Parse JSON key that is either object or array of object

Question

In Moshi, is it possible to create a type adapter that would parse both an object or a list of objects of the same type?

For example, sometimes the JSON is:

{
  "person": {...}
}

Other times it is:

{
  "person": [{...}, {...}]
}

Ideally, I'd want to have a Java object looking like this:

class PersonContainer {
  @PersonsList List<Person> persons; // @List(Person.class) would be even better
}

You can mark the field as `Object` and create a getter to check if the type is a collection of not. — jaychang0917, Aug 10 '18 at 11:14

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '16 at 14:20

I would suggest you make just what you said, an adapter.
make a function(the adapter) to check whether its a single object or an array, probably based on the '[' char and the adapter will direct the input into the right handling function.

another method is to assume all the input is arrays and work from there.

Parse JSON key that is either object or array of object

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