Jackson: XML to Map with List deserialization

Question

Is there a way to deserialize the following xml into Map holding List of items using Jackson?

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Answer 1

The other answers don't work if you have to use readTree() and JsonNode. I know it's an ugly solution but at least you don't need to paste someone's gist in your project.

Add org.json to your project dependencies.

And then do the following:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.json.XML;
...
private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
...
    JSONObject soapDatainJsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(data);
    return OBJECT_MAPPER.readTree(soapDatainJsonObject.toString());

The conversion goes as follows:

XML -> JSONObject (using org.json) -> string -> JsonNode (using readTree)

Of course, toJSONObject handles duplicates without any problems, I suggest to avoid using Jackson and readTree() if you can.