jackson notes

gistfile1.scala

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.{JsonGenerator, JsonToken, JsonParser, JsonFactory}
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind._

val mapper = new ObjectMapper
val jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(mapper)
val content =
  """
  {
    "name" : "Watership Down",
    "location" : {
      "lat" : 51.235685,
      "long" : -1.309197
    },
    "residents" : [ {
      "name" : "Fiver",
      "age" : 4,
      "role" : null
    }, {
      "name" : "Bigwig",
      "age" : 6,
      "role" : "Owsla"
    } ]
  }
  """
val jsonParser = jsonFactory.createParser(content)
val json = mapper.readValue(jsonParser, classOf[java.util.Map[String, Any]])