Converting JSON between string and byte[] with GSON

Question

I am using hibernate to map objects to the database. A client (an iOS app) sends me particular objects in JSON format which I convert to their true representation using the

Answer 1

You can simply take the photo as String in POJO , and in Setter method convert String to byte[] and return byte[] in Getter method

@Entity
@Table(name = "PersonalCard")
public class PersonalCard implements Card
{

    @Id @GeneratedValue
    @Column(name = "id")
    private int id;

    @OneToOne
    @JoinColumn(name="userid")
    private int userid;

    @Column(name = "homephonenumber")
    protected String homeContactNumber;

    @Column(name = "mobilephonenumber")
    protected String mobileContactNumber;

    @Column(name = "photo")
    private byte[] optionalImage;

    @Column(name = "address")
    private String address;

    @Column
    byte[] optionalImage;

    public byte[] getOptionalImage()
    {
        return optionalImage;
    }

    public void setOptionalImage(String s)
    {
        this.optionalImage= s.getBytes();
    }
}