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Jackson (API)

In computing, Jackson is a high-performance JSON processor for Java. Its developers extol the combination of fast, correct, lightweight, and ergonomic attributes of the library.

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Jackson
Stable release
2.19.2 / July 18, 2025 (2025-07-18)
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeAPI for JSON
LicenseApache License 2.0
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In computing, Jackson is a high-performance JSON processor for Java. Its developers extol the combination of fast, correct, lightweight, and ergonomic attributes of the library.12

Implementation

Jackson provides multiple approaches to working with JSON, including using binding annotations on POJO classes for simple use cases.31

Usage example

Sample code for reading and writing with POJOs may look like the following:1

package org.wikipedia.examples;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

record Person(int id, String firstName, String lastName) {}

public class ReadWriteJackson {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
   
        String jsonInput = "{\"id\":0,\"firstName\":\"Robin\",\"lastName\":\"Wilson\"}";
        Person q = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, Person.class);
        System.out.printf("Read and parsed Person from JSON: %s%n", q);
   
        Person p = new Person(1, "Roger", "Rabbit");
        System.out.printf("Person object %s as JSON =%n", p);
        mapper.writeValue(System.out, p);
    }
}
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "History". FasterXML. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. Young, T.M. (2013). The Jackson Cookbook. Leanpub.
  3. Darwin, I.F. (2014). Java Cookbook (3rd ed.). Sebastopol, USA: O'Reilly. pp. 656–657.
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