Create JSON in Java

Create a JSON file using Jackson.

json_create.java

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/*
        json_create.java

                                        Jan/10/2020
*/
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import  java.util.HashMap;
import  java.io.File;
import  java.io.FileWriter;
import  java.io.BufferedWriter;
import  java.io.PrintWriter;

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public class json_create
{

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public  static void main (String [] args)
{
        System.err.println ("***start***");

        String json_file = args[0];

        HashMap <String, HashMap <String,String>>
                dict_aa = data_prepare_proc ();

        String json_str = json_manipulate.dict_to_json_proc (dict_aa);

        file_write_proc (json_file,json_str);

        System.err.println ("***End***");
}

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static HashMap <String, HashMap <String,String>> data_prepare_proc ()
{
        HashMap <String, HashMap<String,String>> dict_aa
                = new HashMap <String, HashMap<String,String>> ();

        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0921","Utsunomiya",19825,"2008-2-12");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0922","Oyama",35749,"2008-10-14");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0923","Sano",49128,"2008-4-9");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0924","Ashikaga",85972,"2008-3-21");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0925","sunlight",64152,"2008-7-25");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0926","Shimono",85793,"2008-10-9");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0927","Cherry Blossoms",73164,"2008-2-11");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0928","Sheet pile",65237,"2008-5-27");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0929","Moka",28754,"2008-1-5");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0930","Tochigi",79571,"2008-7-4");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0931","Otawara",36952,"2008-9-27");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0932","Kanuma",42316,"2008-10-24");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0933","Nasushiobara",64753,"2008-12-17");
        dict_aa = dict_append_proc
                (dict_aa,"t0934","Nasukarasuyama",71298,"2008-11-15");


        return  dict_aa;
}


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static HashMap <String, HashMap<String,String>>
dict_append_proc (HashMap <String, HashMap <String,String>> dict_aa,
        String key_aa,String name,int population,String date_mod)
{
        String str_population = Integer.toString (population);

        HashMap <String,String> dict_unit
                                = new HashMap <String,String> ();

        dict_unit.put ("name",name);
        dict_unit.put ("population",str_population);
        dict_unit.put ("date_mod",date_mod);

        dict_aa.put (key_aa,dict_unit);

        return  dict_aa;
}

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static void file_write_proc (String file_out,String str_out)
{
        try
        {
        File file = new File (file_out);
        FileWriter filewriter = new FileWriter (file);
        BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter (filewriter);

        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter (bw);
        pw.println (str_out);
        pw.close ();

        }
        catch (Exception ee)
                {
                ee.printStackTrace ();
                }

}

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}
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json_maninpulate.java

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/*
        json_manipulate.java


                                Jan/10/2020
*/
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import  java.util.HashMap;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
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public class json_manipulate
{


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static String   dict_to_json_proc
        (HashMap <String, HashMap<String,String>> dict_aa)
{
        String str_json = "";

        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        try
                {
                str_json = mapper.writeValueAsString(dict_aa);
                }
        catch   (Exception ee)
                {
                ee.printStackTrace ();
                }

        return  str_json;
}

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}
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Makefile

export JAR=../jar
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export CLASSPATH=.:$(JAR)/jackson-annotations-2.9.9.jar:$(JAR)/jackson-core-2.9.9.jar:$(JAR)/jackson-databind-2.9.9.jar
json_create.class: json_create.java
        javac json_create.java
clean:
        rm -f *.class

Run

export JAR=../jar
#
export CLASSPATH=.:$JAR/jackson-annotations-2.9.9.jar:$JAR/jackson-core-2.9.9.jar:$JAR/jackson-databind-2.9.9.jar
#
java json_create out01.json