Parsing directly into a List about google-http-java-client HOT 7 CLOSED

From [email protected] on August 29, 2011 11:11:43

Note that the limitation with erasure in Java is that all generic type information is lost, so we would end up parsing essentially into List, much like when we parse Map, we are parsing essentially into Map<Object, Object>.

Currently we are assuming that the parse method is parsing a JSON object, not a JSON array. So this feature request is to expand its use to also supporting parsing JSON array. There is a separate method called parseArray that is better than parse because it gives the generic type as a parameter when that is known.

Note also that this only applies when parsing directly into a List. If there is a field in an object we are parsing into of type List, this already works correctly today.

Summary: Parsing directly into a List
Status: Accepted
Labels: Milestone-Version1.7.0

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From [email protected] on August 29, 2011 11:11:56

Labels: Component-JSON

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From [email protected] on February 28, 2012 17:15:12

Labels: -Milestone-Version1.7.0 Milestone-Version1.8.0

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From [email protected] on March 27, 2012 07:22:33

Labels: Milestone-Version1.9.0

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From [email protected] on May 14, 2012 07:14:07

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From [email protected] on June 08, 2012 04:47:27

Labels: -Milestone-Version1.10.0 Milestone-Version1.11.0

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From [email protected] on June 08, 2012 05:24:06

We've implemented the ability to parse into any Type now so that we can properly parse into List for example. You can use TypeToken from gson for this. Alternatively, just call parseArray. It's not a pretty situation, but hopefully it suffices for the power user like Alon. Marking as "Fixed" for now, but please let me know if you have any idea for improvement.

Status: Fixed
Cc: [email protected]
Labels: -Milestone-Version1.11.0 Milestone-Version1.10.0

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