I am a newbie to android and I have a JSON file with dynamic key like this:
{
"x": {
"a": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
},
"b": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
}
},
"y": {
"a": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
},
"b": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
}
},
"z": {
"a": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
},
"b": {
"1": [1,2,3,4],
"2": [1,2,3,4]
}
}
}
I parsed it successfully by JSONObject but I have to loop by keys Iterator on x, y, z. For each time, I have to loop on a, b and the same for "1" and "2". I think it's not a good solution. I created models for them like this:
Class XYZ {
private String name; // "x", "y", "z" value
private ArrayList<ABC> abcList;
}
Class ABC {
private String name; // "a", "b", "c"
private ArrayList<Item> itemList;
}
Class Item{
private String ID; // "1", "2"
private int[] valueArray;
}
Can anyone help me to parse this json by Gson, I think it looks more professional :D. Thank you so much
Your models cannot map your JSON just because Gson default configuration clearly gets them unmatched.
You can have two "default" ways:
... since you didn't really mention why your JSON is considered dynamic:
final class XYZ {
final ABC x = null;
final ABC y = null;
final ABC z = null;
}
final class ABC {
final OneTwo a = null;
final OneTwo b = null;
}
final class OneTwo {
@SerializedName("1")
final List<Integer> one = null;
@SerializedName("2")
final List<Integer> two = null;
}
Example:
try ( final Reader reader = getPackageResourceReader(Q43695739.class, "dynamic.json") ) {
final XYZ xyz = gson.fromJson(reader, XYZ.class);
System.out.println(xyz.x.b.two);
}
... assuming your keys are dynamic, but the structure remains the same:
private static final Type stringToStringToStringToIntegerListType = new TypeToken<Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, List<Integer>>>>>() {
}.getType();
try ( final Reader reader = getPackageResourceReader(Q43695739.class, "dynamic.json") ) {
final Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, List<Integer>>>> m = gson.fromJson(reader, stringToStringToStringToIntegerListType);
System.out.println(m.get("x").get("b").get("2"));
}
Another true dynamic approach that may be helpful for some scenarios. Also note that JSONObject is not in the Gson realm: you probably might have imported this one from the org.json package. Gson uses camel-cased names like JsonElement, JsonObject, etc.
try ( final Reader reader = getPackageResourceReader(Q43695739.class, "dynamic.json") ) {
final JsonElement jsonElement = gson.fromJson(reader, JsonElement.class)
.getAsJsonObject()
.getAsJsonObject("x")
.getAsJsonObject("b")
.getAsJsonArray("2");
System.out.println(jsonElement);
}
The first and the second examples produce java.util.List instances
[1, 2, 3, 4]
The third example returns a JsonArray instance with a slightly different toString implementation:
[1,2,3,4]