Convert XML to JSON with Org.Json JSONObject and XML class.

XML Input

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<student>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>Elen</name>
    <courses>
        <course>
            <courseId>1</courseId>
            <courseName>Java Programming</courseName>
        </course>
        <course>
            <courseId>2</courseId>
            <courseName>Python Programming</courseName>
        </course>
    </courses>
</student>

JSON Output

{"student":{"name":"Elen","course":[{"courseName":"Java Programming","courseId":1},{"courseName":"Python Programming","courseId":2}],"id":1}}

Maven Dependency

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
            <version>20220320</version>
        </dependency>

XML to JSON with Org.Json

package com.fordevs;

// json.org dependencies
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.json.XML;

public class XmlToJson {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
                "<student>\n" +
                "    <id>1</id>\n" +
                "    <name>Elen</name>\n" +
                "    <courses>\n" +
                "        <course>\n" +
                "            <courseId>1</courseId>\n" +
                "            <courseName>Java Programming</courseName>\n" +
                "        </course>\n" +
                "        <course>\n" +
                "            <courseId>2</courseId>\n" +
                "            <courseName>Python Programming</courseName>\n" +
                "        </course>\n" +
                "    </courses>\n" +
                "</student>";

       JSONObject jsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(xml);
       System.out.println(jsonObject);
    }
}

This code contains:

  • require json.org import dependencies
  • main method, and inside the main method …
  • assign input XML
  • convert XML to JSONObject using org.json
  • print console output

Console Output

{"student":{"name":"Elen","course":[{"courseName":"Java Programming","courseId":1},{"courseName":"Python Programming","courseId":2}],"id":1}}

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/for-devs-com/xml-to-json-with-org-json

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