Jackson (API)
Imagine you have a toybox full of different toys with different shapes, sizes, and colors. Now imagine your friend comes over, but they don't know how to play with your toys because they don't understand how they work or how to use them.
In the same way, when a computer program (like a web application) wants to work with data, it needs to know how to understand the different shapes and types of data. This is where Jackson API comes in.
Jackson is like a special toy that helps computer programs understand and play with different types of data more easily. It can take complex data (like a bunch of numbers, words, and colors) and turn it into something that the program can work with more easily (like putting all the red toys in one pile, all the blue toys in another pile, and all the square toys in another pile).
It does this by using what's called "serialization" and "deserialization." Serialization means taking data and turning it into a format that can be sent or saved somewhere else (like turning a picture of a toy into a bunch of numbers that the computer can save as a file). Deserialization means taking that saved data and turning it back into the original format that the program can understand (like turning that saved toy picture file back into a picture on your screen).
So when someone is talking about Jackson API, they're talking about a special tool that helps programs understand and work with different types of data more easily, so they can play with their toys without getting confused!
In the same way, when a computer program (like a web application) wants to work with data, it needs to know how to understand the different shapes and types of data. This is where Jackson API comes in.
Jackson is like a special toy that helps computer programs understand and play with different types of data more easily. It can take complex data (like a bunch of numbers, words, and colors) and turn it into something that the program can work with more easily (like putting all the red toys in one pile, all the blue toys in another pile, and all the square toys in another pile).
It does this by using what's called "serialization" and "deserialization." Serialization means taking data and turning it into a format that can be sent or saved somewhere else (like turning a picture of a toy into a bunch of numbers that the computer can save as a file). Deserialization means taking that saved data and turning it back into the original format that the program can understand (like turning that saved toy picture file back into a picture on your screen).
So when someone is talking about Jackson API, they're talking about a special tool that helps programs understand and work with different types of data more easily, so they can play with their toys without getting confused!