Google Gson - deserialize list object? (generic type)

Question

I want to transfer a list object via Google Gson, but I don\'t know how to deserialize generic types.

What I tried after looking at this (BalusC\'s answer):

Answer 1

Wep, another way to achieve the same result. We use it for its readability.

Instead of doing this hard-to-read sentence:

Type listType = new TypeToken>(){}.getType();
List list = new Gson().fromJson(jsonArray, listType);

Create a empty class that extends a List of your object:

public class YourClassList extends ArrayList {}

And use it when parsing the JSON:

List list = new Gson().fromJson(jsonArray, YourClassList.class);