Apex – get values in nested JSON

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I have some JSON being returned, but getting the values deeply nested is very annoying.

{  
"Result":"1",
"Matches":[  
  {  
     "BioInformation":{  
        "BirthDate":"1987-09-13T05:00:00",
        "SSN":"123456789",
        "Sex":"M"
        "UserID":"116713"
     },
     "IdInformation":{  
        "ChangeIndicator":null,
        "DataOrigin":"WebServices",
        "EntityIndicator":"P",
        "FirstName":"Test",
        "mID":"921821621",
        "LastName":"B",
        "MiddleName":null,
        "RowID":"AAAYGXBBAXAF8mZAA6",
        "SurnamePrefix":null,
        "UserID":null
     },
     "UniqueId":"AAg9eAAACAAA9eBAAA"
  },
  {  
     "BioInformation":{  
        "ConfidInd":false,
        "SSN":"123456789",
        "Sex":"N",
        "UserID":"155064"
     },
     "IdInformation":{  
        "ChangeIndicator":null,
        "DataOrigin":"WebServices",
        "EntityIndicator":"P",
        "FirstName":"Steven",
        "mID":"921821721",
        "LastName":"Johnson",
        "MiddleName":null,
        "RowID":"AADFAAKFJAA3dZDD3",
        "SurnamePrefix":null,
        "UserID":"TEST123"
     },
     "UniqueId":"AAg9eAAACAAA9eBAAB"
  }
 ]
}

I have something like:

Map<String, Object> m = (Map<String, Object>) JSON.deserializeUntyped(body); 
List<Object> matches = (List<Object>) m.get('Matches');

if (matches != null) {
    for (Object match : matches) {
        for (Object data : match) {

         }
         System.debug('match : ' + match);
    }      
}

Is there a good/easy/efficient way to access the inside information such as BirthDate, RowID, etc?

Answer

Use serialization/deserialization and it’s quite easy. You can generate the definitions using JSON2Apex, but it’s not rocket surgery and I typically prefer to do it by hand. For example you might do:

public class MyPayload
{
    public class Result
    {
        public final String uniqueId;
        public final IdInformation idInformation;
        public final BioInformation bioInformation;
    }
    public class BioInformation
    {
        final Boolean confidInd;
        final String ssn, sex, userId;
    }
    public class IdInformation
    {
        final String changeIndicator, dataOrigin, entityIndicator, mID, rowId, userId;
        final String firstName, lastName, middleName, surnamePrefix;
    }
}

Then it’s easy to work with the results.

List<MyPayload.Result> results = (List<MyPayload.Result>)JSON.deserialize(
    somePayload, List<MyPayload.Result>.class
);
for (MyPayload.Result result : results)
{
    system.debug(result.idInformation.firstName);
}

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Source : Link , Question Author : JimKasper99 , Answer Author : Derek F

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