Parsing HashMap to Json
gson, jackson, java, json
Solution
The `=` sign is encoded to `\u003d`. Hence you need to use `disableHtmlEscaping()`.
You can use
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().disableHtmlEscaping().create();
Problem
Here is the HashMap I'm trying to parse: ``` HashMap map = new HashMap(); map.put("bowser", "b=mozilla"); map.put("car", "car=Ford"); map.put("model","model=Mustang"); map.put("Year", 2014); map.put("dealer", "Dealer=AKHI"); ``` First I've tried Gson and then Jackson but both of them have a common problem., They parse "=" to "\u003d" ``` ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); try { String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(map); System.out.println("---------------------Parsed HashMap---------------------------:"+json); } catch (JsonGenerationException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (JsonMappingException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } ``` The output I get is : ---------------------Parsed HashMap---------------------------: {"dealer":"Dealer\u003dAKHI","car":"car\u003dFord","Year":2014,"model":"model\u003dMustang","bowser":"b\u003dmozilla"} I've been through few other blogs and see that there is a glitch in the API but is there any way we could fix this here with may be some other method.