My last article, “Java XML and JSON: Document processing for Java SE, Part 1” introduced a variety of document transformation and processing techniques using SAXON and Jackson.

Java XML and JSON, second edition Ideally, you should read the second edition of Java XML and JSON before studying the additional content in this article.

Learn about JavaScript Object Notation and JSON objects and arrays, including how and why they're used. Also, find out how JSON compares to HTML and XML.