How do I change this Spring Test Framework Test to work with a JSON return?

Question

I am trying to change the following Spring Test Framework to test for a the following json return:

{"user":"John ","name":"JohnSmith"}

Here is my test code and I just dont know how to change it to check for JSON and the value in JSON. It will be great if someone can tell me what to change.. thanks

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = {WebMVCConfig.class})
@WebAppConfiguration
public class TestHelloWorldWeb
{
    @Autowired
    private WebApplicationContext wac;

    private MockMvc mockMvc;

    @Before
    public void setup()
    {
        this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.wac).build();
    }

    @Test
    public void getFoo() throws Exception
    {
        this.mockMvc.perform(get("/ask")
                .accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML))
                .andExpect(status().isOk())
                .andExpect(view().name("helloworld"))
                .andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.model().attribute("user", "JohnSmith"))
        ;


    }
}

Answer 1

.andExpect(jsonPath("$.user").value("john"));

with dependency :

<dependency>
<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
<version>0.8.1</version>
</dependency>

and one static import like this

import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;

adds the static method...