README.md

# Eclipse Yasson

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Yasson is a Java framework which provides a standard binding layer between Java classes and JSON documents. This is similar to what JAXB is doing in the XML world. Yasson is an official reference implementation of JSON Binding ([JSR-367](https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=367)).

It defines a **default mapping** algorithm for converting existing Java classes to JSON suitable for the most cases:

```java
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create();
String result = jsonb.toJson(someObject);
```

For whom it's not enough it provides rich customization abilities through a set of **annotations** and rich **programmatic API**: 

```java
// Create custom configuration
JsonbConfig config = new JsonbConfig()
  .withNullValues(true)
  .withFormatting(true);

// Create Jsonb with custom configuration
Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create(config);

// Use it!
String result = jsonb.toJson(someObject);
```

## Questions?

Something not working right? Have an idea for an enhancement? Get in touch with the Yasson community in the following ways:

- [Gitter](https://gitter.im/eclipse/yasson): a free instant-messaging platform (similar to Slack) that anyone can join.
- [Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/yasson): As a question tagged `[jsonb-api]` and `[yasson]`
- [Github Issues](https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/yasson/issues/new): Open issues for enhancement ideas or bug reports

## Licenses
- [Eclipse Distribution License 1.0 (BSD)](https://projects.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-distribution-license-1.0-bsd)
- [Eclipse Public License 2.0](https://projects.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-public-license-2.0)

## Links
- Yasson home page: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j.yasson
- JSON-B official web site: https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/jsonb-api/
- JSON-B API & spec project: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jsonb-api
- JSR-367 page on JCP site: https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=367