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JSON builder API

JSON builder API

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JSON builder API

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- [Instructor] We have seen that adjacent structure can be built from adjacent document in a string of that file. What we're going to see now is how to build adjacent structure using the static builder provided by the jsonx.json.jsonclass. This class provides factory methods to create two types of builders, a JsonObjectBuilder which builds Json objects, and JsonArrayBuilder which builds Json arrays. With just these two builders we have all the tools needed to build Json arrays and Json objects. Once we have obtained an instance of one of these two factories we start the construction process by calling an add method and passing it the property name and the property value. It is possible to nest Json objects and arrays by passing a new instance with the builder as a the value of a property. Here is a simple example that constructs a Json object with a single string property and an array property. This Json object is constructed by creating a Json object builder and including the add…

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