gson.fromJson returns null for dynamic keys

Question

I am trying to parse the following response using gson in my android app:

{
    "richerich":{
        "id":19250176,
        "name":"RichERich",
        "profileIconId":744,
        "summonerLevel":30,
        "revisionDate":1425977347000
    }

    "alma":{
        "id":19250174,
        "name":"Alma",
        "profileIconId":764,
        "summonerLevel":30,
        "revisionDate":14259773423424
    }
}

The key "richeric" is a dynamic key and may change, and i can also have other response objects like "richeric" in my response string.

I create classes for this:

public class SummonerDto {
    private long id;
    private String name;
    private int profileIconId;
    private long revisionDate;
    private long summonerLevel;

    //getters, setters...
}

and my response class:

public class SummonerInfoResponse {

    private Map<String, SummonerDto> summoners;

    public Map<String, SummonerDto> getSummoners() {
        return summoners;
    }

    public void setSummoners(Map<String, SummonerDto> summoners) {
        this.summoners = summoners;
    }
}

and i use the following piece of code:

return gson.fromJson(response, SummonerInfoResponse.class);

but it returns null. Can anyone tell me why?

Thanks.

instead of private Map summoners; try to use private SummonerDto summoners; — ThePavolC, Mar 10 '15 at 09:56
maybe it will help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14944419/gson-to-hashmap — SorryForMyEnglish, Mar 10 '15 at 10:01
yes, it is a dynamic key and also i may have other "richeric" like objects in my response. — yrazlik, Mar 10 '15 at 11:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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You should be able to get SummonerDto without SummonerInfoResponse

Here is my main:

String res = "{\"richerich\":{\"id\":19250176,\"name\":\"RichERich\",\"profileIconId\":744,\"summonerLevel\":30,\"revisionDate\":1425977347000}}";
Gson gson = new Gson();         
Map<String, SummonerDto> decoded = gson.fromJson(res, new TypeToken<Map<String, SummonerDto>>(){}.getType());

System.out.println(decoded.get("richerich").getName());

You can get more info from this similar issue.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Mar 10 '15 at 11:22

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thanks, i don't know whether that works but i found the solution. – yrazlik Mar 10 '15 at 11:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '15 at 11:30

I guess you are trying to get arraylist in some ways. I can't give you a direct answer where are you making error, Because that would be ambiguous to how exactly Gson works. I have given a test code below you can run it and make changes as you fit you will understand why you are not able to convert it in your code.

public class GsonTestFour {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    ArrayList<UserInfo> arrayList = new ArrayList<>();
    HashMap<String, UserInfo> hashMap = new HashMap<String, UserInfo>();

    UserInfo info1 = new UserInfo(0, "a", 7000, 5, 10);
    UserInfo info2 = new UserInfo(0, "b", 7050, 5, 10);
    UserInfo info3 = new UserInfo(0, "c", 7900, 5, 10);
    UserInfo info4 = new UserInfo(0, "d", 7060, 5, 10);
    UserInfo info5 = new UserInfo(0, "e", 7007, 5, 10);

    arrayList.add(info1);
    arrayList.add(info2);
    arrayList.add(info3);
    arrayList.add(info4);
    arrayList.add(info5);

    System.out.println(""+(new Gson()).toJson(arrayList));

    for (int i = 0; i < arrayList.size(); i++) {
        hashMap.put(arrayList.get(i).getUsername(), arrayList.get(i));
    }
    System.out.println("\n");
    for (int i = 0; i < hashMap.size(); i++) {
        UserInfo info = hashMap.get(arrayList.get(i).getUsername());
        System.out.println("info.getUsername()=> "+info.getUsername());
        System.out.println("info.getBalance()=> "+info.getBalance());
    }

}

}

you will need this data type

public class UserInfo {

private String username = "";
private double balance = 0;
private int selectedImage = -1;
private int bet = 0;
private int action = 0;

public UserInfo(int action, String username, double balance, int selectedImage, int bet) {
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    this.action = action;
    this.username = username;
    this.balance = balance;
    this.selectedImage = selectedImage;
    this.bet = bet;
}

public String getUsername() {
    return username;
}

public double getBalance() {
    return balance;
}

public int getSelectedImage() {
    return selectedImage;
}

public int getBet() {
    return bet;
}

public int getAction() {
    return action;
}

public void setBet(int bet) {
    this.bet = bet;
}
}

and don't give up on Gson it's really good library. It saves a lot of time in coding

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '15 at 11:41

I found the solution.

I extended my response class with HashMap and now i can get the response as a gson object. Here is the full code:

public class SummonerInfoResponse extends HashMap<String, SummonerDto> {


}

and use this:

return gson.fromJson(response, SummonerInfoResponse.class);

gson.fromJson returns null for dynamic keys

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