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The Gson library provides a class called com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken to store generic types by creating a Gson TypeToken class and pass the class type. Using this type, Gson can able to know the class passed in the generic class.Syntaxpublic class TypeToken extends ObjectWe can deserialize a JSON array to a generic type of list in the below exampleExampleimport java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.util.*; import com.google.gson.*; import com.google.gson.reflect.*; public class JSONArrayToListTest {    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {       String jsonStr = "[{\"name\":\"Adithya\", \"course\":\"Java\"}, " + "{\"name\":\"Ravi\", \"course\":\"Python\"}]";       Type listType = new TypeToken() {}.getType();       List students = ... Read More

Jackson is a library that allows you to convert Java objects into XML and vice versa. In this example, we will demonstrate how to convert a POJO (Plain Old Java Object) into XML using the Jackson library. Well, if you are not familiar with POJO, it is a simple Java object that does not follow any specific framework or design pattern. It is just a regular Java class with fields and methods. We will use the method writeValueAsString() of the XmlMapper class to convert a POJO into XML. The XmlMapper class is part of the Jackson library and it ... Read More

Parsing a JSON without duplicate keys means converting a JSON string into a Java object. But we need to keep in mind that the JSON string should not have duplicate keys. Gson: Parsing a JSON Without Duplicate Keys We can use the Gson library to parse a JSON without duplicate keys in Java. It is developed by Google and used for converting Java objects into JSON and vice versa. By default, Gson does not allow duplicate keys in JSON. If a JSON string has duplicate keys, Gson will throw a JsonSyntaxException. We will use the methods fromJson() and toJson() to achieve ... Read More

Jackson is a Java-based library, and it can be useful to convert Java objects to JSON and JSON to Java objects. A Jackson API is faster than other API, needs less memory, and is good for large objects. We can format a date using the setDateFormat() of ObjectMapper class. This method can be used for configuring the default DateFormat when serializing time values as Strings and deserializing from JSON Strings. Syntax of setDateFormat() public ObjectMapper setDateFormat(DateFormat df) Here, df is the DateFormat instance to be used for formatting dates. Steps to format a date using Jackson in Java Following ... Read More

Serializing a Map in Java is the process of converting a Map object into a format that can be easily stored or transmitted, such as JSON or XML. We will use the Flexjson library to serialize a map in Java. We can serialize a Map using the serialize() method of the JSONSerializer class, which performs a shallow serialization of the target instance. Example of Serializing a Map We will take a map and see the output after serialization. Map map = new HashMap(); map.put("name", "Ansh"); map.put("age", "23"); map.put("city", "Mumbai"); map.put("country", "India"); After serialization, the map will look like this: {"name":"Ansh", ... Read More

The FieldNamingPolicy can be used to define a few standard naming conventions for JSON field names and it can be used in conjunction with GsonBuilder to configure a Gson instance to properly translate Java field names into the desired JSON field names. We can use the setFieldNamingPolicy() method of GsonBuilder to configure a specific naming policy strategy to an object's field during serialization and deserialization.Gson supports various field naming requirements with following field naming policiesFieldNamingPolicy.IDENTITY: It uses the exact same naming as the Java model when it serializes an object.FieldNamingPolicy.LOWER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES: It modifies a Java field name from its camel-cased form to a lower case field name where ... Read More

Gson is a Java library which is developed by Google and used to convert Java objects into JSON and vice versa. It is mostly used in applications where data can be exchanged in JSON format. There are two useful methods in Gson that we are going to discuss in this article. These methods are fromJson() and toJson(). The fromJson() Method The fromJson() method is used to convert a JSON string into a Java object. It takes two parameters: the JSON string and the class type of the object you want to create. Here is the syntax of the fromJson() method: ... Read More

Deserialization is the process of converting a JSON string into a Java object. In this example, we will learn how to deserialize a JSON string into an existing object in Java. There are libraries available in Java that can help us to deserialize a JSON string into an existing object. Some of the popular libraries are: Using Gson Using Jackson Using Flexjson Let's learn how to use each of these libraries to deserialize a JSON string into an existing object in Java. Deserializing JSON Object Using ... Read More

Sometimes we need to exclude certain fields from the JSON output. For example, if we have a field that contains sensitive information, we may not want to include it in the JSON representation of the object. In such cases, we can use the Expose annotation provided by Gson. The Gson @Expose annotation The Gson @Expose annotation can be used to specify whether a field isto be exposed or not (included or not). The @Expose annotation can take two parameters, and each parameter is a boolean which can take either the value true or false. The two parameters are: ... Read More

When we have a JSON object and want to change a specific field name for some reason, we can use the Jackson library in Java.The Jackson Annotation @JsonProperty The Jackson Annotation @JsonProperty is used on a property or method during the serialization or deserialization of JSON. It takes an optional 'name' parameter, which is useful in case the property name is different from the key name in JSON. By default, if the key name matches the property name, the value is mapped to the property value. If the key name is different, we can use the @JsonProperty annotation to ... Read More