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unable to access JSONObject in sightly html file

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Level 3

Hi,

I am trying to access JSONObject  in sightly html,but the data is not displayed.

Below is the sightly java file,where "result" variable is holding JSON string.

public class TestSightly extends WCMUse {

   public String result;
   public JSONObject jsonObject;   
    
    @Override
    public void activate() throws Exception {
        TestLocation testLocation = new TestLocation();
        result = testLocation.testMessage();
        jsonObject = new JSONObject(result);
        
    }

     public String getResult(){
        return result;
    }
    
    public JSONObject getJsonObject(){
        return jsonObject
    }
       
}

HTML File:

<div data-sly-include="/libs/wcm/core/components/init/init.jsp"></div>

<div data-sly-use.model="${'com.test.core.models.TestSightly'}">
 <div>${model.result}</div>
 <div>${model.jsonObject}</div>

</div>

 

With the above "model.result" is displaying the string data(json formatted data),but "model.jsonObject" is displaying nothing.

 

Thanks & Regards

swati

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Level 3

Issue fixed.Found alternate way.

Instead of using org.apache.sling.commons.json.JSONObject API, I changed to GSON api and converted json to javabean object and then accessing in sightly file.

But using JSONObject in sightly is still not possible.

swati

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Level 9

Are you seeing any error in error.log when this expression is eveluating??

-Kishore

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Level 9

Just validate result string whether it is correct json or not. And, if there is any invalid json exception, you will have some error message in error.log

Jitendra

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Level 3

No errors in the error log and even json is correct as I am getting the json of jcr node with infinity.json,so I dont think there will be errors in the json.

I am able to parse the individual keys of json string in sightly java file and print the values like below,

String posts = json.getJSONObject("testkey1");
 String  test = posts.getString("testkey2");

But unable to access direct JSONObject.

I am trying to avoid parsing keys and values of json in java file (because if I do it ,I have to hardcode keys of json in java file)

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Level 9

I suspect that result string is not a jsonObject. it is a jsonArray. Would you mind returning jsonArray than JSONObject?.

Jitendra

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Level 3

result is string and it is in json format.Once I get it the result, I am converting it into JSONObject.

As you suggested, I changed it to JSONArray but no luck.

JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(result);

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Level 9

In which format this "result" string is constructed and passed to JSONObject??

Below is the javadoc details of JSONObject(String).Please refer.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(String string) throws JSONException
Construct a JSONObject from a string. This is the most commonly used JSONObject constructor.

string - A string beginning with { (left brace) and ending with } (right brace).

Throws:

JSONException - If there is a syntax error in the source string.

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Level 3

I am using JSONObject with string as parameter to construct JSONObject.As I mentioned before I am getting the json string from infinity.json(from jcr nodes). Below is the sample json string which I am converting to JSONObject,

 

{  
   "jcr:primaryType":"nt:unstructured",
   "testkey1":{  
      "jcr:primaryType":"nt:unstructured",
      "test1":"al",
      "test2":"Alabama",
      "test3":"US"
      
      
   },
   "testkey2":{  
      "jcr:primaryType":"nt:unstructured"
   }
}
 

Thanks,

Swati

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Level 9

Swathi,

I think the issue is not with the Sightly POJO file. Do you mind testing same thing with JSP?.  It is just a guess that something strange happening because of Sightly.

Jitendra

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Level 3

I already tried with jsp, it is working fine.When I tried to convert that jsp to sightly html file,I faced this issue.

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Level 9

Yes. I had the same feeling. Try using context="unsafe" while rendering json object. Just try that.

for instance 

${jsonObject @ context='unsafe'}

Jitendra

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Correct answer by
Level 3

Issue fixed.Found alternate way.

Instead of using org.apache.sling.commons.json.JSONObject API, I changed to GSON api and converted json to javabean object and then accessing in sightly file.

But using JSONObject in sightly is still not possible.

swati

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Level 9

Thanks for sharing it.

Helpful!!!

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Community Advisor

Thanks for sharing your solution 

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Level 2

I got the same issue, I spent one day to understand why I'm unable to get the value of a JsonObject in sightly (only key) if the JsonObject come a java code with org.apache.sling.commons.json.JSONObject;

At the end I end up with another solution than the use of Gson api.

I used a JS conversion between java and sightly. I gave my Java JsonObject to a Javascript method JSON.parse()

something like:

html

<sly data-sly-use.greatdeals="GreatDeals" />

    <sly data-sly-use.greatdealsJS="${'greatdeals.js' @ jsonString=greatdeals.jsonGreatDeals}" />

<sly data-sly-list.deal="${greatdealsJS}">

    <div>${deal} : ${greatdealsJS[deal]}</div>

</sly>

greatdeal.js:

use(function () {

    return JSON.parse(this.jsonString);

});

GreatDeals

public JSONObject getJsonGreatDeals() {

        JSONObject jsonObject = null;

        try {

            jsonObject = new JSONObject();

            jsonObject.put("deal1", "test1");

            jsonObject.put("deal2", "test2");

            jsonObject.put("deal3", "test3");

        } catch (Exception e) {

            LOGGER.error("Could not create JSON", e);

        }

        return jsonObject;

    }

it's not beautiful but it works.

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Level 10

that is the nice thing about AEM - you are not bound to a specific API. Its essentially a JAVA platform, so you can use a specific Java API that will solve your business requirements.

A rule is the Java API must be in a OSGi bundle and in an active state so other bundles can use that API.

We have an article that shows use of the GSON API in a Java backend:

Scott's Digital Community: Creating an AEM HTML Template Language Component that displays data from ...

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Level 2

I agree with you and it's one of many reason I do JAVA and not .Net, because you can use and mix different API.

I just start with sightly instead of doing everything with a JSP, and was a litlle upset to not understand why an API from Google works better than an API from Apache in AEM