19 JSON Processing

This chapter describes the Java API for JSON Processing (JSR 353). JSON is a data exchange format widely used in web services and other connected applications. JSR 353 provides an API to parse, transform, and query JSON data using the object model or the streaming model.

The following topics are addressed here:

• Introduction to JSON

• JSON Processing in the Java EE Platform

• Using the Object Model API

• Using the Streaming API

• JSON in Java EE RESTful Web Services

• The jsonpmodel Example Application

• The jsonpstreaming Example Application

• Further Information about the Java API for JSON Processing