JsonWriter.jsonValue(String)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Please add some api like JsonWriter.jsonValue(String) to check and append 
string which is already JSON formatted as a value

Original issue reported on code.google.com by thainayu on 1 Jun 2012 at 6:44

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This is a decent idea, but we aren't there yet. You can work around this 
limitation by parsing it and writing it out.  Or by manually writing to the 
JsonWriter's underlying stream.

Original comment by limpbizkit on 30 Jun 2012 at 2:43

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-High
• Removed labels: Type-Defect, Priority-Medium

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Original comment by limpbizkit on 30 Jun 2012 at 3:18

• Changed title: JsonWriter.jsonValue(String)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Actually I have an idea (and already implement it myself)

Just JsonWriter.jsonValue(JsonElement) and inside code is just write that 
JsonElement's whole internal string

So I just parse any string to be JsonElement then pass to that function. And 
it's done

Original comment by thainayu on 30 Jun 2012 at 10:14

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I did something similar to this, but I named it inLineValue. Here is the code.

  public JsonWriter inLineValue(String value) throws IOException {
      if (value == null) {
          return nullValue();
      }
      writeDeferredName();
      out.write(value);
      return this;
  }

Then I write a custom TypeAdapter that uses the method. It's cleaner than 
getting the underlying stream or using null values.

Original comment by wool...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2012 at 12:38

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Any chance a feature like this will be included in the next release of GSON? 
Right now I'm using a patched version of gson with the inLineValue() method. I 
can also provide an example for the custom TypeAdapter so that other users can 
see how to use it.

Original comment by wool...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2012 at 12:41

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I need a similar feature too to be able to write JavaScript function coded in 
String without surrounded quotes.

Original comment by ovarak...@googlemail.com on 9 Jul 2013 at 10:04

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I am also facing similar issue where in i have a structured json as string 
inside an object. when i serialize this object using gson, it is enclosing in 
double quotes. is this addressed in any release? if not, is there a workaround 
for this?

Original comment by apps4u...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2015 at 10:22