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limit the size of the string value of all keys with Jackson


I have a dynamic nested json string and I wanted to limit the string value of all keys to have max length of 5 chars.

Using: Java fasterxml.jackson

For Json String like below:

String inputJsonString = "{\"key1\":\"bla bla bla bla\",\"key2\":{\"key21\":\"bla bla bla\"}}";

I wanted this result:

String outputJsonString = "{\"key1\":\"bla b\",\"key2\":{\"key21\":\"bla b\"}}";

For Json String like this:

String inputJsonString = "{\"fname\":\"bla bla bla bla\",\"address\":{\"street\":\"bla bla bla\"}}";

I wanted this result:

String outputJsonString = "{\"fname\":\"bla b\",\"address\":{\"street\":\"bla b\"}}";

Solution

  • Try this.

    public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonMappingException, JsonProcessingException {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        String inputJsonString = "{\"key1\":\"bla bla bla bla\",\"key2\":{\"key21\":\"bla bla bla\"},\"key3\":[{\"key21\":\"bla bla bla\"}]}";
        System.out.println(inputJsonString);
        JsonNode jsonNode = mapper.readTree(inputJsonString);
    
        truncateStringValues(jsonNode);
    
        System.out.println(jsonNode);
    
    }
    
    private static void truncateStringValues(JsonNode jsonNode) throws JsonMappingException, JsonProcessingException {
        if (jsonNode.isArray()) {
            for (JsonNode arrayItem : jsonNode) {
                truncateStringValues(arrayItem);
            }
    
        } else if (jsonNode.isObject()) {
            Iterator<Entry<String, JsonNode>> fields = jsonNode.fields();
            while (fields.hasNext()) {
                Entry<String, JsonNode> jsonField = fields.next();
                JsonNode jsonFieldValue = jsonField.getValue();
                if (!jsonFieldValue.isContainerNode()) {
                    ((ObjectNode) jsonNode).put(jsonField.getKey(), jsonFieldValue.asText().substring(0, 5));
                } else {
                    truncateStringValues(jsonFieldValue);
                }
            }
        }
    }