RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Processing JSON with JSR 353 object model APIs

This category of APIs generates an in-memory tree model for JSON data and then starts processing it as instructed by the client. This is conceptually similar to the Document Object Model (DOM) API for XML.

Here is a list of the frequently used classes in the object model API of the JSR 353 specification:

Class or interface	Description
javax.json.Json	This class is the main factory class for creating JSON processing objects, such as JsonReader and JsonWriter.
javax.json.JsonReader	This interface reads the JSON content and generates a JSON object or array as appropriate.
javax.json.JsonWriter	This interface writes a JSON object or array to an output source.
javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder ...