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Skip marshalling with #XStreamConverter ToAttributedValueConverter when value is null

I have the following POJO which I would like to marshal using the #XStreamConverter ToAttributedValueConverter:
#XStreamAlias("MyPojo")
#XStreamConverter(value = ToAttributedValueConverter.class, strings = {"content"})
public class MyPojo{
private final String content;
private final String attribute1;
private final String attribute2;
public UniqueReportIDIss(String content, String attribute1, String attribute2) {
this.content = content;
this.attribute1 = attribute1;
this.attribute2 = attribute2;
}
}
The ToAttributedValueConverter marshals this nicely to:
<MyPojo attribute1="foo" attribute2="bar">content</MyPojo>
This is just what I need in 99% of all use cases. However, in one particular use case, if the content is null, the marshaling must be skipped.
Currently, if the value is null, it results in:
<MyPojo attribute1="foo" attribute2="bar"></MyPojo>
The Javadocs of ToAttributedValueConverter explicitly state that null values are permitted, thus the question: How can I extend ToAttributedValueConverter so that it skips marshaling when the value is null.
Thanks
Walter

reading the value of an array of json and putting it into set through java

I am using Jackson library with java 11 so basically I am able to read the below JSON into a string format
{
"schemas":[
"urn:params:core:2.0:User",
"urn:params:core:3.0:User"
],
},
}
here below is the set in which I have to fill the values of schemas from above json
private Set<String> setschemas = null;
right now I am able to read the above json into a string named finaljson , now please advise how can I read the differnt value of schemas from above json string named finaljson and set it to set named setschemas
if (node.has("schemas")) {
// *** here I want to read the differernt value of schemas and set it to a set
// named setschemas
// *****
}

you can create the following classes that represent the json structure
class MyJsonObject {
private AppIdentity appIdentity;
private Set<String> schemas;
private String userName;
}
class AppIdentity {
private String clientId;
private String username;
}
than you can use
final MyJsonObject myJsonObject = new ObjectMapper().readValue(finaljson, MyJsonObject.class); to read the json to JAVA object
so it can manipulated like myJsonObject.schemas.size() > 0 and such...
there are a lot of examples in the internet
*keep in mind, this solution only works when the json structure and fields name are known in advanced

With your approach, this would be simplest one:
if(node.has("schemas")) {
JsonNode schemaNode = node.get("schemas");
Set<String> schemaSet = objectMapper.convertValue(schemaNode, Set.class);
System.out.println("schemaSet" + schemaSet);
}
There are various ways to deal with JSON one is described here
1) You can create a class of JSON structure as follows with help online JSON to POJO convertor (Note:: Add Setters and Getters with help of IDE)
class AppJson {
private Set<AppIdentity> appIdentity;
private Set<String> schemas;
private String userName;
private Manager ManagerObject;
private String division;
private String organization;
private String costCenter;
private String employeeNumber;
}
class AppIdentity {
private String clientId;
private String username;
}
class Manager {
private String value;
private String $ref;
private String displayName;
private String $Ref;
}
2) Use above for object conversion.
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
String jsonString = "{\"appIdentity\":[{\"clientId\":\"9a41763c642\",\"username\":\"XXX\"}],\"schemas\":[\"urn:params:core:2.0:User\",\"urn:params:core:3.0:User\"],\"userName\":\"ajklmnop_699100\",\"manager\":{\"value\":\"string\",\"$ref\":\"sdkoirk\",\"displayName\":\"string\",\"$Ref\":\"sdkweoirk\"},\"division\":\"string\",\"organization\":\"string\",\"costCenter\":\"string\",\"employeeNumber\":\"string\"}\n"
+ "";
AppJson appJson = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, AppJson.class);
System.out.println("json " + appJson.getSchemas());
Here you will get the schemas.

change field name to lowercase while deserializing POJO to JSON using GSON?

I have a POJO class like this. I am deserializing my JSON to below POJO first..
public class Segment implements Serializable {
#SerializedName("Segment_ID")
#Expose
private String segmentID;
#SerializedName("Status")
#Expose
private String status;
#SerializedName("DateTime")
#Expose
private String dateTime;
private final static long serialVersionUID = -1607283459113364249L;
...
...
...
// constructors
// setters
// getters
// toString method
}
Now I am serializing my POJO to a JSON like this using Gson and it works fine:
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
String json = gson.toJson(user.getSegments());
System.out.println(json);
I get my json printed like this which is good:
[{"Segment_ID":"543211","Status":"1","DateTime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"},{"Segment_ID":"9998877","Status":"1","DateTime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"},{"Segment_ID":"121332121","Status":"1","DateTime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"}]
Now is there any way I can convert "Segment_ID" to all lowercase while deserializing? I mean "Segment_ID" should be "segment_id" and "Status" should be "status". Is this possible to do using gson? So it should print like this instead.
[{"segment_id":"543211","status":"1","datetime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"},{"segment_id":"9998877","status":"1","datetime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"},{"segment_id":"121332121","status":"1","datetime":"TueDec2618:47:09UTC2017"}]
if I change the "SerializedName" then while deserializing my JSON to POJO, it doesn't work so not sure if there is any other way.

You need to provide alternative names for deserialisation process and primary (value property) for serialisation.
class Segment {
#SerializedName(value = "segment_id", alternate = {"Segment_ID"})
#Expose
private String segmentID;
#SerializedName(value = "status", alternate = {"Status"})
#Expose
private String status;
#SerializedName(value = "datetime", alternate = {"DateTime"})
#Expose
private String dateTime;
}
Now, you can deserialise fields: Segment_ID, DateTime, Status and still be able to serialise as desired.

Parsing JSON with Retrofit and GSON, error when trying to parse and obtain callback.

I am using to Retrofit to handle Calls to my API for an Android Application. I am trying to get Retrofit to handle the parsing of the JSON, and creating a list of Objects in accordance with the POJO i have created.
The error i receive is "com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 176".
I used JsonSchema2Pojo to generate my java classes. The classes and associated JSON are as follows.
{"status":"success","data":[{"sort_key":1,"event_id":1947357,"title":"2014 US Open Tennis Session 15 (Mens\/Womens Round of 16)","datetime_utc":"2014-09-01T15:00:00","venue":{"city":"Flushing","name":"Louis Armstrong Stadium","extended_address":"Flushing, NY 11368","url":"https:\/\/seatgeek.com\/venues\/louis-armstrong-stadium\/tickets\/?aid=10918","country":"US","display_location":"Flushing, NY","links":[],"slug":"louis-armstrong-stadium","state":"NY","score":0.73523,"postal_code":"11368","location":{"lat":40.7636,"lon":-73.83},"address":"1 Flushing Meadows Corona Park Road","timezone":"America\/New_York","id":2979},"images":["https:\/\/chairnerd.global.ssl.fastly.net\/images\/performers-landscape\/us-open-tennis-45e2d9\/5702\/huge.jpg","https:\/\/chairnerd.global.ssl.fastly.net\/images\/performers\/5702\/us-open-tennis-c1ccf7\/medium.jpg","https:\/\/chairnerd.global.ssl.fastly.net\/images\/performers\/5702\/us-open-tennis-01f513\/large.jpg","https:\/\/chairnerd.global.ssl.fastly.net\/images\/performers\/5702\/us-open-tennis-4e07f2\/small.jpg"]}
From this i believe i need to generate 3 POJO's, my higher level "EventObject" Class, A Location Class, and a Venue Class. These classes and their variables follow:
EventObject Class:
public class EventObject {
private Integer sortKey;
private Integer eventId;
private String title;
private String datetimeUtc;
private Venue venue;
private List<String> images = new ArrayList<String>();
private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
Location Class:
public class Location {
private Float lat;
private Float lon;
private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
Venue Class:
public class Venue {
private String city;
private String name;
private String extendedAddress;
private String url;
private String country;
private String displayLocation;
private List<Object> links = new ArrayList<Object>();
private String slug;
private String state;
private Float score;
private String postalCode;
private Location location;
private String address;
private String timezone;
private Integer id;
private Map<String, Object> additionalProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
My interface for the Api Call is as follows:
public interface UserEvents {
#GET("/user/get_events")
void getEvents(#Header("Authorization")String token_id,
#Query("event_type")String event_type,
#Query("postal_code")int postalCode,
#Query("per_page") int perPage ,
#Query("lat") int lat,
#Query("lon") int lon,
#Query("month")int month,
#Query("page")int page,
Callback<List<EventObject>>callback) ;
}
Here is its implementation in my code :
UserEvents mUserEvents = mRestAdapter.create(UserEvents.class);
mUserEvents.getEvents(token_Id, "sports",11209,25,0, 0, 9, 2, new Callback <List<EventObject>>() {
#Override
public void success(List<EventObject> eventObjects, retrofit.client.Response response) {
Log.d(TAG,"Success");
}
There is alot going on here, but i believe that i am probably going wrong with how i am handling the JSON. When i copied and pasted in my JSON to the Pojo generator, i did not include "status:success, " data:{
I essentially just used the entire entry of an element in the Array ( everything from {sort_key onward until the next sort key ) and pushed that through the converter.
This is my first try at Retrofit and API work, and parsing anything this complicated.
I am hoping its something that someone else will be able to point out. I have googled as well i could to sort this out with no luck.
Thanks for looking.

The main problem is that you are not getting the root element of the response. You need to create an entity "response" that gets the items status and data. It would look something like this:
public class RootObject {
#Expose
private String status;
#Expose
private EventObject data;
//getters and setters here
}
Then when you make the callback you should point to your RootObject, mUserEvents.getEvents(token_Id, "sports",11209,25,0, 0, 9, 2, new Callback <RootObject>()
One more thing, Retrofit uses GSON to parse your json reponse. It means that when you create the entities, the variables need to match the name of the objects coming in the response. If it doesn't you need to tell GSON how to map the variables, like this:
#SerializedName("extended_address")
#Expose
private String extendedAddress;
In that case the value coming in the json is "extended_address" and will be mapped to the String extendedAddress. If you don't put that #SerializedName line the parsing will fail. If you want to skip that line then you can call your variable "extended_address" so it matches the response.
The #Expose is needed by GSON to parse the variable below it. If a variable doesn't have it then GSON will ignore that parsing. So you need to fix both the #Expose and #SerializedName on your entities so GSON works correctly.
Hope it helps.

Trying to read JSON (using GSON) into an Object which has another object as a field.

so I am using Google's GSON library for making sense of JSON strings. I have it working where the Object I am saving is User with a statement like :
User user = gson.fromJson(string, User.class),
but I can't seem to understand how save a string with a "nested object." Here's the statement that is giving me errors:
Gson gson = new Gson();
Request request = gson.fromJson(requestInput, Request.class);
where the requestInput is
String requestInput = "{key: \"123\", requestType: \"POST\", requestModelType: \"USER\","
+ " obj: {username: \"alex\", email: \"email#gmail.com\", password:\"pass\"}}";
My User class looks like this:
public class User implements Serializable{
private static final long serialVersionUID = -24243416292823789L;
private String username;
private String email;
private String password;
private List<Circle> circles;
private List<Notification> notifications;
...
And my Request looks like this:
public class Request {
private String key;
private String requestType;
private String requestModelType;
private User user;
...
Finally, I am getting the following error:
com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1
at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:176)
...
Any help on this or suggestion on a better design is much appreciated!

You need to use:
#SerializedName("obj")
private User user;
So that GSON knows that the "obj" in your JSON should be mapped to the user field.
The actual error you showed is a little different, I'm not sure how you are getting that particular error--it means that you have something declared as a String in the Java but an Object in the JSON.