JSON Split

JSONSplit.java

package jsonsplit;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * JSON Split
 * @author Bhathiya
 */
public class JSONSplit {

    public static class Food {

        private final String id;
        private final String name;

        public Food(String id, String name) {
            this.id = id;
            this.name = name;
        }

        public String getId() {
            return id;
        }

        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return "Food{" + "id=" + id + ", name=" + name + '}';
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final String json
                = "str=1,\"name\":\"Rice \"},{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"Milk \"},{\"id\":3,\"name\":\"Suger \"},{\"id\":4,\"name\":\"Dhall \"},{\"id\":5,\"name\":\"Salt \"},{\"id\":6,\"name\":\"Chicken \"},{\"id\":7,\"name\":\"Egg \"}]}";
        
        String[] splitData = json.split("\\},\\{\\\"id\\\":|,\\\"name\\\":\\\"");
        
        List<Food> foodList = new ArrayList<Food>();
        for (int i = 0; i < splitData.length; i += 2) {
            String id = splitData[i].replaceAll("[^0-9]", ""); //remove non numeric characters
            String name = splitData[i + 1].replaceAll(" \\\".*", ""); //fix split
            //fix split is not needed if the original string's format is same for each food items
            foodList.add(new Food(id, name));
        }
        
        for(Food food:foodList){
            System.out.println(food);
        }
    }

}