Create json in java and parse in python?

Question

I am using snmp4j to do a SNMP Walk result needs to be sent to a client to decode in python for further analysis. I am new to json and need to help in knowing best ways to convert java datatypes to json so that it can be easily decoded in python. I am not sure if it can be decoded in proper dicts or lists but any help in doing so will be useful. Currently I am using gson for converting below resonse to json

[vbs=[1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1 = VLAN1, 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.2 = FastEthernet0/1],status=0,exception=null,report=null]

and below is result when i do json.loads

[{u'vbs': [{u'variable': {u'value': [86, 76, 65, 78, 49]}, u'oid': {u'value': [1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1]}}, {u'variable': {u'value': [70, 97, 115, 116, 69, 116, 104, 101, 114, 110, 101, 116, 48, 47, 49]}, u'oid': {u'value': [1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2]}}], u'status': 0}]

please help in understanding better ways to encode into json for easy and usable python decodes. Is java serialization required here? I am not sure what it means but still wondering if my question is clear, any help at least to point me right resources will be of great help.

Answer 1

Good solution is using HashMap in java which when converted to json can be easily decoded as dictionary without any manipulation. So here is how I did

//declare a hashmap
HashMap hm = new HashMap();

//loop over the snmp result
for (VariableBinding varBinding : varBindings) {
    hm.put(varBinding.getOid(), varBinding.getVariable().toString());
String js = new Gson().toJson(hm);
//now if you return js as string and do json.loads(js) in python you will get dictionary with oid as key and value as value for all oids.