Deserialization of different objects Android - java

I have a problem with deserialization list of different objects. Help me please to resolve this issue. This JSON is required by the customer side.
{"result":[
{
"id": 5,
"op":[
0,
{ "description": "hello world" }
]}]
}
I have:
public class Transaction {
public int id;
public List<Object> op;
}
public class ResponseTransactions {
public List<Transaction> result;
}
Gson gson = new Gson();
List< List<Transaction>> list= gson.fromJson(json,
ResponseTransactions.class))
After that I must call LinkedTreeMap:
String description = (LinkedTreeMap)Transaction.op.get(1).get("description");
But I want to use like this:
public class Operation{
public String description;
}
public class Transaction {
public String id;
public List<Operation> op;
}

I am not sure why you would have a dissimilar collection of objects cast into a list of concrete objects , but if thats what is required, you might want to look at a custom Deserializer. Here's a very informative link on how to create a custom deserializer for gson lib.
https://futurestud.io/tutorials/gson-advanced-custom-deserialization-basics
In your deserializer, you'll need to skip any JsonElement which is not of type "Operation"

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JSON to Java object with Random Key

I am trying to convert following JSON to Java object and ending up with UnrecognizedPropertyException.
{
"5214": [{
"name": "sdsds",
"age": "25",
"address": null
},
{
"name": "sdfds",
"age": "26",
"address": null
}]
}
Here "5214" is the random key that I get. I can covert it by modifying JSON little bit. But I want to know whether any possible way to convert the mentioned JSON. I even tried with following snippet taking some reference.
public class SampleTest {
private Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> employeeDetails = new HashMap<String, List<EmployeeDetails>>();
public Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> getEmployeeDetails() {
return employeeDetails;
}
public void setEmployeeDetails(Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> employeeDetails) {
this.employeeDetails = employeeDetails;
}
}
public class EmployeeDetails {
private String name;
private String age;
private String address;
//Getters and Setters
}
Can someone guide me on this?
Use Type Reference (Import Jackson Package for Java)
TypeReference<Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>>> typeReference = new TypeReference<Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>>>()
{
};
Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> employeeDetails = new ObjectMapper().readValue(jsonString, typeReference);
Check something from that
Maybe:
public class Data {
// String contain the Key, for example: 5214
Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> employeeDetails =
new HashMap<String,List<EmployeeDetails>>();
public Data() {
}
#JsonAnyGetter
public Map<String, List<EmployeeDetails>> getEmployeeDetails() {
return employeeDetails;
}
}
I would use custom deserializer with few helper classes. To make the code (matter of opinion I guess) clearer, create the list object:
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
#Getter #Setter
public class EmployeeDetailsList extends ArrayList<EmployeeDetails> {
// this will hold the arbitrary name of list. like 5214
private String name;
}
Then this list seems to be inside an object, say Wrapper:
#Getter
#RequiredArgsConstructor
#JsonDeserialize(using = WrapperDeserializer.class)
public class Wrapper {
private final EmployeeDetailsList employeeDetailsList;
}
So there is annotation #JsonDeserializer that handles deserializing Wrapper. It is not possible to directly deserialize unknown field names to some defined type so we need to use mechanism like this custom deserializer that inspects what is inside Wrapper and determines what to deserialize and how.
And here is how the deserializer works:
public class WrapperDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Wrapper> {
private final ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
#Override
public Wrapper deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
TreeNode node = p.readValueAsTree();
// This is the place for caution. You should somehow know what is the correct node
// Here I happily assume there is just the one and first
String fName = node.fieldNames().next();
EmployeeDetailsList edl = om.readValue(node.get(fName).toString(),
EmployeeDetailsList.class);
edl.setName(fName);
return new Wrapper(edl);
}
}
Please check it carefully it is not perfect in sense finding alwasy the correct node and maybe the instantiation can be done in other ways better. But it shoudl give you a hunch how it could be done.

GSON - print all fields that are annotated as deserialized=true

I have a Java EE project that is using GSON library (Google's library for processing of JSON objects).
In my entity classes I use #Expose annotation to control which fields are considered by GSON. I also use serialize/deserialize properties on that annotation to control which fields are considered when serializing a Java object to JSON and which fields are considered when deserializing JSON objects to Java objects. For example:
public class Movie {
#Expose(serialize=true, deserialize=false)
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#Expose(serialize=true, deserialize=true)
private String name;
#Expose(serialize=true, deserialize=true)
private String genre;
#Expose(serialize=false, deserialize=true)
private String secretID;
}
Here when I send the JSON object to be deserialized into Java object I send an object like this:
{
"name": "Memento",
"genre": "thriller",
"secretID": "123asd"
}
And, when I serialize Java object to JSON I get something like this:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Memento",
"genre": "thriller"
}
I have this Java code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation().setPrettyPrinting().create();
String json = gson.toJson(new Movie());
System.out.println(json);
}
that generates this as it's output:
{
"id": 0,
"name": "",
"genre": ""
}
Those are fields that are marked to be serialized. However, what if I need to print out all of the fields that are marked to be deserialized, so that I can easier create a JSON object that will be used as input when creating new Movies.
The desired output is this:
{
"name": "",
"genre": "",
"secretID": ""
}
Note: I don't want to change serialize/deserialize properties on #Expose annotations because they are set to how my application needs to work. I just need an easy way to generate a template JSON objects that will be used as input to my application, so I don't have to type it manually.
You could implement more generic ExclusionStrategy like:
#RequiredArgsConstructor
public class IncludeListedFields implements ExclusionStrategy {
#NonNull
private Set<String> fieldsToInclude;
#Override
public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {
return ! fieldsToInclude.contains(f.getName());
}
#Override
public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
return false;
}
}
then use it like:
Set<String> fieldsToInclude =
new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("name", "genre", "secretID"));
ExclusionStrategy es = new IncludeListedFields(fieldsToInclude);
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().serializeNulls()
.addSerializationExclusionStrategy(es).create();
Note following things:
You should not now use the builder method .excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation.
By default Gson does not serialize fileds with null values so you need to use builder method .serializeNulls(). This does not generate Json with string values "" but just null.
In your example Json fields contained empty strings as values but you did not introduce default constructor Movie() that would initialize field values to empty strings so they remain null. But if you initialize them - say to empty string ""- then they are not null & you do not need to use builder method .serializeNulls().
BUT if you really need and want only to serialize based on #Expose(deserialize=true) then the ExclusionStrategy can be just:
public class PrintDeserializeTrue implements ExclusionStrategy {
#Override
public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {
Expose annotationExpose = f.getAnnotation(Expose.class);
if(null != annotationExpose) {
if(annotationExpose.deserialize())
return false;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
return false;
}
}

Parse JSON on Android device using latest Jackson Parser library

Here is example of JSON response str:
{"myServiceMethodResult":[{"BoolPropertyOfFooClass":false,"StringPropertyOfFooClass":"tstString", "Bar":[{"BoolPropertyOfBarClass":false,"StringProperyOfBarClass":"tst"}]
}]
}
Service is returning List
List<Foo> myServiceMethod(){
return new List<Foo> myFooList
}
This are the classes:
#JsonRootName(value = "myServiceMethodResult")
Class Foo{
public boolean BoolPropertyOfFooClass
public String StringPropertyOfFooClass
#JsonProperty(value = "Bar")
public List<Bar> myBar;
public boolean getBoolPropertyOfFooClass(){
return BoolPropertyOfFooClass;
}
public void setBoolPropertyOfFooClass(bool value){
this.BoolPropertyOfFooClass = value
}
public String getStringPropertyOfFooClass(){
return StringPropertyOfFooClass;
}
public void setBoolPropertyOfFooClass(String value){
this.StringPropertyOfFooClass = value
}
public List<Bar> myBar() {
return myBar;
}
public void setmyBar(List<Bar> value) {
this.myBar= value;
}
}
I'm usign Jackson parser and first of all Parsing JSON string to an object is surprising slow (despite a fact that this file is huge (2 MB)
String jsonStr = sh.makeServiceCall(serviceUrl/MethodName, ServiceHandler.POST, json_content_parameters);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE, true);
JsonNode node = null;
myFooInstance= mapper.readValue(new StringReader(jsonStr), new TypeReference<List<Foo>>(){});
mapper.readValue is hitting exception myServiceResult does not match expected ('List'). Further more, if I'm using readTree function it takes 5 seconds (but not hittign exception). Is there any better way of getting Object faster,
Further more I'm not able to figure how to map List of Bar objects inside my Foo objects. I'm able to set my properties using this line of code:
TypeReference<List<Foo>> typeRef = new TypeReference<List<Foo>>(){};
myInstanceFoo= mapper.readValue(node.traverse(), typeRef);
So I Have my List of Foo objects but I'm not able to get List inside of list using something simmilar. Any help about problems with duration, or setting inner List object would be appreciated
Trace:
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Root name 'MyMethodResponse' does not match expected ('List') for type [collection type; class java.util.List, contains [simple type, class com.package.Foo]]
at [Source: java.io.StringReader#411dc790; line: 1, column: 2]
Since it appears that you have the response wrapped in a single-member object instance, you have the option of annotating your Foo class with this:
#JsonRootName("MyMethodResponse")
IMPORTANT: the name is FIXED.
However you are not done yet. You need to configure your ObjectMapper to use this annotation:
mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE);
Your have another problem. Namely, your List<Bar> has name myBar in your POJO, but Bar in the produced JSON. You need to annotate your myBar field with #JsonProperty:
#JsonProperty("Bar")
In case Someone stumbles on a same problem I figured it out. To serialize Foo class if JSON is in format
{"response":[{"propertyOfFooClass":"something"
}]
}
you nedd to Create Root Class that contains list of Foo Class
public class RootWrapper {
private List<Foo> foo;
public List<Foo> getFoos() {
return channels;
}
#JsonProperty("response")
public void setFoos(List<Foo> fooList) {
this.foo= fooList;
}
RootWrapper mj = mapper.readValue(jsonStr, RootWrapper.class);
Cheers

Deserialize Generic class Jackson or Gson

From the land of .NET I have a generic class define like so..
public class SyncWrapper<T, I>
{
public IList<T> Data { get; set; }
public IList<I> DeleteIds { get; set; }
public DateTime LastSyncDateTime { get; set; }
}
I was able to create an instance of this object from json by simply calling ...
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SyncWrapper<T, Guid>>(json);
Now I've been given the task of porting this code over to Java/Android. Having never touched Java before, I've a lot to learn!
Anyway, so far I've tried Gson and Jackson to get the object from json but no joy. I think that I won't be able to call andthing with the <T> involved gson.fromJson(json, SyncWrapper<T, UUID>.class) for example as there is a problem with type Erasure!
My efforts so far have looked like this....
Gson
Gson gson = new Gson();
SyncWrapper<MyClass, UUID> result = gson.fromJson(json, new TypeToken<SyncWrapper<MyClass, UUID>>() { }.getType());
This compiles but the result is an empty SyncWrapper
Jackson
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SyncWrapper<MyClass, UUID> result = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<SyncWrapper<MyClass, UUID>>() { });
This compiles but crashes the app when executed!!!
My Java version of SyncWrapper....
public class SyncWrapper<T, I> {
private DateTime lastSyncDateTime;
private Collection<T> data;
private Collection<I> deleteIds;
public Collection<T> getData() {
return data;
}
public void setData(Collection<T> data) {
this.data = data;
}
public Collection<I> getDeleteIds() {
return deleteIds;
}
public void setDeleteIds(Collection<I> deleteIds) {
this.deleteIds = deleteIds;
}
public DateTime getLastSyncDateTime() {
return lastSyncDateTime;
}
public void setLastSyncDateTime(DateTime lastSyncDateTime) {
this.lastSyncDateTime = lastSyncDateTime;
}
}
I've been really thrown in at the deep end by the powers that be (all programming is the same isn't it?), so any help really appreciated.
I'm not precious about which library I use (Gson, Jackson, etc)
Update
An example of the Json that is to be deserialized...
{
"Data": [
{
"Name": "Company A",
"Id": "7d5d236c-c2b5-42dc-aea5-99e6752c8a52"
},
{
"Name": "Company B",
"Id": "44444444-0000-0000-0000-444444444444"
},
{
"Name": "Company C",
"Id": "249a4558-05c6-483f-9835-0056804791c9"
}
],
"DeleteIds": [
"5f7873a6-b2ee-4566-9714-1577b81384f4",
"1f224a39-16c3-441d-99de-8e58fa8f31c2"
],
"LastSyncDateTime": "\/Date(1393580073773+0000)\/"
}
..or this (more often than not, the DeleteIds will be null)...
{
"Data": [
{
"Name": "Company A",
"Id": "7d5d236c-c2b5-42dc-aea5-99e6752c8a52"
},
{
"Name": "Company B",
"Id": "44444444-0000-0000-0000-444444444444"
},
{
"Name": "Company C",
"Id": "249a4558-05c6-483f-9835-0056804791c9"
}
],
"DeleteIds": null,
"LastSyncDateTime": "\/Date(1393580073773+0000)\/"
}
For the above json I would be mapping to a SyncWrapper where T is Company...
public class Company extends ModelBase {
private String name;
public Company(UUID id, String name) {
super(id);
setName(name);
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
}
Here's the issues:
Your field names in your Java classes don't match the field names in the JSON; capitalization matters. This is why you're getting back absolutely nothing after parsing.
I'm going to go with Gson examples simply because I know that off the top of my head. You can do the same things in Jackson, but I'd need to look them up:
public class SyncWrapper<T, I> {
#SearializedName("LastSyncDateTime")
private DateTime lastSyncDateTime;
#SearializedName("Data")
private Collection<T> data;
#SearializedName("DeleteIds")
private Collection<I> deleteIds;
This tells Gson which fields in Java map to the fields in JSON. You could also go with a field naming policy instead, since it looks like all your fields are upper camel case:
Gson g = new GsonBuilder()
.setFieldNamingPolicy(FieldNamingPolicy.UPPER_CAMEL_CASE)
.build();
Now your fields will match up. The next issue is going to be that UUID class. That class in Java is not a string; it's a class that generates UUIDs. Just use String for the type that holds it in your Java class.
The DateTime class ... same issue. And on top of that you've got a bit of a weird value in your JSON for the date. You'll either want to store that as a String as well, or you're going to have to write a custom deserializer to deal with it.
With those changes, I think you're good to go.
Edit to add from the comments: If you really need the Java UUID class rather than just the String representation, you can write a chunk of code that takes care of this for you:
class UUIDDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<UUID>
{
#Override
public UUID deserialize(JsonElement je, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext jdc) throws JsonParseException
{
return UUID.fromString(je.getAsString());
}
}
You can then register this with Gson:
Gson g = new GsonBuilder()
.setFieldNamingPolicy(FieldNamingPolicy.UPPER_CAMEL_CASE)
.registerTypeAdapter(UUID.class, new UUIDDeserializer())
.build();
This will populate the UUID typed fields in your class with UUID instances. This is the same thing you'd need to do with that funky date value.
I suggest using Jackson for this; it has a more clear API and does not require creating a new type as Gson (where you have to extend a class to be able to do that).
Example:
public static <T> T fromJsonToGenericPojo(
String json, Class<?> classType, Class<?>... genericTypes) {
JavaType javaType = TypeFactory.defaultInstance()
.constructParametricType(classType, genericTypes);
try {
return OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(json, javaType);
} catch (IOException e) {
LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
}
}

Json Data assign to java class

I'm having problem to assign json data into java class.Please do help anyone,
My java class is like,
public class ListofGridRecords<T> {
public int Totalrecords;
public List<T> GridRecords;//using TraderTransaction class.
}
and TraderTransaction class is,
public class TraderTransaction {
public Date AddedTime;
public String TransactId;
public TransactStatus Status;
public String OtherPartyAccountNo;
public Double AmountPaid;
public Double AmountRecieved;
public Double ClosingBalance;
public TransactionTypes TransType;
public String Narration;
public TraderTransaction() {
super();
}
}
and my json conversion function look like,
JsonObject returndata = JsonObject.parse(responseString);
String operationresult = returndata.get("OperationResult").toString();
if (Result.values()[Integer.parseInt(operationresult)] == Result.Success) {
Gson gson = new Gson();
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
ListofGridRecords<TraderTransaction> traderlist =
gson.fromJson(returndata.get("ResultData").toString(), ListofGridRecords.class);
Log.i("LIST DATA:", "" + traderlist);
for (TraderTransaction trader: traderlist.GridRecords) {
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put(TRANS_FIRST_COLUMN, currentformatter.format(trader.AddedTime));
map.put(TRANS_SECOND_COLUMN, trader.TransactId);
map.put(TRANS_THIRD_COLUMN, trader.OtherPartyAccountNo);
map.put(TRANS_FOURTH_COLUMN, trader.AmountPaid.toString());
map.put(TRANS_FIFTH_COLUMN, trader.AmountRecieved.toString());
map.put(TRANS_SIXTH_COLUMN, OpenOrClosed.values()[Integer.parseInt(trader.TransType.toString())].toString());
list.add(map);
}
}
I'm getting conversion error at for (TraderTransaction trader : traderlist.GridRecords).
My Json data look like,
{
"Messages":"RESULTS_RETRIEVAL_SUCCESSFULL",
"OperationResult":0,
"ResultData":{
"GridRecords":[
{
"AddedBy":"Distributor-9787457361-Rathinavel",
"AddedTime":"2013-04-12T16:26:24.0140117",
"AmountPaid":0.0,
"AmountRecieved":10000.0,
"ClosingBalance":10000.0,
"Narration":null,
"OtherPartyAccountNo":"0102849015327675",
"Status":2,
"TransType":2,
"TransactId":"TDRF483679051236"
},
{
"AddedBy":"Distributor-9787457361-Rathinavel",
"AddedTime":"2013-04-12T16:20:54.8681857",
"AmountPaid":0.0,
"AmountRecieved":0.0,
"ClosingBalance":0.0,
"Narration":null,
"OtherPartyAccountNo":"0102849015327675",
"Status":0,
"TransType":2,
"TransactId":"TDRF706925413802"
}
],
"Totalrecords":2
},
"UpdateAvailable":"0"
}
In order to parse your JSON, I'd use a slightly different strategy. As you seem to be interested in parsing only the "ResultData", I'd create classes to wrap the response, very similar to those you have already created, namely:
public class Response {
#SerializedName("ResultData")
public ResultData resultData;
}
and,
public class ResultData {
#SerializedName("GridRecords")
public List<GridRecord> gridRecords;
#SerializedName("Totalrecords")
public int totalrecords;
}
and,
public class GridRecord {
#SerializedName("AddedTime")
public String addedTime;
#SerializedName("TransactId")
public String transactId;
//other fields...
}
and other classes if necessary...
Then, in order to parse your JSON reponse, you just have to do:
Gson gson = new Gson();
Response data = gson.fromJson(responseString, Response.class);
and you'll be able to access any field, for example:
data.resultData.gridRecords.transactId;
Note 1: If you are interested in more fields of the JSON response, you just have to add more fields to your wrap classes, according to the JSON response...
Note 2: I've changed the type of addedTime to String, instead of Date because it throws an exception for unparseable date. Anyway I usually leave the types in the Response objects as simple String and then in the class from where I retrieve the response, I do the correct formatting while creating my objects, for example, when you put the values in your Map...
Note 3: The use of the annotation #SerializedName is interesting to separate the name of a field in the JSON response and in your app, in order to follow Java naming conventions, which your attributes are not following...
Note 4: You shouldn't use public attributes in your classes. It's more recommendable to use private/protected attributes and their correspondent getters and setters...

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