Remove object of JSON

Question

How do I remove the object of JSON? I am using Jackson API 2.6.3

Example of my JSON String

{  
   "movieList":[  
      {  
         "movieID":1,
         "title":"TITLE 1",
         "type":"DIGITAL",
         "status":"COMING SOON",
         "synopsis":null,
         "director":null,
         "mRating":"G",
         "casts":null,
         "showTimes":[  
            {  
               "date":"01/12/15",
               "time":"22:00"
            },
            {  
               "date":"01/12/15",
               "time":"23:30"
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

I would like to be able to remove the whole showTimes object given its index.

Something like showtimesList.get(index).remove() And if it is the last object in the arrayList, the value should be set to null.

As suggested by one of the answer, I am converting the JAVA Object ShowTime to JSONNode by so

ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode showTimesNode = objectMapper.convertValue(movieList.get(index).getShowTimes(), JsonNode.class);
Iterator<JsonNode> itr = showTimesNode.iterator();
int counter = 1;
while(itr.hasNext() && counter<=showTimeChoice){
    if(counter==showTimeChoice){
        itr.remove();
        Cineplex.updateDatabase(cineplexList);
        System.out.println("Sucessfully removed!");
        break;
    }
    counter++;
}

But it's throwing the error Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException at java.util.ArrayList$Itr.remove(Unknown Source) when I tries to remove the 2nd element of showTimes on the above given JSON String

Which is

{  
  "date":"01/12/15",
  "time":"23:30"
}

Answer 1

for (JsonNode personNode : rootNode) {
    if (personNode instanceof ObjectNode) {
       if (personNode.has("showTimes")) {
          ObjectNode object = (ObjectNode) personNode;  
          object.remove("showTimes");
       }
    }
}

Answer 2

Something like this should work (I'm not a Jackson user, so YMMV):

((ObjectNode) movieListElement).remove("showTimes");

EDIT:

JsonNode movieListElement = ((ArrayNode) root.path("movieList").get(index);