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Valter Silva
Valter Silva

Reputation: 16656

How to deserialize a list using GSON or another JSON library in Java?

I can serialize a List<Video> in my servlet on GAE, but I can't deserialize it. What am I doing wrong?

This is my class Video in GAE, which is serialized:

package legiontube;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.jdo.annotations.IdGeneratorStrategy;
import javax.jdo.annotations.IdentityType;
import javax.jdo.annotations.PersistenceCapable;
import javax.jdo.annotations.Persistent;
import javax.jdo.annotations.PrimaryKey;

@PersistenceCapable(identityType = IdentityType.APPLICATION)
public class Video {

    @PrimaryKey
    private String id;

    @Persistent
    private String titulo;

    @Persistent
    private String descricao;

    @Persistent
    private Date date;

    public Video(){};

 public Video(String id, String titulo, String descricao, Date date) {
  //super();
  this.id = id;
  this.titulo = titulo;
  this.descricao = descricao;
  this.date = date;
 }

 public String getId() {
  return id;
 }

 public void setId(String id) {
  this.id = id;
 }

 public String getTitulo() {
  return titulo;
 }

 public void setTitulo(String titulo) {
  this.titulo = titulo;
 }

 public String getDescricao() {
  return descricao;
 }

 public void setDescricao(String descricao) {
  this.descricao = descricao;
 }

 public Date getDate() {
  return date;
 }

 public void setDate(Date date) {
  this.date = date;
 }

}

This is my class Video in my other application, where I try to deserialize:

package classes;

import java.util.Date;

public class Video {
 private String id;
 private String titulo;
 private String descricao;
 private Date date;

 public Video(String id, String titulo, String descricao, Date date) {
  //super();
  this.id = id;
  this.titulo = titulo;
  this.descricao = descricao;
  this.date = date;
 }

 public String getId() {
  return id;
 }
 public void setId(String id) {
  this.id = id;
 }
 public String getTitulo() {
  return titulo;
 }
 public void setTitulo(String titulo) {
  this.titulo = titulo;
 }
 public String getDescricao() {
  return descricao;
 }
 public void setDescricao(String descricao) {
  this.descricao = descricao;
 }
 public Date getDate() {
  return date;
 }
 public void setDate(Date date) {
  this.date = date;
 }

}

Upvotes: 146

Views: 137740

Answers (4)

naXa stands with Ukraine
naXa stands with Ukraine

Reputation: 37916

I recomend this one-liner

List<Video> videos = Arrays.asList(new Gson().fromJson(json, Video[].class));

Warning: the list of videos, returned by Arrays.asList is immutable - you can't insert new values. If you need to modify it, wrap in new ArrayList<>(...).

Reference:

  1. Method Arrays#asList
  2. Constructor Gson
  3. Method Gson#fromJson (source json may be of type JsonElement, Reader, or String)
  4. Interface List
  5. JLS - Arrays
  6. JLS - Generic Interfaces

Upvotes: 14

DevNG
DevNG

Reputation: 6065

Another way is to use an array as a type, e.g.:

Video[] videoArray = gson.fromJson(json, Video[].class);

This way you avoid all the hassle with the Type object, and if you really need a list you can always convert the array to a list, e.g.:

List<Video> videoList = Arrays.asList(videoArray);

IMHO this is much more readable.

In Kotlin this looks like this:

Gson().fromJson(jsonString, Array<Video>::class.java)

To convert this array into List, just use .toList() method

Upvotes: 129

Bogdan Kornev
Bogdan Kornev

Reputation: 111

Be careful using the answer provide by @DevNG. Arrays.asList() returns internal implementation of ArrayList that doesn't implement some useful methods like add(), delete(), etc. If you call them an UnsupportedOperationException will be thrown. In order to get real ArrayList instance you need to write something like this:

List<Video> = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(videoArray));

Upvotes: 4

ColinD
ColinD

Reputation: 110046

With Gson, you'd just need to do something like:

List<Video> videos = gson.fromJson(json, new TypeToken<List<Video>>(){}.getType());

You might also need to provide a no-arg constructor on the Video class you're deserializing to.

Upvotes: 374

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