How to convert Map<String, Map<MetricName, ? extends Metric>> into JsonObject

Question

I'm trying to convert Map> into JSON Object. I have tried two different ways to convert.

1. Using ObjectMapper:

Here is the code looks like but returning null.

       @GetMapping("/showRawKafkaMetrics")
            public String getMetrics() throws JsonProcessingException {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
                objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
                for (MessageListenerContainer messageListenerContainer : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry
                        .getListenerContainers()) {
    // The below map of metrics I'm trying to convert into json Object
                    Map<String, Map<MetricName, ? extends Metric>> metrics = messageListenerContainer.metrics();
                     metrics.forEach((clientid, metricMap) -> {
                        log.info("Client Id:"+sb.toString());
                         String json = null;
                         try {
                             json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(metricMap);
                         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
                             e.printStackTrace();
                         }
                         log.info("JSON Metrics :"+json);
                        metricMap.forEach((metricName, metricValue) -> {
                            log.info("------------ Metric name: " + metricName.name() + " ----------- Metric value: "
                                    + metricValue.metricValue() + LINE_BREAK);
                        });
                    });
                }
                String metrics = sb.toString();
                return metrics;
            }

****2. Using JSON Object 

Here is the code looks like:****

         @GetMapping("/showRawKafkaMetrics")
                    public String getMetrics() throws JsonProcessingException {
                        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                        JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonObject();
                        for (MessageListenerContainer messageListenerContainer : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry
                                .getListenerContainers()) {
    // The below map of metrics I'm trying to convert into json Object
    // The below map of metrics I'm trying to convert into json Object

                            Map<String, Map<MetricName, ? extends Metric>> metrics = messageListenerContainer.metrics();

                            metrics.forEach((clientid, metricMap) -> {
                                log.info("Client Id:"+sb.toString());
                                metricMap.forEach((metricName, metricValue) -> {
                                    log.info("------------ Metric name: " + metricName.name() + " ----------- Metric value: "
                                            + metricValue.metricValue() + LINE_BREAK);
                                    jsonObject.add(metricName.toString(), (JsonElement) metricValue);
                                    log.info("JSON METRICS:"+jsonObject);
                                });
                            });
                        }
                        String metrics = sb.toString();
                        return metrics;
                    }

In both of the cases I'm getting null pointers. Can anyone suggest me best way to convert the Map of Metrics into JsonObject. So further I can process that to create a dashboard.

Answer 1

Let Spring do it for you. Add @ResponseBody and produces = "application/json".

Question is about Map<String, Map<MetricName, ? extends Metric>>, which is what is returned by messageListenerContainer.metrics(), but you have a list of those messageListenerContainer objects, so what you really want is a List of them, to be converted to JSON.

@GetMapping(path = "/showRawKafkaMetrics", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
@ResponseBody
public String getMetrics() {
    List<Map<String, Map<MetricName, ? extends Metric>>> list = new ArrayList<>();
    for (MessageListenerContainer container : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry.getListenerContainers())
        list.add(container.metrics());
    return list;
}