Serializes Java object into JSON String using JsonAdapter.toJson() with Moshi

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Java Code Examples for com.squareup.moshi.JsonAdapter.toJson()

This method to serializes the Java object into JSON string.

Adding Moshi dependency into your project

Using Gradle

compile group: 'com.squareup.moshi', name: 'moshi', version: '1.8.0'

Using Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
    <artifactId>moshi</artifactId>
    <version>1.8.0</version>
</dependency>

How to use com.squareup.moshi.JsonAdapter.toJson()

package simplesolution.dev;

import com.squareup.moshi.JsonAdapter;
import com.squareup.moshi.Moshi;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class JsonAdapterToJsonExamples {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        List<Map<String, String>> data = new ArrayList<>();
        Map<String, String> item1 = new HashMap<>();
        item1.put("name", "Sample JSON Serialization");
        item1.put("url", "https://simplesolution.dev");
        data.add(item1);

        Map<String, String> item2 = new HashMap<>();
        item2.put("name", "Java Tutorials");
        item2.put("url", "https://simplesolution.dev/java");
        data.add(item2);

        Moshi moshi = new Moshi.Builder().build();
        JsonAdapter<List> jsonAdapter = moshi.adapter(List.class);
        String jsonStringFromObject = jsonAdapter.toJson(data);
        System.out.println("JSON String from Object: " + jsonStringFromObject);
    }
}

Happy Coding 😊