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Parse JSON response with numbers as Object

I have this JSON response, from a remote server and i really hope i can get help.
{
"data": {
"6111": {
"prereq": "0",
"mast": "The Master Tree"
},
"6112": {
"prereq": "1",
"mast": "Another Master Tree"
}
}
}
I use GSON to parse JSON, using the #SerializedName and #Exposeto obtain the value into a custom Model. But i do not understand how to get past the
"6111"
"6112"
I have checked other questions via the gson tag, to no avail.

try this
Iterator<String> iter = json.keys();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
String key = iter.next();
try {
Object value = json.get(key);
} catch (JSONException e) {
// Something went wrong!
}
}
///////////////////update////////////////////
JSONObject issueObj = new JSONObject(jsonContent);
Iterator iterator = issueObj.keys();
while(iterator.hasNext()){
String key = (String)iterator.next();
JSONObject issue = issueObj.getJSONObject(key);
// get id from issue
String _pubKey = issue.optString("id");
}

If you're using Gson, any time you have an object with keys you don't know ahead of time, you can just use Map instead of a custom object.
In this case, each element of the Map will be some "known" data structure, so you would use Map<String, MyObject>.
Your top-level class:
public class MyResponse {
#SerializedName("data")
#Expose
private Map<String, MyObject> data;
...
}
And your map's value class:
public class MyObject {
#SerializedName("prereq")
#Expose
private String prereq;
#SerializedName("mast")
#Expose
private String mast;
...
}
In the specific case of the json text you posted, you would then be able to use these objects like this:
response.getData().get("6111").getMast();
But you can also do anything you could normally do with a Map:
Map<String, MyObject> data = response.getData();
for (String key: data.keySet() {
...
}
for (MyObject obj : data.values()) {
...
}

Convert Object to List in java [duplicate]

I have a JsonObject named "mapping" with the following content:
{
"client": "127.0.0.1",
"servers": [
"8.8.8.8",
"8.8.4.4",
"156.154.70.1",
"156.154.71.1"
]
}
I know I can get the array "servers" with:
mapping.get("servers").getAsJsonArray()
And now I want to parse that JsonArray into a java.util.List...
What is the easiest way to do this?

Definitely the easiest way to do that is using Gson's default parsing function fromJson().
There is an implementation of this function suitable for when you need to deserialize into any ParameterizedType (e.g., any List), which is fromJson(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT).
In your case, you just need to get the Type of a List<String> and then parse the JSON array into that Type, like this:
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
JsonElement yourJson = mapping.get("servers");
Type listType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
List<String> yourList = new Gson().fromJson(yourJson, listType);
In your case yourJson is a JsonElement, but it could also be a String, any Reader or a JsonReader.
You may want to take a look at Gson API documentation.

Below code is using com.google.gson.JsonArray.
I have printed the number of element in list as well as the elements in List
import java.util.ArrayList;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
public class Test {
static String str = "{ "+
"\"client\":\"127.0.0.1\"," +
"\"servers\":[" +
" \"8.8.8.8\"," +
" \"8.8.4.4\"," +
" \"156.154.70.1\"," +
" \"156.154.71.1\" " +
" ]" +
"}";
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject jo = (JsonObject)jsonParser.parse(str);
JsonArray jsonArr = jo.getAsJsonArray("servers");
//jsonArr.
Gson googleJson = new Gson();
ArrayList jsonObjList = googleJson.fromJson(jsonArr, ArrayList.class);
System.out.println("List size is : "+jsonObjList.size());
System.out.println("List Elements are : "+jsonObjList.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
OUTPUT
List size is : 4
List Elements are : [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 156.154.70.1, 156.154.71.1]

I read solution from official website of Gson at here
And this code for you:
String json = "{"client":"127.0.0.1","servers":["8.8.8.8","8.8.4.4","156.154.70.1","156.154.71.1"]}";
JsonObject jsonObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, JsonObject.class);
JsonArray jsonArray = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("servers");
String[] arrName = new Gson().fromJson(jsonArray, String[].class);
List<String> lstName = new ArrayList<>();
lstName = Arrays.asList(arrName);
for (String str : lstName) {
System.out.println(str);
}
Result show on monitor:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
156.154.70.1
156.154.71.1

I was able to get the list mapping to work with just using #SerializedName for all fields.. no logic around Type was necessary.
Running the code - in step #4 below - through the debugger, I am able to observe that the List<ContentImage> mGalleryImages object populated with the JSON data
Here's an example:
1. The JSON
{
"name": "Some House",
"gallery": [
{
"description": "Nice 300sqft. den.jpg",
"photo_url": "image/den.jpg"
},
{
"description": "Floor Plan",
"photo_url": "image/floor_plan.jpg"
}
]
}
2. Java class with the List
public class FocusArea {
#SerializedName("name")
private String mName;
#SerializedName("gallery")
private List<ContentImage> mGalleryImages;
}
3. Java class for the List items
public class ContentImage {
#SerializedName("description")
private String mDescription;
#SerializedName("photo_url")
private String mPhotoUrl;
// getters/setters ..
}
4. The Java code that processes the JSON
for (String key : focusAreaKeys) {
JsonElement sectionElement = sectionsJsonObject.get(key);
FocusArea focusArea = gson.fromJson(sectionElement, FocusArea.class);
}

Kotlin Extension
for Kotlin developers you can use this extension
inline fun <reified T> String.convertToListObject(): List<T>? {
val listType: Type = object : TypeToken<List<T?>?>() {}.type
return Gson().fromJson<List<T>>(this, listType)
}

Given you start with mapping.get("servers").getAsJsonArray(), if you have access to Guava Streams, you can do the below one-liner:
List<String> servers = Streams.stream(jsonArray.iterator())
.map(je -> je.getAsString())
.collect(Collectors.toList());
Note StreamSupport won't be able to work on JsonElement type, so it is insufficient.

How do I make nested JSON Objects using Gson?

I have written a program that does some probability calculations and gives its results in the form of arrays. I want to convert these results to JSON format, but I am having issues.
I want my json object to look like this:
{
"totalSuggestions": 6,
"routes": {
"rank_2": {
"Source": "ABC",
"Weight": "0.719010390625",
"Destination": "XYZ"
},
"rank_1": {
"Source": "XYZ",
"Weight": "0.7411458281249999",
"Destination": "ABC"
},
"rank_0": {
"Source": "LMN",
"Weight": "0.994583325",
"Destination": "PQR"
}
}
}
What I understood is that I need to have an object class with the structure of my objects. For now I am experimenting with the rank object only but failing to form the required JSON.
My code for the object structure:
public class Object {
int rank_;
public class Inner{
String Source;
String Destination;
String Weightage;
}
}
I can pass either an instance of Object or an instance of Inner to toJson() method so I either get {"rank_":1} or {"Source":"ABC","Destination":"XYZ","Weightage":"123"}.
I cant seem to put each of the inner object to the corresponding rank object.
I did it with relative ease with org.json but that library has some issues with Android studio so I had to switch to Gson. What I did earlier (which worked as well) was:
public JSONObject convertToJson(int mkr, String[][] result){
JSONObject outerObj = new JSONObject();
JSONObject innerObj = new JSONObject();
JSONObject[] temp = new JSONObject[mkr];
outerObj.put("totalSuggestions", marker);
outerObj.put("routes",innerObj);
for (int i=0;i<marker;i++){
String[] useless = result[i][0].split("-");
temp[i]= new JSONObject();
temp[i].put("Source",useless[0] );
temp[i].put("Destination", useless[1]);
temp[i].put("Weight", result[i][1]);
innerObj.put("rank_"+i, temp[i]);
}
System.out.println(outerObj.toString());
return outerObj;
}

Well, first: related objects should probably be in a class together. So lets start with a simple class:
public class Results {
int mkr;
String[][] result;
}
Now we want to serialize it. We could construct a different data structure, or we could just write our own custom serializer. We want to have our custom class to allow us to use Gson's type inference for doing so, plus the code is just easier to understand. I will show you how to serialize the data structure, and I'll leave the deserialization as an exercise for you.
We create a TypeAdapter<Results>:
public class ResultsAdapter extends TypeAdapter<Results> {
public Results read(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
if (reader.peek() == JsonToken.NULL) {
reader.nextNull();
return null;
}
// exercise for you
return results;
}
public void write(JsonWriter writer, Results value) throws IOException {
if (value == null) {
writer.nullValue();
return;
}
writer.beginObject();
writer.name("totalSuggestions").value(value.mkr);
writer.name("routes");
writer.beginObject();
for(int i = 0; i < value.mkr; i++) {
writer.name("rank_"+i);
writer.beginObject();
String[] sourceDestSplit = result[i][0].split("-");
writer.name("Source").value(sourceDestSplit[0]);
writer.name("Destination").value(sourceDestSplit[1]);
writer.name("Weight").value(result[i][1]);
writer.endObject();
}
writer.endObject();
writer.endObject();
}
}
You can then call this method by doing (note: should only create the Gson object once, but I did it this way to keep the code short):
public String convertToJson(Results results) {
GsonBuilder builder = new GsonBuilder();
builder.registerTypeAdapter(new ResultsAdapter()):
Gson gson = builder.build();
return gson.toJson(results);
}
This will work you the way you've asked, but I strongly recommend using JSON's array syntax instead (using []). Try this instead:
public void write(JsonWriter writer, Results value) throws IOException {
if (value == null) {
writer.nullValue();
return;
}
writer.beginObject();
writer.name("totalSuggestions").value(value.mkr);
writer.name("routes");
writer.beginArray();
for(int i = 0; i < value.mkr; i++) {
writer.beginObject();
String[] sourceDestSplit = result[i][0].split("-");
writer.name("Source").value(sourceDestSplit[0]);
writer.name("Destination").value(sourceDestSplit[1]);
writer.name("Weight").value(result[i][1]);
writer.endObject();
}
writer.endArray();
writer.endObject();
}
Doing it this will will result in JSON that looks like this, which will be easier to deserialize on the other side and iterate through, because you won't have to dynamically generate maps for the keys.:
{
"totalSuggestions": 6,
"routes": [
{
"Source": "ABC",
"Weight": "0.719010390625",
"Destination": "XYZ"
},
{
"Source": "XYZ",
"Weight": "0.7411458281249999",
"Destination": "ABC"
},
{
"Source": "LMN",
"Weight": "0.994583325",
"Destination": "PQR"
}
]
}

I landed here while searching for a similar solution for the com.google.gson.JsonObject library. Now, I've found it:
JsonObject mainJson = new JsonObject();
JsonObject innerJson = new JsonObject();
innerJson.addProperty("#iot.id", "31");
mainJson.add("Datastream", innerJson); // <-- here the nesting happens
mainJson.addProperty("result", 12.3);
// fetch inner variable like this
System.out.println(mainJson.get("Datastream").getAsJsonObject().get("#iot.id").getAsString());
This works fine for me using the com.google.gson.JsonObject library.

For the record, this is what i did.
import java.util.*;
public class DataObject {
public int Suggestions;
HashMap<String, route> routes = new HashMap<>();
//constructor
public DataObject(int mkr, String[][] routesArr){
Suggestions = mkr;
{
for (int i=0;i<Suggestions;i++){
routes.put("rank_"+(i+1),new route(routesArr[i]));
}
}
}
//class to populate the hashmap
public class route{
public String Origin;
public String Destination;
public String Weight;
public route(String arr[]){
String[] splitter = arr[0].split("-");
this.Origin = splitter[0];
this.Destination = splitter[1];
this.Weight = arr[1];
}
}
}

Parsing JSON array into java.util.List with Gson

I have a JsonObject named "mapping" with the following content:
{
"client": "127.0.0.1",
"servers": [
"8.8.8.8",
"8.8.4.4",
"156.154.70.1",
"156.154.71.1"
]
}
I know I can get the array "servers" with:
mapping.get("servers").getAsJsonArray()
And now I want to parse that JsonArray into a java.util.List...
What is the easiest way to do this?

Definitely the easiest way to do that is using Gson's default parsing function fromJson().
There is an implementation of this function suitable for when you need to deserialize into any ParameterizedType (e.g., any List), which is fromJson(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT).
In your case, you just need to get the Type of a List<String> and then parse the JSON array into that Type, like this:
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
JsonElement yourJson = mapping.get("servers");
Type listType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
List<String> yourList = new Gson().fromJson(yourJson, listType);
In your case yourJson is a JsonElement, but it could also be a String, any Reader or a JsonReader.
You may want to take a look at Gson API documentation.

Below code is using com.google.gson.JsonArray.
I have printed the number of element in list as well as the elements in List
import java.util.ArrayList;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
public class Test {
static String str = "{ "+
"\"client\":\"127.0.0.1\"," +
"\"servers\":[" +
" \"8.8.8.8\"," +
" \"8.8.4.4\"," +
" \"156.154.70.1\"," +
" \"156.154.71.1\" " +
" ]" +
"}";
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject jo = (JsonObject)jsonParser.parse(str);
JsonArray jsonArr = jo.getAsJsonArray("servers");
//jsonArr.
Gson googleJson = new Gson();
ArrayList jsonObjList = googleJson.fromJson(jsonArr, ArrayList.class);
System.out.println("List size is : "+jsonObjList.size());
System.out.println("List Elements are : "+jsonObjList.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
OUTPUT
List size is : 4
List Elements are : [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 156.154.70.1, 156.154.71.1]

I read solution from official website of Gson at here
And this code for you:
String json = "{"client":"127.0.0.1","servers":["8.8.8.8","8.8.4.4","156.154.70.1","156.154.71.1"]}";
JsonObject jsonObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, JsonObject.class);
JsonArray jsonArray = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("servers");
String[] arrName = new Gson().fromJson(jsonArray, String[].class);
List<String> lstName = new ArrayList<>();
lstName = Arrays.asList(arrName);
for (String str : lstName) {
System.out.println(str);
}
Result show on monitor:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
156.154.70.1
156.154.71.1

I was able to get the list mapping to work with just using #SerializedName for all fields.. no logic around Type was necessary.
Running the code - in step #4 below - through the debugger, I am able to observe that the List<ContentImage> mGalleryImages object populated with the JSON data
Here's an example:
1. The JSON
{
"name": "Some House",
"gallery": [
{
"description": "Nice 300sqft. den.jpg",
"photo_url": "image/den.jpg"
},
{
"description": "Floor Plan",
"photo_url": "image/floor_plan.jpg"
}
]
}
2. Java class with the List
public class FocusArea {
#SerializedName("name")
private String mName;
#SerializedName("gallery")
private List<ContentImage> mGalleryImages;
}
3. Java class for the List items
public class ContentImage {
#SerializedName("description")
private String mDescription;
#SerializedName("photo_url")
private String mPhotoUrl;
// getters/setters ..
}
4. The Java code that processes the JSON
for (String key : focusAreaKeys) {
JsonElement sectionElement = sectionsJsonObject.get(key);
FocusArea focusArea = gson.fromJson(sectionElement, FocusArea.class);
}

Kotlin Extension
for Kotlin developers you can use this extension
inline fun <reified T> String.convertToListObject(): List<T>? {
val listType: Type = object : TypeToken<List<T?>?>() {}.type
return Gson().fromJson<List<T>>(this, listType)
}

Given you start with mapping.get("servers").getAsJsonArray(), if you have access to Guava Streams, you can do the below one-liner:
List<String> servers = Streams.stream(jsonArray.iterator())
.map(je -> je.getAsString())
.collect(Collectors.toList());
Note StreamSupport won't be able to work on JsonElement type, so it is insufficient.

Android JSON Parser

I'm trying to parse the JSON located at http://api.pathofexile.com/ladders/Default?offset=0&limit=1.
{
"total": 15000,
"entries": [
{
"online": false,
"rank": 1,
"character": {
"name": "Byrr",
"level": 85,
"class": "Shadow",
"experience": 1397076236
},
"account": {
"name": "Canoobians"
}
}
]
}
I've been following the androidhive tutorial while attempting to modify it to retrive the "online" and "rank" elements. (Eventually I want all of the elements with large numbers of entries, but I'm starting with just those two to try to understand things.
public class AndroidJSONParsingActivity extends ListActivity {
// url to make request
private static String url = "http://api.pathofexile.com/ladders/Default?offset=0&limit=2";
// JSON node names
private static final String TAG_ENTRIES = "entries";
private static final String TAG_ONLINE = "online";
private static final String TAG_RANK = "rank";
// entries JSONArray
JSONArray entries = null;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Hashmap for ListView
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> entriesList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
// create JSON Parser instance
JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
// getting JSON string from url
JSONObject json = jParser.getJSONFromUrl(url);
try {
// Getting Array of entries
entries = json.getJSONArray(TAG_ENTRIES);
// looping through entries
for (int i = 0; i < entries.length(); i++) {
JSONObject ent = entries.getJSONObject(i);
// storing each JSON item in a variable
String online = ent.getString(TAG_ONLINE);
String rank = ent.getString(TAG_RANK);
// creating new HashMap
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
// adding each child node to HashMap key => value
map.put(TAG_ONLINE, online);
map.put(TAG_RANK, rank);
// adding HashList to ArrayList
entriesList.add(map);
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(this, entriesList, R.layout.list_item, new String[] { TAG_ONLINE, TAG_RANK }, new int[] { R.id.online, R.id.rank });
setListAdapter(adapter);
My JSONParser() class is the same as in the tutorial. Now when I run the program I get the error:
Error parsing data org.json.JSONException: Value <!DOCTYPE of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject.
I don't know why this error is happening since the JSON is valid according to JSONLint, so it shouldn't be sending any HTML, correct? Is there something I'm missing, or even a completely different/better way to extract the JSON? Any kicks in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT : I can't self answer yet since I'm a new user, but It turns out that I was getting a NullPointerException in JSONParser() that I didn't see before, and using HttpGet() rather than HttpPost() solved my problem.
Thanks.

Look at this line in JSONParser
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
is, "iso-8859-1"), 8);
Site returns this header
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
You have to change iso-8859-1 to UTF-8 in BufferedReader.

It turns out that I was getting a NullPointerException in JSONParser() that I didn't see before and using HttpGet() rather than HttpPost() solved my problem.