1package com.howtodoinjava.demo.jsonsimple;
2 
3import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
4import java.io.FileReader;
5import java.io.IOException;
6 
7import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
8import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
9import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
10import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
11 
12public class ReadJSONExample 
13{
14    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
15    public static void main(String[] args) 
16    {
17        //JSON parser object to parse read file
18        JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
19         
20        try (FileReader reader = new FileReader("employees.json"))
21        {
22            //Read JSON file
23            Object obj = jsonParser.parse(reader);
24 
25            JSONArray employeeList = (JSONArray) obj;
26            System.out.println(employeeList);
27             
28            //Iterate over employee array
29            employeeList.forEach( emp -> parseEmployeeObject( (JSONObject) emp ) );
30 
31        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
32            e.printStackTrace();
33        } catch (IOException e) {
34            e.printStackTrace();
35        } catch (ParseException e) {
36            e.printStackTrace();
37        }
38    }
39 
40    private static void parseEmployeeObject(JSONObject employee) 
41    {
42        //Get employee object within list
43        JSONObject employeeObject = (JSONObject) employee.get("employee");
44         
45        //Get employee first name
46        String firstName = (String) employeeObject.get("firstName");    
47        System.out.println(firstName);
48         
49        //Get employee last name
50        String lastName = (String) employeeObject.get("lastName");  
51        System.out.println(lastName);
52         
53        //Get employee website name
54        String website = (String) employeeObject.get("website");    
55        System.out.println(website);
56    }
57}
58