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When reading JSON format data in Java, it is common to use third-party libraries like Gson or Jackson to parse the JSON string. Below is an example code using the Gson library to read JSON data.<\/p>\n

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  1. Add dependency on Gson library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    <dependency<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <groupId<\/span>><\/span>com.google.code.gson<\/groupId<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <artifactId<\/span>><\/span>gson<\/artifactId<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <version<\/span>><\/span>2.8.7<\/version<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/dependency<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Create a POJO class to represent the structure of JSON data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      public<\/span> class<\/span> Person<\/span> {\r\n    private<\/span> String name;\r\n    private<\/span> int<\/span> age;\r\n\r\n    \/\/ getters and setters<\/span>\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Parse JSON data using the Gson library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        import<\/span> com.google.gson.Gson;\r\n\r\npublic<\/span> class<\/span> Main<\/span> {\r\n    public<\/span> static<\/span> void<\/span> main<\/span>(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        String<\/span> json<\/span> =<\/span> \"{\\\"name\\\":\\\"Alice\\\",\\\"age\\\":30}\"<\/span>;\r\n\r\n        Gson<\/span> gson<\/span> =<\/span> new<\/span> Gson<\/span>();\r\n        Person<\/span> person<\/span> =<\/span> gson.fromJson(json, Person.class);\r\n\r\n        System.out.println(\"Name: \"<\/span> + person.getName());\r\n        System.out.println(\"Age: \"<\/span> + person.getAge());\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        In the example above, we first created a JSON string containing “name” and “age” fields. We then used the fromJson method of the Gson library to convert the JSON string to a Person object, and printed the values of the fields.<\/p>\n
        Besides the Gson library, the Jackson library is also a popular JSON parsing library, with similar usage. You can choose the appropriate library based on your own needs to read JSON formatted data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        When reading JSON format data in Java, it is common to use third-party libraries like Gson or Jackson to parse the JSON string. Below is an example code using the Gson library to read JSON data. 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