I would like to know, whats the right structure for a list of objects in JSON.
We are using JAXB to convert the POJO's to JSON.
Here is the choices, Please direct me what is right.
foos: [
foo:{..},
foo:{..}
]
or
foos : [
{...},
{...}
]
If the first structure is right, what is the JAXB annotation I should use to get the structure right.
3 Answers
The second is almost correct:
{
"foos" : [{
"prop1":"value1",
"prop2":"value2"
}, {
"prop1":"value3",
"prop2":"value4"
}]
}
The first example from your question,
foos: [ foo: { ... }, foo: { ... } ]
is in invalid syntax. You cannot have object properties inside a plain array.
The second example from your question,
foos: [ { ... }, { ... } ]
is right although it is not strict JSON. It's a relaxed form of JSON wherein quotes in string keys are omitted.
Following is the correct one when you want to obey strict JSON:
"foos": [
{ ... },
{ ... }
]
This tutorial by Patrick Hunlock, may help to learn about JSON and this site may help to validate JSON.
As others mentioned, Justin's answer was close, but not quite right. I tested this using Visual Studio's "Paste JSON as C# Classes"
{
"foos" : [
{
"prop1":"value1",
"prop2":"value2"
},
{
"prop1":"value3",
"prop2":"value4"
}
]
}
