how to convert LinkedHashMap to Custom java object?

Question

I\'m trying to get the data from one app to another via RESTful WS and it works, but I cannot use this data since I cannot cast it... WS returns a List of objects like this:

Answer 1

You need to do this:

List myObjects =
    mapper.readValue(jsonInput, new TypeReference>(){});

(From this SO answer)

The reason you have to use TypeReference is because of an unfortunate quirk of Java. If Java had a proper generics, I bet your syntax would have worked.