Content

Usually, the data ContentType of the requests being sent to the server is application/json. This project makes use of org.json to build JSON objects. The Content class is meant to make making these json content data easier. The Content class however, is not meant to be directly used when creating an instance. Instead, Content has the static class ContentBuilder to build a Content instance.

ContentBuilder

This should be used when creating a new Content instance. This class contains numerous setters for adding entries to the JSONObject inside of Content. Once done setting elements, invoke the build() method to get the resulting Content instance.

Example:

Content content = new Content.ContentBuilder()
    .put("username", "RedFlameKen")
    .put("password", "asoejdjc4==dao")
    .build();

The above example generates the following json:

{
    "username": "RedFlameKen",
    "password": "asoejdjc4==dao"
}

The following is a list of methods inside of ContentBuilder:

• put(String key, String data)
• put(String key, int data)
• put(String key, double data)
• put(String key, boolean data)
• put(String key, Content data)
• put(String key, ContentArray data)
• build()
• parseJson(String json)

put(String key, String data)

Adds an item to the content JSON wherein key is the json key and data is the json value.

For example, if we want to make the following json:

{ 
    "name": "foo",
    "age": 18
}

We can use the following block of code:

Content content = new ContentBuilder()
    .put("name", "foo")
    .put("age", 18)
    .build();

put(String key, int data)

Same as put(String key, String data) but data is an int.

put(String key, double data)

Same as put(String key, String data) but data is an double.

put(String key, boolean data)

Same as put(String key, String data) but data is an boolean.

put(String key, Content data)

This method inserts data similar to put(String key, String data). But this method inserts a nested JSON object inside of the current content being built.

For example, if we want to make the following json:

{ 
    "person": {
        "name": "foo",
        "age": 18,
        "is_alive": true
    }
}

We can use the following block of code:

Content person = new Content.ContentBuilder()
    .put("name", "foo")
    .put("age", 18)
    .put("is_alive", true)
    .build();

Content content = new Content.ContentBuilder()
    .put("person", person)
    .build();

put(String key, ContentArray data)

This method inserts data similar to put(String key, String data). But this method inserts a JSONArray inside of the current content being built.

For example, if we want to make the following json:

{ 
    "subjects": [
        "english",
        "math",
        "science"
    ]
}

We can use the following block of code:

ContentArray subjects = new ContentArray.ContentArrayBuilder()
    .put("english")
    .put("math")
    .put("science")
    .build();

Content content = new Content.ContentBuilder()
    .put("subjects", subjects)
    .build();

build()

This method creates a new instance of Content and returns it.

parseJson(String json)

Takes in a json string and parses it into a JSONObject. This method call also calls build and returns the built content Object. Make sure that when using this method, don't call any other methods to reduce overhead.