RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Using the JSR 367 – Java API for JSON Binding

Similar to JAXB for XML processing, the JSR 367: Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B) defines the binding layer for transforming Java objects to JSON messages and vice-versa, as depicted ahead:

Now let's look at the key components of JSON-B:

Class or Interface	Description
javax.json.bind.Jsonb	This is the core API that provides the functions to serialize a Java object to JSON and deserialize to Java object from a JSON input.
javax.json.bind.JsonbConfig	This class provides functions for formatting and encoding to create customized JSON data.
javax.json.bind.JsonbBuilder	As ...