If you have a GSON String which is an object collection and you want to convert it into an ArrayLis<> using the Gson library, make use of the reflection TypeToken
ArrayList<Student> stdList = new ArrayList<>();
stdList = gson.fromJson(jsonList, new TypeToken<ArrayList<Student>>(){}.getType());
System.out.println(stdList(0).getStudentName());
System.out.println(stdList(1).getStudentName());
Example:
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class JsonToGsonExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String jsonString = "{\n" +
" \"studentId\": 1,\n" +
" \"studentName\": \"Mike\",\n" +
" \"studentAddress\": \"Paris\",\n" +
" \"studentAge\": 19,\n" +
" \"studentMarks\": {\n" +
" \"English\": 87,\n" +
" \"Chemistry\": 72,\n" +
" \"Math\": 75,\n" +
" \"Physics\": 67\n" +
" }\n" +
"}";
String jsonStringList ="[\n" +
" {\n" +
" \"studentId\": 1,\n" +
" \"studentName\": \"Mike\",\n" +
" \"studentAddress\": \"Paris\",\n" +
" \"studentAge\": 19,\n" +
" \"studentMarks\": {\n" +
" \"English\": 87,\n" +
" \"Chemistry\": 72,\n" +
" \"Math\": 75,\n" +
" \"Physics\": 67\n" +
" }\n" +
" },\n" +
" {\n" +
" \"studentId\": 2,\n" +
" \"studentName\": \"Alex\",\n" +
" \"studentAddress\": \"London\",\n" +
" \"studentAge\": 18,\n" +
" \"studentMarks\": {\n" +
" \"English\": 71,\n" +
" \"Chemistry\": 98,\n" +
" \"Math\": 89,\n" +
" \"Physics\": 76\n" +
" }\n" +
" }\n" +
"]";
Gson gson = new Gson();
//Example with just one Json Object
Student student = gson.fromJson(jsonString,Student.class);
System.out.println(student.getStudentName());
System.out.println(student.getStudentAddress());
//Example with a Student List
ArrayList<Student> studentsList = new ArrayList<>();
studentsList = gson.fromJson(jsonStringList, new TypeToken<ArrayList<Student>>(){}.getType());
System.out.println(studentsList.get(0).getStudentName());
System.out.println(studentsList.get(1).getStudentName());
}
}
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