java-jsonapi

A simple JSON API <-> POJO converter

What it does

• Convert your entities to a java structure that follow the json api specification
• Convert that java/json-api structure into your entities

What it does not

• Serialize/Deszerialize from json or xml (just do it with your preferred lib)

Why reinvent the wheel ?

Other libs I found where tied to a framework (such as Retrofit, Spring or JAX-RS) and/or tied to a json lib (such as Jackson of Gson).
I would liked to have a simple lib that just convert my entities into a middle format which would be naturally serialized/deserialized into json or xml.

Usage

Look at :

• the Jitpack label on top of this README to add the lib to your favorite build system (mvn, gradle, ...)
• the JsonapiConverterTest test class to see how to create and use a converter
• the JacksonTest test class to see how to configure your mapper to work with Jackson
• the BookHelper test utility to see an example of converter configuration in plain java

Documentation

The javadoc is generated for the master branch only and is available here.

Roadmap

v1

• Publish beta version
• Improve the beta version and release a production version
• Publish a Javadoc

v2

• Add possibility to use annotations to generate converter configuration
• Add possibility to use a yaml file to generate converter configuration
• Create a Github page for the project
• Communicate on the project (mainly try to add this lib to JSON API format website)