JSON-P 1.1 JSON processing APIs is updated and aligned with Java 8, and provides Stream support for JSON reader. Let's create an example to demonstrate it. public class Person implements Serializable { private String name; private LocalDate birthDate; private List< PhoneNumber > phoneNumbers = new ArrayList<> (); // setters and getters } public class PhoneNumber implements Serializable { public static enum Type { HOME , OFFICE ; } private Type type; private String number; // setters and getters } Assume we have a contact list in json file, we will read it and convert into Person . [ { " name " : " Duke " , " birthDate " : " 1995-05-23 " , " phoneNumbers " : [ { " number " : " 100000 " , " type " : " HOME " ...