Java MongoDB : Convert JSON data to DBObject
Published: May 11, 2011 , Updated: May 11, 2011 , Author: mkyong
MongoDB comes with “com.mongodb.util.JSON” class to convert JSON data directly to a DBObject. For example, data represent in JSON format :
{ 'name' : 'mkyong', 'age' : 30 }
To convert it to DBObject, you can code like this :
DBObject dbObject = (DBObject) JSON.parse("{'name':'mkyong', 'age':30}");
Example
See a full example to convert above JSON data to a DBObject, and save it into MongoDB.
package com.mkyong.core; import java.net.UnknownHostException; import com.mongodb.DB; import com.mongodb.DBCollection; import com.mongodb.DBCursor; import com.mongodb.DBObject; import com.mongodb.Mongo; import com.mongodb.MongoException; import com.mongodb.util.JSON; /** * Java MongoDB : Convert JSON data to DBObject * */ public class App { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Mongo mongo = new Mongo("localhost", 27017); DB db = mongo.getDB("yourdb"); DBCollection collection = db.getCollection("dummyColl"); // convert JSON to DBObject directly DBObject dbObject = (DBObject) JSON .parse("{'name':'mkyong', 'age':30}"); collection.insert(dbObject); DBCursor cursorDoc = collection.find(); while (cursorDoc.hasNext()) { System.out.println(cursorDoc.next()); } System.out.println("Done"); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (MongoException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
Output
{ "_id" : { "$oid" : "4dc9ebb5237f275c2fe4959f"} , "name" : "mkyong" , "age" : 30} Done
Note : You can find more similar articles at - Java MongoDB Tutorials







How can I convert from DBobject back to a java Object? With MappingMongoConverter? I can’t figure out the MappingContext argument to construct that converter.
Can I save not strict JSON as Object in this DB?
For example:
This code cause exception, but if to work with another tool for mongo – DB allow to save this objects.
Why java api not allow this and how can i solse this problem?