Using Java to parse record with new lines

Question

I would like to write a method to parse the following records from a file. It is possible for me read each line, start the record at "{" and end it at "}" and process each line in between. However, I was wondering if there was a more elegant way of processing records.

{\n "name": "Jeff Hamilton",\n "address": "101 Main St.",\n "id":"701"\n },\n {\n "name": "Peet Rizzo",\n "address": "109 Main St.",\n "id": "1003"\n }\n

the more elegant way would be checking what this format represents and using a proper formater in order to retrieve the data.. — SomeJavaGuy, Dec 05 '17 at 15:52
what have you tried so far, or do you want us to solve this issue? — Stimpson Cat, Dec 05 '17 at 15:53
Possible duplicate of [How to parse JSON](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2591098/how-to-parse-json) — Berkley Lamb, Dec 05 '17 at 15:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '17 at 15:57

You can split this string into an array.

String newArray[]= str.split("\n },\n {\n");

You can also use a regex here.

Alternatively, a better approach would be to use JSON parsers. I usually use GSON for serialization/deserialization but you can use any.

Using Java to parse record with new lines

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