001/* 002 * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.boot.json; 018 019import java.util.List; 020import java.util.Map; 021 022/** 023 * Parser that can read JSON formatted strings into {@link Map}s or {@link List}s. 024 * 025 * @author Dave Syer 026 * @see JsonParserFactory 027 * @see BasicJsonParser 028 * @see JacksonJsonParser 029 * @see GsonJsonParser 030 * @see YamlJsonParser 031 */ 032public interface JsonParser { 033 034 /** 035 * Parse the specified JSON string into a Map. 036 * @param json the JSON to parse 037 * @return the parsed JSON as a map 038 * @throws JsonParseException if the JSON cannot be parsed 039 */ 040 Map<String, Object> parseMap(String json) throws JsonParseException; 041 042 /** 043 * Parse the specified JSON string into a List. 044 * @param json the JSON to parse 045 * @return the parsed JSON as a list 046 * @throws JsonParseException if the JSON cannot be parsed 047 */ 048 List<Object> parseList(String json) throws JsonParseException; 049 050}