Java tutorial
package com.dyonovan.researchsystem.util; import com.google.gson.Gson; import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder; import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken; import java.io.*; /** * This file was created for Research System * <p> * Research System is licensed under the * Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License: * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ * * @author Dyonovan * @since 6/26/2016 */ public class JsonUtils { public static boolean writeToJson(Object toWrite, String path) { Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create(); String json = gson.toJson(toWrite); try { BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(path)); writer.write(json); writer.close(); return true; } catch (IOException e) { LogHelper.severe("Failed to write to: " + path); return false; } } public static <C> C readFromJson(TypeToken type, String path) { try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)); Gson gson = new Gson(); return gson.fromJson(reader, type.getType()); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { LogHelper.severe("Could not find file: " + path); return null; } } }