How to convert Scala Map into JSON String?
As a non play solution, you can consider using json4s which provides a wrapper around jackson and its easy to use. If you are using json4s then you can convert map to json just by using:
write(m) //> res0: String = {"name":"john doe","age":18,"hasChild":true,"childs":[{"name":"dorothy","age":5,"hasChild":false},{"name":"bill","age":8,"hasChild":false}]}
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import org.json4s._import org.json4s.native.Serialization._import org.json4s.native.Serializationimplicit val formats = Serialization.formats(NoTypeHints) val m = Map( "name" -> "john doe", "age" -> 18, "hasChild" -> true, "childs" -> List( Map("name" -> "dorothy", "age" -> 5, "hasChild" -> false), Map("name" -> "bill", "age" -> 8, "hasChild" -> false))) write(m)
Output:
res0: String = {"name":"john doe","age":18,"hasChild":true,"childs":[{"name" :"dorothy","age":5,"hasChild":false},{"name":"bill","age":8,"hasChild":false }]}
Alternative way:
import org.json4s.native.Jsonimport org.json4s.DefaultFormatsJson(DefaultFormats).write(m)
val mapper = new ObjectMapper()mapper.writeValueAsString(Map("a" -> 1))
result> {"empty":false,"traversableAgain":true}
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import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModuleval mapper = new ObjectMapper()mapper.registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)mapper.writeValueAsString(Map("a" -> 1))
result> {"a":1}
You need to tell jackson how to deal with scala objects: mapper.registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)