diff --git a/lang/pom.xml b/lang/pom.xml
index f52cbd7..4afb70a 100644
--- a/lang/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/pom.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>lang</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <hamcrest-junit.version>2.0.0.0</hamcrest-junit.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest-junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${hamcrest-junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/annotations/JsonField.java b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/JsonField.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aada72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/JsonField.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface JsonField {
+    String value() default "";
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializeException.java b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializeException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f2abea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializeException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package annotations.jsonserializer;
+
+class JsonSerializeException extends RuntimeException {
+    JsonSerializeException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializer.java b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e519b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package annotations.jsonserializer;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+class JsonSerializer {
+
+    private final SerializableFieldExtractor extractor;
+
+    JsonSerializer(SerializableFieldExtractor extractor) {
+        this.extractor = extractor;
+    }
+
+    String serializeToString(Object o) {
+        return toJsonString(serialize(o));
+    }
+
+    Set<SerializableField> serialize(Object o) {
+        return extractor.getSerializableFields(o);
+    }
+
+    String toJsonString(Set<SerializableField> jsonElements) {
+        String elementsString = jsonElements.stream()
+                .map(entry -> "\"" + entry.getName() + "\":\"" + entry.getValue() + "\"")
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
+        return "{" + elementsString + "}";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableField.java b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableField.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c9dc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableField.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package annotations.jsonserializer;
+
+class SerializableField {
+    private final String name;
+    private final String value;
+
+    SerializableField(String name, String value) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    String getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableFieldExtractor.java b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableFieldExtractor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f4324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/annotations/jsonserializer/SerializableFieldExtractor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package annotations.jsonserializer;
+
+import annotations.JsonField;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+class SerializableFieldExtractor {
+
+    Set<SerializableField> getSerializableFields(Object o) {
+        final Class<?> objectClass = o.getClass();
+        final Set<SerializableField> jsonElements = new HashSet<>();
+        try {
+            for (Field field : objectClass.getDeclaredFields()) {
+                field.setAccessible(true);
+                if (field.isAnnotationPresent(JsonField.class)) {
+                    jsonElements.add(new SerializableField(getSerializableField(field), (String) field.get(o)));
+                }
+
+            }
+            return jsonElements;
+        } catch (SecurityException | IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            throw new JsonSerializeException(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getSerializableField(Field field) {
+        final String annotationValue = field.getAnnotation(JsonField.class).value();
+        return annotationValue.isEmpty() ? field.getName() : annotationValue;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java
index 5e4187c..317a977 100644
--- a/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java
+++ b/lang/src/main/java/patternmatching/Statistics.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package patternmatching;
 
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ public final class Statistics {
         this.data = data;
     }
 
-    double getMean() {
+    private double getMean() {
         if (mean == null) {
             mean = (double) Arrays.stream(data).sum() / data.length;
         }
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ public final class Statistics {
         return mean;
     }
 
-    double getVariance() {
+    private double getVariance() {
         if (variance == null) {
             final double mean = getMean();
             double temp = 0;
@@ -35,11 +34,11 @@ public final class Statistics {
         return variance;
     }
 
-    double getStddev() {
+    private double getStddev() {
         return Math.sqrt(getVariance());
     }
 
-    double getMedian() {
+    private double getMedian() {
         Arrays.sort(data);
         if (data.length % 2 == 0) return (data[(data.length / 2) - 1] + data[data.length / 2]) / 2.0;
         return data[data.length / 2];
@@ -59,8 +58,9 @@ public final class Statistics {
         );
     }
 
-    public String asCSv() {
-        final String csv = Arrays.stream(data).mapToObj(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.joining(","));
-        return csv;
+    String asCSv() {
+        return Arrays.stream(data)
+                .mapToObj(String::valueOf)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
     }
 }
diff --git a/lang/src/test/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializerTest.java b/lang/src/test/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4449dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/src/test/java/annotations/jsonserializer/JsonSerializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package annotations.jsonserializer;
+
+import annotations.JsonField;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+
+public class JsonSerializerTest {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass().getCanonicalName());
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void serializeNullObjectEnsureNullPointerExceptionThrown() {
+        new JsonSerializer(new SerializableFieldExtractor()).serialize(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerialize() {
+        final Car car = new Car();
+        JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer(new SerializableFieldExtractor());
+        final Set<SerializableField> jsonCar = serializer.serialize(car);
+        final Set<String> names = jsonCar.stream().map(SerializableField::getName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        final Set<String> values = jsonCar.stream().map(SerializableField::getValue).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        assertThat(names, containsInAnyOrder("model", "manufacturer"));
+        assertThat(values, containsInAnyOrder("Ford", "F150"));
+        logger.info(serializer.toJsonString(jsonCar));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializeToString() {
+        final Car car = new Car();
+        JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer(new SerializableFieldExtractor());
+        final String jsonString = serializer.serializeToString(car);
+        assertThat(jsonString, containsString("\"manufacturer\":\"Ford\""));
+        assertThat(jsonString, containsString("\"model\":\"F150\""));
+    }
+
+    private static class Car {
+        @JsonField("manufacturer")
+        private final String make;
+        @JsonField
+        private final String model;
+        private final String year;
+
+        Car() {
+            this.make = "Ford";
+            this.model = "F150";
+            this.year = "2018";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return year + " " + make + " " + model;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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