How to parse a JSON string to an array using Jackson
I finally got it:
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
TypeFactory typeFactory = objectMapper.getTypeFactory();
List<SomeClass> someClassList = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, typeFactory.constructCollectionType(List.class, SomeClass.class));
The complete example with an array. Replace "constructArrayType()" by "constructCollectionType()" or any other type you need.
import java.io.IOException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
public class Sorting {
private String property;
private String direction;
public Sorting() {
}
public Sorting(String property, String direction) {
this.property = property;
this.direction = direction;
}
public String getProperty() {
return property;
}
public void setProperty(String property) {
this.property = property;
}
public String getDirection() {
return direction;
}
public void setDirection(String direction) {
this.direction = direction;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, IOException {
final String json = "[{\"property\":\"title1\", \"direction\":\"ASC\"}, {\"property\":\"title2\", \"direction\":\"DESC\"}]";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Sorting[] sortings = mapper.readValue(json, TypeFactory.defaultInstance().constructArrayType(Sorting.class));
System.out.println(sortings);
}
}
I sorted this problem by verifying the json on JSONLint.com and then using Jackson. Below is the code for the same.
Main Class:-
String jsonStr = "[{\r\n" + " \"name\": \"John\",\r\n" + " \"city\": \"Berlin\",\r\n"
+ " \"cars\": [\r\n" + " \"FIAT\",\r\n" + " \"Toyata\"\r\n"
+ " ],\r\n" + " \"job\": \"Teacher\"\r\n" + " },\r\n" + " {\r\n"
+ " \"name\": \"Mark\",\r\n" + " \"city\": \"Oslo\",\r\n" + " \"cars\": [\r\n"
+ " \"VW\",\r\n" + " \"Toyata\"\r\n" + " ],\r\n"
+ " \"job\": \"Doctor\"\r\n" + " }\r\n" + "]";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
MyPojo jsonObj[] = mapper.readValue(jsonStr, MyPojo[].class);
for (MyPojo itr : jsonObj) {
System.out.println("Val of getName is: " + itr.getName());
System.out.println("Val of getCity is: " + itr.getCity());
System.out.println("Val of getJob is: " + itr.getJob());
System.out.println("Val of getCars is: " + itr.getCars() + "\n");
}
POJO:
public class MyPojo {
private List<String> cars = new ArrayList<String>();
private String name;
private String job;
private String city;
public List<String> getCars() {
return cars;
}
public void setCars(List<String> cars) {
this.cars = cars;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getJob() {
return job;
}
public void setJob(String job) {
this.job = job;
}
public String getCity() {
return city;
}
public void setCity(String city) {
this.city = city;
} }
RESULT:-
Val of getName is: John
Val of getCity is: Berlin
Val of getJob is: Teacher
Val of getCars is: [FIAT, Toyata]
Val of getName is: Mark
Val of getCity is: Oslo
Val of getJob is: Doctor
Val of getCars is: [VW, Toyata]
The other answer is correct, but for completeness, here are other ways:
List<SomeClass> list = mapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<List<SomeClass>>() { });
SomeClass[] array = mapper.readValue(jsonString, SomeClass[].class);