JsonProvider (Java(TM) EE 8 Specification APIs)

java.lang.Object
- javax.json.spi.JsonProvider

```
public abstract class JsonProvider
extends Object
```
Service provider for JSON processing objects.
All the methods in this class are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.

See Also:

ServiceLoader

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

protected JsonProvider()

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`JsonProvider()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`abstract JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder()` Creates a JSON array builder.
`JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection)` Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the content of specified `collection`.
`JsonArrayBuilder`	`createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array)` Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the specified array.
`abstract JsonBuilderFactory`	`createBuilderFactory(Map<String,?> config)` Creates a builder factory for creating `JsonArrayBuilder` and `JsonObjectBuilder` objects.
`JsonPatch`	`createDiff(JsonStructure source, JsonStructure target)` Generates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the source and target `JsonStructure`.
`abstract JsonGenerator`	`createGenerator(OutputStream out)` Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON text to a byte stream.
`abstract JsonGenerator`	`createGenerator(Writer writer)` Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON text to a character stream.
`abstract JsonGeneratorFactory`	`createGeneratorFactory(Map<String,?> config)` Creates a generator factory for creating `JsonGenerator` instances.
`JsonMergePatch`	`createMergeDiff(JsonValue source, JsonValue target)` Generates a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from the source and target `JsonValue`s which when applied to the `source`, yields the `target`.
`JsonMergePatch`	`createMergePatch(JsonValue patch)` Creates JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from specified `JsonValue`.
`abstract JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder()` Creates a JSON object builder.
`JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object)` Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the specified object.
`JsonObjectBuilder`	`createObjectBuilder(Map<String,Object> map)` Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the data from specified `map`.
`abstract JsonParser`	`createParser(InputStream in)` Creates a JSON parser from the specified byte stream.
`abstract JsonParser`	`createParser(Reader reader)` Creates a JSON parser from a character stream.
`abstract JsonParserFactory`	`createParserFactory(Map<String,?> config)` Creates a parser factory for creating `JsonParser` instances.
`JsonPatch`	`createPatch(JsonArray array)` Creates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the specified operations.
`JsonPatchBuilder`	`createPatchBuilder()` Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902).
`JsonPatchBuilder`	`createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array)` Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902), initialized with the specified operations.
`JsonPointer`	`createPointer(String jsonPointer)` Creates JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) from given `jsonPointer` string.
`abstract JsonReader`	`createReader(InputStream in)` Creates a JSON reader from a byte stream.
`abstract JsonReader`	`createReader(Reader reader)` Creates a JSON reader from a character stream.
`abstract JsonReaderFactory`	`createReaderFactory(Map<String,?> config)` Creates a reader factory for creating `JsonReader` objects.
`JsonNumber`	`createValue(BigDecimal value)` Creates a JsonNumber.
`JsonNumber`	`createValue(BigInteger value)` Creates a JsonNumber.
`JsonNumber`	`createValue(double value)` Creates a JsonNumber.
`JsonNumber`	`createValue(int value)` Creates a JsonNumber.
`JsonNumber`	`createValue(long value)` Creates a JsonNumber.
`JsonString`	`createValue(String value)` Creates a JsonString.
`abstract JsonWriter`	`createWriter(OutputStream out)` Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON `object` or `array` structure to the specified byte stream.
`abstract JsonWriter`	`createWriter(Writer writer)` Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON `object` or `array` structure to the specified character stream.
`abstract JsonWriterFactory`	`createWriterFactory(Map<String,?> config)` Creates a writer factory for creating `JsonWriter` objects.
`static JsonProvider`	`provider()` Creates a JSON provider object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - JsonProvider
```
protected JsonProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - provider
```
public static JsonProvider provider()
```
    Creates a JSON provider object. The provider is loaded using the ServiceLoader.load(Class) method. If there are no available service providers, this method returns the default service provider. Users are recommended to cache the result of this method.
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON provider
    
    See Also:
    
    ServiceLoader
  - createParser
```
public abstract JsonParser createParser(Reader reader)
```
    Creates a JSON parser from a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - i/o reader from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON parser
  - createParser
```
public abstract JsonParser createParser(InputStream in)
```
    Creates a JSON parser from the specified byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as defined in RFC 7159 .
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - i/o stream from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON parser
    
    Throws:
    
    JsonException - if encoding cannot be determined or i/o error (IOException would be cause of JsonException)
  - createParserFactory
```
public abstract JsonParserFactory createParserFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a parser factory for creating JsonParser instances. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON parsers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON parser factory
  - createGenerator
```
public abstract JsonGenerator createGenerator(Writer writer)
```
    Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON text to a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - a i/o writer to which JSON is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON generator
  - createGenerator
```
public abstract JsonGenerator createGenerator(OutputStream out)
```
    Creates a JSON generator for writing JSON text to a byte stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - i/o stream to which JSON is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON generator
  - createGeneratorFactory
```
public abstract JsonGeneratorFactory createGeneratorFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a generator factory for creating JsonGenerator instances. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON generators. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON generator factory
  - createReader
```
public abstract JsonReader createReader(Reader reader)
```
    Creates a JSON reader from a character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - a reader from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader
  - createReader
```
public abstract JsonReader createReader(InputStream in)
```
    Creates a JSON reader from a byte stream. The character encoding of the stream is determined as described in RFC 7159.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - a byte stream from which JSON is to be read
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader
  - createWriter
```
public abstract JsonWriter createWriter(Writer writer)
```
    Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified character stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - to which JSON object or array is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer
  - createWriter
```
public abstract JsonWriter createWriter(OutputStream out)
```
    Creates a JSON writer to write a JSON object or array structure to the specified byte stream. Characters written to the stream are encoded into bytes using UTF-8 encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - to which JSON object or array is written
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer
  - createWriterFactory
```
public abstract JsonWriterFactory createWriterFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a writer factory for creating JsonWriter objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON writers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON writer factory
  - createReaderFactory
```
public abstract JsonReaderFactory createReaderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a reader factory for creating JsonReader objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON readers. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON reader factory
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public abstract JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON object builder.
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object)
```
    Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the specified object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the initial JSON object in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createObjectBuilder
```
public JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(Map<String,Object> map)
```
    Creates a JSON object builder, initialized with the data from specified map. If the @{code map} contains Optionals then resulting JSON object builder contains the key from the map only if the Optional is not empty.
    
    Parameters:
    
    map - the initial object in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON object builder
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the map cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public abstract JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON array builder.
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the specified array.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - the initial JSON array in the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPointer
```
public JsonPointer createPointer(String jsonPointer)
```
    Creates JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) from given jsonPointer string.
    - An empty jsonPointer string defines a reference to the target itself.
    - If the jsonPointer string is non-empty, it must be a sequence of '/' prefixed tokens.
    Parameters:
    
    jsonPointer - the JSON Pointer string
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Pointer
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - if jsonPointer is null
    
    JsonException - if jsonPointer is not a valid JSON Pointer
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatchBuilder
```
public JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder()
```
    Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902).
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatchBuilder
```
public JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON Patch builder (RFC 6902), initialized with the specified operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - the initial patch operations
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch builder
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createPatch
```
public JsonPatch createPatch(JsonArray array)
```
    Creates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the specified operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - patch operations
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createDiff
```
public JsonPatch createDiff(JsonStructure source,
                            JsonStructure target)
```
    Generates a JSON Patch (RFC 6902) from the source and target JsonStructure. The generated JSON Patch need not be unique.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source
    
    target - the target, must be the same type as the source
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Patch which when applied to the source, yields the target
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createMergePatch
```
public JsonMergePatch createMergePatch(JsonValue patch)
```
    Creates JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from specified JsonValue.
    
    Parameters:
    
    patch - the patch
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Merge Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createMergeDiff
```
public JsonMergePatch createMergeDiff(JsonValue source,
                                      JsonValue target)
```
    Generates a JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396) from the source and target JsonValues which when applied to the source, yields the target.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - the source
    
    target - the target
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON Merge Patch
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createArrayBuilder
```
public JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection)
```
    Creates a JSON array builder, initialized with the content of specified collection. If the @{code collection} contains Optionals then resulting JSON array builder contains the value from the collection only if the Optional is not empty.
    
    Parameters:
    
    collection - the initial data for the builder
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON array builder
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the value from the collection cannot be converted to the corresponding JsonValue
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createBuilderFactory
```
public abstract JsonBuilderFactory createBuilderFactory(Map<String,?> config)
```
    Creates a builder factory for creating JsonArrayBuilder and JsonObjectBuilder objects. The factory is configured with the specified map of provider specific configuration properties. Provider implementations should ignore any unsupported configuration properties specified in the map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    config - a map of provider specific properties to configure the JSON builders. The map may be empty or null
    
    Returns:
    
    a JSON builder factory
  - createValue
```
public JsonString createValue(String value)
```
    Creates a JsonString.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON string
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonString for the string
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public JsonNumber createValue(int value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public JsonNumber createValue(long value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public JsonNumber createValue(double value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public JsonNumber createValue(BigDecimal value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1
  - createValue
```
public JsonNumber createValue(BigInteger value)
```
    Creates a JsonNumber.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - a JSON number
    
    Returns:
    
    the JsonNumber for the number
    
    Since:
    
    1.1

Class JsonProvider

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

JsonProvider

Method Detail

provider

createParser

createParser

createParserFactory

createGenerator

createGenerator

createGeneratorFactory

createReader

createReader

createWriter

createWriter

createWriterFactory

createReaderFactory

createObjectBuilder

createObjectBuilder

createObjectBuilder

createArrayBuilder

createArrayBuilder

createPointer

createPatchBuilder

createPatchBuilder

createPatch

createDiff

createMergePatch

createMergeDiff

createArrayBuilder

createBuilderFactory

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue

createValue