GSON: Expected a string but was BEGIN_OBJECT?

Question

I\'m trying to use GSON to parse some very simple JSON. Here\'s my code:

    Gson gson = new Gson();

    InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(ge         


        

Answer 1

Another "low level" possibility using the Gson JsonParser:

package stackoverflow.questions.q11571412;

import com.google.gson.*;

public class GsonFooWithParser
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    String jsonInput = "{\"access_token\": \"abcdefgh\"}";

    JsonElement je = new JsonParser().parse(jsonInput);

    String value = je.getAsJsonObject().get("access_token").getAsString();
    System.out.println(value);
  }
}

If one day you'll write a custom deserializer, JsonElement will be your best friend.