Setting Default value to a variable when deserializing using gson

Question

I am trying to convert JSON to Java object. When a certain value of a pair is null, it should be set with some default value.

Here is my POJO:

Answer 1

You can simply make a universal function that checks for null

model.SchoolName= stringNullChecker(model.SchoolName);

public static String stringNullChecker(String val) {
        if (null == val) val = "";
        return val;
}