Parsing, generating, transforming, and querying JSON objects using Jakarta JSON Processing

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 Jakarta JSON processing to carry out some different operations by using or generating JSON objects.

Getting ready

Start by adding the Jakarta EE dependency:

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

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