How can I convert JSON to a HashMap using Gson?

Question

I\'m requesting data from a server which returns data in the JSON format. Casting a HashMap into JSON when making the request wasn\'t hard at all but the other way seems to

Answer 1

Here is what I have been using:

public static HashMap parse(String json) {
    JsonObject object = (JsonObject) parser.parse(json);
    Set> set = object.entrySet();
    Iterator> iterator = set.iterator();
    HashMap map = new HashMap();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        Map.Entry entry = iterator.next();
        String key = entry.getKey();
        JsonElement value = entry.getValue();
        if (!value.isJsonPrimitive()) {
            map.put(key, parse(value.toString()));
        } else {
            map.put(key, value.getAsString());
        }
    }
    return map;
}