Package javax.json

Interface JsonValue

All Known Subinterfaces:

JsonArray, JsonNumber, JsonObject, JsonString, JsonStructure

public interface JsonValue

JsonValue represents an immutable JSON value.

A JSON value is one of the following: an object (JsonObject), an array (JsonArray), a number (JsonNumber), a string (JsonString), true (JsonValue.TRUE), false (JsonValue.FALSE), or null (JsonValue.NULL).

Author:

Jitendra Kotamraju

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	JsonValue.ValueType	Indicates the type of a JsonValue object.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static JsonValue	FALSE	JSON false value
static JsonValue	NULL	JSON null value.
static JsonValue	TRUE	JSON true value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JsonValue.ValueType	getValueType()	Returns the value type of this JSON value.
String	toString()	Returns JSON text for this JSON value.

Field Detail

NULL

static final JsonValue NULL

JSON null value.

TRUE

static final JsonValue TRUE

JSON true value.

FALSE

static final JsonValue FALSE

JSON false value

Method Detail

getValueType

JsonValue.ValueType getValueType()

Returns the value type of this JSON value.

Returns:

JSON value type

toString

String toString()

Returns JSON text for this JSON value.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

JSON text