How to deserialize a list using GSON or another JSON library in Java?

Question

I can serialize a List in my servlet on GAE, but I can\'t deserialize it. What am I doing wrong?

This is my class Video in GAE, which is s

Answer 1

Another way is to use an array as a type, e.g.:

Video[] videoArray = gson.fromJson(json, Video[].class);

This way you avoid all the hassle with the Type object, and if you really need a list you can always convert the array to a list, e.g.:

List

IMHO this is much more readable.

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In Kotlin this looks like this:

Gson().fromJson(jsonString, Array

To convert this array into List, just use .toList() method