > trace("Problematic string: " + problematicString); > problematicString = problematicString.replaceAll("\\\"", "\""); > trace("Problematic string after manual cleanup: " + problematicString); > String json = new > ObjectMapper().writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(problematicString); > trace("Json: " + json); > } > > > So I think the problem is that I'm using #writeValueAsString(..) when I'm > already working with a String. How can I get my String to "pretty print"? > When I work with objects the #writeValueAsString(..) method works fine, so > I'm just unsure how to proceed now that I'm working with a String... > > > Here's the test's output: > > Problematic string: > {"data":[{"id":"57fa47de76a073d78a63b726","firstName":"pVvnTRAv","lastName":"ABtWQaSW","fullName":"ABtWQaSW, > > pVvnTRAv","emailAddress":"20161009-15363...@test.com","workNumber":"+27 > 12 123 1234","cellNumber":null,"homeNumber":null,"status":"Pending > approval","displayStatus":"Pending approval","displayStatusColor":"<span > style=\"color:red\">Pending approval</span>","suspensionNotes":"<span > style=\"color:red\">Test suspension > notes.</span>","notes":null,"createDate":"09/10/2016","lastUpdate":"09/10/2016","admin":"System","isStatusActive":false}],"recordsTotal":0,"recordsFiltered":521,"draw":1} > > Problematic string after manual cleanup: > {"data":[{"id":"57fa47de76a073d78a63b726","firstName":"pVvnTRAv","lastName":"ABtWQaSW","fullName":"ABtWQaSW, > > pVvnTRAv","emailAddress":"20161009-15363...@test.com","workNumber":"+27 > 12 123 1234","cellNumber":null,"homeNumber":null,"status":"Pending > approval","displayStatus":"Pending approval","displayStatusColor":"<span > style=\"color:red\">Pending approval</span>","suspensionNotes":"<span > style=\"color:red\">Test suspension > notes.</span>","notes":null,"createDate":"09/10/2016","lastUpdate":"09/10/2016","admin":"System","isStatusActive":false}],"recordsTotal":0,"recordsFiltered":521,"draw":1} > > Json: > "{\"data\":[{\"id\":\"57fa47de76a073d78a63b726\",\"firstName\":\"pVvnTRAv\",\"lastName\":\"ABtWQaSW\",\"fullName\":\"ABtWQaSW, > > pVvnTRAv\",\"emailAddress\":\"20161009-15363...@test.com\",\"workNumber\":\"+27 > > 12 123 1234\",\"cellNumber\":null,\"homeNumber\":null,\"status\":\"Pending > approval\",\"displayStatus\":\"Pending > approval\",\"displayStatusColor\":\"<span style=\\\"color:red\\\">Pending > approval</span>\",\"suspensionNotes\":\"<span style=\\\"color:red\\\">Test > suspension > notes.</span>\",\"notes\":null,\"createDate\":\"09/10/2016\",\"lastUpdate\":\"09/10/2016\",\"admin\":\"System\",\"isStatusActive\":false}],\"recordsTotal\":0,\"recordsFiltered\":521,\"draw\":1}" > > > Any insight appreciated! Many thanks!!! :) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jackson-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jackson-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to jackson-user@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
