Convert nested JSON string to list of java object

Question

I have this json String

{"data":"[Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc], Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz]", "id":"123"}

And corresponding java classes are

public class Level {
  public LevelKey key;
  public String id;
 }


 public class LevelKey{
 public String keyEnd;
 }

I want to convert this data json string to list of Level object using Jackson

 ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
    List<Level> arr = mapper.readValue(data, new TypeReference<List<Level>>(){});

But I am getting below error

com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException: Unrecognized token 'Level': was expecting ('true', 'false' or 'null')

Is there any other method to parse it?

the part of "[Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc], Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz]" is not a valid json but a whole string, you will have to parse it yourself i.e write a class that can extract all the values like key, keyEnd and Description to variables — shahaf
– shahaf, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 9:22

Exception_al · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 09:25:32Z

1

The below does not look like a proper JSON for the purpose (except for a standard fixed string)

"[Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc], Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz]"

You could correct the data part of your JSON to something like below (Closest to your JSON in question) :

[\"Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc]\",\" Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz]\"]

Is there any other method to parse it?

You could use a direct class reference of ArrayList instead of having to instantiate TypeReference like below to parse the above (corrected) json string :

List<Level> arr = mapper.readValue(data, (new ArrayList<Level>()).getClass());

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 9:25

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anurag0510 · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 10:05:48Z

This was an interesting one I must say. Take a look at code snippet I think I got it correct :

String data ="{\"data\":\"[Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc], Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz]\", \"id\":\"123\"}";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);
List<Level> arr = mapper.readValue(data, (new ArrayList<Level>()).getClass());
System.out.println(arr);

I got the following output :

[{data=[Level [key=LevelKey [keyEnd=0], Description=abc], Level [key=levelKey [keyEnd=1], Description=xyz], id=123}]

Also if you encountered any JsonParseException which according to documentation means :

Exception type for parsing problems, used when non-well-formed content (content that does not conform to JSON syntax as per specification) is encountered.

So while hacking the JSON you can update the ObjectMapper object like this :

mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);

Also as mentioned by Exception_al using a direct class reference of ArrayList instead of having to instantiate TypeReference like below to parse the above (corrected) json string.

List<Level> arr = mapper.readValue(data, (new ArrayList<Level>()).getClass());

Hope this helped.

Cristian Sevescu · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 09:33:21Z

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The String is not the JSON representation of what you expect you get deserialized into JAVA.
This is a JSON String:

"{"data":[{"key":{"keyEnd":0},"Description":"abc"},{"key":{"keyEnd":1},"Description":"abc"}],"id":"123"}"

So, there is either a problem with the String or you need to do the parsing yourself.

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 9:33

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