How can I get a List of objects using Unirest for Java?

Question

I can use Unirest to get an object of my own class like this:

HttpResponse<Item> itemResponse = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/item").asObject(Item.class);

I can also set the type parameter to List, which does give me a list of hash maps, but I'd like to get a list of items instead. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Don't know if you're still waiting for an answer, but you should use an array. Like this;

HttpResponse<Item[]> itemResponse = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/item").asObject(Item[].class);

Answer 2

Besides @scuro's answer, you can also get a list of objects from a response like this:

List<Item> items = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/item")
              .asObject(new GenericType<List<Item>>(){})
              .getBody();

From Unirest Docs.