Parsing, generating, transforming, and querying on JSON objects using JSON-P

Dealing with JSON objects is an activity that you can't avoid anymore. So if you can do it by relying on a powerful and easy to use framework—even better!

This recipe will show you how you can use JSON-P to carry out some different operations using or generating JSON objects.

Getting ready

Start by adding the Java EE dependency:

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax</groupId>
            <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
            <version>8.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

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