Yeah I would use Jackson or JsonObject before JsonSlurper as they are far more versatile and functional
Check out the documentation here: https://stleary.github.io/JSON-java/org/json/JSONObject.html Owen Rubel oru...@gmail.com On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 2:40 PM Owen Rubel <oru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well to clarify on what I meant... > > In the JsonSlurper class, 'parse' DOES output to an OBJECT > java.lang.Object *parse > <https://javadoc.io/static/org.codehaus.groovy/groovy-all/2.0.2/groovy/json/JsonSlurper.html#parse(java.io.Reader)>* > (java.io.Reader reader) > java.lang.Object parseText > <https://javadoc.io/static/org.codehaus.groovy/groovy-all/2.5.3/groovy/json/JsonSlurper.html#parseText-java.lang.String-> > (java.lang.String text) > > ... which can (and usually is), sent to a JsonObject for ease of use. > > Secondly, I say static in the fact that you don't need to instantiate > JsonSlurper to use the methods: > def object = JsonSlurper.parseText('{ "name": "John Doe" } > > This works just fine. > > Owen Rubel > oru...@gmail.com > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 5:21 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote: > >> Just some points of clarification. >> * JsonSlurper isn't a static class - no change with respect to its >> definition has been made across Groovy3 and 4 apart from the package >> renaming to comply with the JPMS split packaging requirements for >> JDK9+. >> * JsonSlurper doesn't parse into an org.json.JSONObject. It has its own >> LazyMap. >> * The LazyMap is backed by an ordered map unless you are using JDK1.6 >> and earlier or 1.7 and don't have the "jdk.map.althashing.threshold" >> property set. There were known inefficiencies in LinkedHashMap in >> those old (> 10 yrs ago) JDKs. >> >> Cheers, Paul. >> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 1:37 AM Owen Rubel <oru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > So JSONSlurper is now a static class but I would warn against using >> JSONSlurper in some cases as it doesn't maintain ORDER in lists when >> parsing JSON. >> > >> > This is a known BUG. But there is a simple solution; JSONSlurper parses >> into a org.json.JSONObjectand as such, you can easily parse your JSON by >> simply using JSONObject(text) to parse your text >> > >> > Owen Rubel >> > oru...@gmail.com >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 4:10 AM Tommy Svensson <to...@natusoft.se> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello Groovy people, >> >> >> >> I have code using org.apache.groovy:groovy:4.0.1 and it builds without >> any problems. >> >> >> >> But now I want to use the JSONSlurper and it looks like there is a new >> JSONParser also. That however requires groovy-all from googling. The >> problem is that there seem to be not groovy-all for version 4.0.1. Maven >> completely fails when I add "-all" to "groovy" in my poms. It will not >> download the groovy-all file. I deleted ~/.m2/repository and built again >> and it downloaded all but groovy-all. >> >> >> >> The JSON stuff is not available in the "groovy" artifact. >> >> >> >> So my question really is, I want to use Groovys JSON features, what do >> I need to do to accomplish that ? >> >> >> >> I've completely failed top find any Groovy 4.0 related page other than >> the release notes. Since there are big diffs between versions there must be >> some page for each version I assume ? >> >> >> >> I found this: https://groovy-lang.org/processing-json.html but it is >> not version specific and provides no information on how to get access to it. >> >> >> >> I'm frustrated. Something seemingly simple turned out to be the >> opposite! >> >> >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tommy Svensson >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
