Convert an object into Json using SBJson or other JSON library

Using

SBJson

, to convert a object to JSON string, you have to override the

proxyForJson

method. Like the following,

The .h file,

@interface MyCustomObject : NSObject {
NSString *receiverFirstName;
NSString *receiverMiddleInitial;
NSString *receiverLastName;
NSString *receiverLastName2;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *receiverFirstName;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *receiverMiddleInitial;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *receiverLastName;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *receiverLastName2;

- (id) proxyForJson;
- (int) parseResponse :(NSDictionary *) receivedObjects;
}

In the implementation file,

- (id) proxyForJson {

return [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
receiverFirstName, @"ReceiverFirstName",
receiverMiddleInitial, @"ReceiverMiddleInitial",
receiverLastName, @"ReceiverLastName",
receiverLastName2, @"ReceiverLastName2",
nil ];
}

And to get the object from the JSON string you have to write a

parseResponse

method like this,

- (int) parseResponse :(NSDictionary *) receivedObjects {
self.receiverFirstName = (NSString *) [receivedObjects objectForKey:@"ReceiverFirstName"];
self.receiverLastName = (NSString *) [receivedObjects objectForKey:@"ReceiverLastName"];

/* middleInitial and lastname2 are not required field. So server may return null value which
eventually JSON parser return NSNull. Which is unrecognizable by most of the UI and functions.
So, convert it to empty string. */
NSString *middleName = (NSString *) [receivedObjects objectForKey:@"ReceiverMiddleInitial"];
if ((NSNull *) middleName == [NSNull null]) {
self.receiverMiddleInitial = @"";
} else {
self.receiverMiddleInitial = middleName;
}

NSString *lastName2 = (NSString *) [receivedObjects objectForKey:@"ReceiverLastName2"];
if ((NSNull *) lastName2 == [NSNull null]) {
self.receiverLastName2 = @"";
} else {
self.receiverLastName2 = lastName2;
}

return 0;
}