Solution.java

import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.ParseContext;

public class Solution {

    private static final Configuration configuration = Configuration.builder().options(Option.SUPPRESS_EXCEPTIONS).build();

    private static Configuration getConfiguration() {
        return configuration;
    }


    private static ParseContext getParseContext() {
        return JsonPath.using(getConfiguration());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DocumentContext documentContext = getParseContext().parse("{\"a\": 1,\"b\":2}");

        System.out.println("reading json value of json attribute a " + documentContext.read("$.a"));
        System.out.println("reusing documentContext to read json value of json attribute b " + documentContext.read("$.b"));
    }


}