When I run the "Write JSON to a file" code from this link, the entire JSON object is printed to a single line in the file. How do I print a JSONObject so that it is displayed nicely in multiple lines?
This is the output I get:
{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Smith","address":{"streetAddress":"21 2nd Street","city":"New York","state":"NY","postalCode":10021},"age":25,"phoneNumbers":[{"type":"home","number":"212 555-1234"},{"type":"fax","number":"212 555-1234"}]}
The code is shown below:
// Java program for write JSON to a file
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
public class JSONWriteExample
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
{
// creating JSONObject
JSONObject jo = new JSONObject();
// putting data to JSONObject
jo.put("firstName", "John");
jo.put("lastName", "Smith");
jo.put("age", 25);
// for address data, first create LinkedHashMap
Map m = new LinkedHashMap(4);
m.put("streetAddress", "21 2nd Street");
m.put("city", "New York");
m.put("state", "NY");
m.put("postalCode", 10021);
// putting address to JSONObject
jo.put("address", m);
// for phone numbers, first create JSONArray
JSONArray ja = new JSONArray();
m = new LinkedHashMap(2);
m.put("type", "home");
m.put("number", "212 555-1234");
// adding map to list
ja.add(m);
m = new LinkedHashMap(2);
m.put("type", "fax");
m.put("number", "212 555-1234");
// adding map to list
ja.add(m);
// putting phoneNumbers to JSONObject
jo.put("phoneNumbers", ja);
// writing JSON to file:"JSONExample.json" in cwd
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter("JSONExample.json");
pw.write(jo.toJSONString());
pw.flush();
pw.close();
}
}