https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jsonp: Jakarta JSON Processing defines a Java(R) based framework for parsing, generating, transforming, and querying JSON documents. (Eclipse Foundation)
  • Dmitry Kornilov (Oracle)
  • Lukas Jungmann (Oracle) 
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package javax.json;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;


A builder for creating JsonObject models from scratch. This interface initializes an empty JSON object model and provides methods to add name/value pairs to the object model and to return the resulting object. The methods in this class can be chained to add multiple name/value pairs to the object. 
The class Json contains methods to create the builder object. The example code below shows how to build an empty JsonObject instance. 

JsonObject object = Json.createObjectBuilder().build();




The class JsonBuilderFactory also contains methods to create JsonObjectBuilder instances. A factory instance can be used to create multiple builder instances with the same configuration. This the preferred way to create multiple instances. The example code below shows how to build a JsonObject model that represents the following JSON object: 

{
    "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25,
    "address" : {
        "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
        "city": "New York",
        "state": "NY",
        "postalCode": "10021"
    },
    "phoneNumber": [
        { "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234" },
        { "type": "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" }
    ]
}




The code to create the object shown above is the following:


JsonBuilderFactory factory = Json.createBuilderFactory(config);
JsonObject value = factory.createObjectBuilder()
    .add("firstName", "John")
    .add("lastName", "Smith")
    .add("age", 25)
    .add("address", factory.createObjectBuilder()
        .add("streetAddress", "21 2nd Street")
        .add("city", "New York")
        .add("state", "NY")
        .add("postalCode", "10021"))
    .add("phoneNumber", factory.createArrayBuilder()
        .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
            .add("type", "home")
            .add("number", "212 555-1234"))
        .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
            .add("type", "fax")
            .add("number", "646 555-4567")))
    .build();




This class does not allow null to be used as a name or
value while building the JSON object

See Also:
/**
 * A builder for creating {@link JsonObject} models from scratch. This
 * interface initializes an empty JSON object model and provides methods to add
 * name/value pairs to the object model and to return the resulting object.
 * The methods in this class can be chained to add multiple name/value pairs
 * to the object.
 *
 * <p>The class {@link javax.json.Json} contains methods to create the builder
 * object. The example code below shows how to build an empty {@code JsonObject}
 * instance.
 * <pre>
 * <code>
 * JsonObject object = Json.createObjectBuilder().build();
 * </code>
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>The class {@link JsonBuilderFactory} also contains methods to create
 * {@code JsonObjectBuilder} instances. A factory instance can be used to create
 * multiple builder instances with the same configuration. This the preferred
 * way to create multiple instances.
 *
 * The example code below shows how to build a {@code JsonObject} model that
 * represents the following JSON object:
 *
 * <pre>
 * <code>
 * {
 *     "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25,
 *     "address" : {
 *         "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
 *         "city": "New York",
 *         "state": "NY",
 *         "postalCode": "10021"
 *     },
 *     "phoneNumber": [
 *         { "type": "home", "number": "212 555-1234" },
 *         { "type": "fax", "number": "646 555-4567" }
 *     ]
 * }
 * </code>
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>The code to create the object shown above is the following:
 *
 * <pre>
 * <code>
 * JsonBuilderFactory factory = Json.createBuilderFactory(config);
 * JsonObject value = factory.createObjectBuilder()
 *     .add("firstName", "John")
 *     .add("lastName", "Smith")
 *     .add("age", 25)
 *     .add("address", factory.createObjectBuilder()
 *         .add("streetAddress", "21 2nd Street")
 *         .add("city", "New York")
 *         .add("state", "NY")
 *         .add("postalCode", "10021"))
 *     .add("phoneNumber", factory.createArrayBuilder()
 *         .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
 *             .add("type", "home")
 *             .add("number", "212 555-1234"))
 *         .add(factory.createObjectBuilder()
 *             .add("type", "fax")
 *             .add("number", "646 555-4567")))
 *     .build();
 * </code>
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This class does <em>not</em> allow <code>null</code> to be used as a name or
 * value while building the JSON object
 *
 * @see JsonArrayBuilder
 */
public interface JsonObjectBuilder {

    
Adds a name/JsonValue pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonValue} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or value is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonValue value);

    
Adds a name/JsonString pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonString} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or value is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, String value);

    
Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonNumber} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or value is null
     *
     * @see JsonNumber
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, BigInteger value);

    
Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonNumber} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or value is null
     *
     * @see JsonNumber
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, BigDecimal value);

    
Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonNumber} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     *
     * @see JsonNumber
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, int value);

    
Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonNumber} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     *
     * @see JsonNumber
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, long value);

    
Adds a name/JsonNumber pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonNumber} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified
     * name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NumberFormatException if the value is Not-a-Number (NaN) or 
     * infinity
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     *
     * @see JsonNumber
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, double value);

    
Adds a name/JsonValue#TRUE or name/JsonValue#FALSE pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the specified value. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • value – value in the name/value pair
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonValue#TRUE} or name/{@code JsonValue#FALSE} pair
     * to the JSON object associated with this object builder. If the object
     * contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old
     * value with the specified value.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param value value in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, boolean value);

    
Adds a name/JsonValue#NULL pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder where the value is null. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with null. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonValue#NULL} pair to the JSON object associated
     * with this object builder where the value is {@code null}.
     * If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method
     * replaces the old value with {@code null}.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder addNull(String name);

    
Adds a name/JsonObject pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. The value JsonObject is built from the specified object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the JsonObject from the specified object builder. 
Params:
  • name – name in the name/value pair
  • builder – the value is the object associated with this builder
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonObject} pair to the JSON object associated
     * with this object builder. The value {@code JsonObject} is built from the
     * specified object builder. If the object contains a mapping for the
     * specified name, this method replaces the old value with the
     * {@code JsonObject} from the specified object builder.
     *
     * @param name name in the name/value pair
     * @param builder the value is the object associated with this builder
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or builder is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonObjectBuilder builder);

    
Adds a name/JsonArray pair to the JSON object associated with this object builder. The value JsonArray is built from the specified array builder. If the object contains a mapping for the specified name, this method replaces the old value with the JsonArray from the specified array builder. 
Params:
  • name – the name in the name/value pair
  • builder – the value is the object array with this builder
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
/**
     * Adds a name/{@code JsonArray} pair to the JSON object associated with
     * this object builder. The value {@code JsonArray} is built from the
     * specified array builder. If the object contains a mapping for the
     * specified name, this method replaces the old value with the
     * {@code JsonArray} from the specified array builder.
     *
     * @param name the name in the name/value pair
     * @param builder the value is the object array with this builder
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name or builder is null
     */
    JsonObjectBuilder add(String name, JsonArrayBuilder builder);

    
Adds all name/value pairs in the JSON object associated with the specified
object builder to the JSON object associated with this object builder.
The newly added name/value pair will replace any existing name/value pair with
the same name.

Params:
  • builder – the specified object builder
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
Since:1.1
/**
     * Adds all name/value pairs in the JSON object associated with the specified
     * object builder to the JSON object associated with this object builder.
     * The newly added name/value pair will replace any existing name/value pair with
     * the same name.
     *
     * @param builder the specified object builder
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified builder is null
     * @since 1.1
     */
    default JsonObjectBuilder addAll(JsonObjectBuilder builder) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    
Remove the name/value pair from the JSON object associated with this
object builder if it is present.

Params:
  • name – the name in the name/value pair to be removed
Throws:
Returns:this object builder
Since:1.1
/**
     * Remove the name/value pair from the JSON object associated with this
     * object builder if it is present.
     *
     * @param name the name in the name/value pair to be removed
     * @return this object builder
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified name is null
     * @since 1.1
     */
    default JsonObjectBuilder remove(String name) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    
Returns the JSON object associated with this object builder. The iteration order for the JsonObject is based on the order in which name/value pairs are added to the object using this builder. 
Returns:JSON object that is being built
/**
     * Returns the JSON object associated with this object builder. 
     * The iteration order for the {@code JsonObject} is based
     * on the order in which name/value pairs are added to the object using
     * this builder.
     *
     * @return JSON object that is being built
     */
    JsonObject build();

}