JAXB java.util.Map binding

Question

I have a Json response which looks like the following:

{
    \"data\": [
        {
            \"param1\": \"value1\",
            \"param2\": \"value2\",
           


        

Answer 1

Basically you need an xml adapter. You can fiddle with the names on the KeyValue class to get the specific output you desire.

Parameter.java

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;
import java.util.Map;

@XmlRootElement(name = "data")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Parameters {

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(value = Adapter.class)
    private Map<String, String> parametersMap;

    // Getter and setter for parametersMap
}

Adapter.java

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class Adapter extends XmlAdapter<List<KeyValue>, Map<String, String>> {

    @Override
    public Map<String, String> unmarshal(List<KeyValue> v) throws Exception {
        Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>(v.size());
        for (KeyValue keyValue : v) {
            map.put(keyValue.key, keyValue.value);
        }
        return map;
    }

    @Override
    public List<KeyValue> marshal(Map<String, String> v) throws Exception {
        Set<String> keys = v.keySet();
        List<KeyValue> results = new ArrayList<>(v.size());
        for (String key : keys) {
            results.add(new KeyValue(key, v.get(key)));
        }
        return results;
    }
}

KeyValue.java Put better JAXB tags here, obviously.

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlType
public class KeyValue {
    public KeyValue() {
    }

    public KeyValue(String key, String value) {
        this.key = key;
        this.value = value;
    }

    //obviously needs setters/getters
    String key;
    String value;
}