Convert java object to json and convert json to java object

What you will learn here about java

• Convert java object to json
• Convert json to java object

Here you will learn how to convert Java object to json using Gson and How to convert json to java Object using Gson.

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Convert java object to json

Please follow the following steps to know the how to convert Java object to json
1)First create a Maven project

2)Add below gson dependency in pom.xml which is shown below

  <dependencies>
	  <dependency>
	       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
	       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
	       <version>2.6.2</version>
	   </dependency>	
  </dependencies>

3)Now create a class whose object you want to convert into json. Below I have created Employee class with variables, its constructor and getter and setter methods which is shown below.

4)Now create a new class for main method

5)Now Use toJson() method of Gson to convert Java object to json which is shown below

6)Now run the code. Once you run will see following kind of output

Convert json to java object

Please follow the following steps to know the how to Convert json to java object
1)Assuming you have followed above steps

2)Now please add following line to converts json to java object which is shown below

Employee user = gson.fromJson(gson.toJson(employee), Employee.class);

3)Now run the code. Once you run will see following kind of output