boost ptree

This is an awesome post on how to use ptree for json processing. http://zenol.fr/blog/boost-property-tree/en.html

JSON in Java

Add to your Maven dependency

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<dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId> <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId> <version>1.0.4</version> </dependency>

Demo:

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String json = "{\"id\":3}"; JsonReader reader = Json.createReader(new StringReader(json)); JsonObject rootObject = reader.readObject(); reader.close(); int devID = rootObject.getInt("id"); String sDevID = Integer.toString(devID);