Monthly Archives: February 2012

JSON.stringify with mapped variables

There are times when I want to create a data structure in Mirth, and output the contents of that data structure while debugging the code.  Luckily, JSON.stringify() is available not only in modern browsers but also in Mirth.

var o = {
  mrn: '8675309',
  labs: [
    'blood bank',
    'microbiology',
    'toxicology'
  ]
};
console.log(JSON.stringify(o, null, 't'));

However, there are any types of Mirth mapped variables, the JSON.stringify() method blows up on itself with a message similar to

DETAILS:    Java class "[B" has no public instance field or method named "toJSON".

This is how we fix it.

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