I am using gson
for converting json string into java objects. In my application, I am creating one abstract class which has child classes. This is my class structure.
In that case, using gson
I want to create particular object. I am using following code to create particular java object.
GsonBuilder gsonBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
gsonBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(BaseClass.class, new InterfaceAdapter<BaseClass>());
gsonBuilder.setPrettyPrinting();
Gson gson = gsonBuilder.create();
BaseClass baseClass = gson.fromJson(jsonObject.toString(),BaseClass.class);
// Instead of this I used following function to create particular class object.
//Optional function
Class<BaseClass> clazz = (Class<BaseClass>) Class.forName("com.example." + "A");
BaseClass baseClass = gson.fromJson(jsonObject.toString(), clazz.getClass()); // This is not working for me
Here is my InterfaceAdapter code :
public class InterfaceAdapter<T> implements JsonSerializer<T>, JsonDeserializer<T>
{
@Override
public JsonElement serialize(T src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonObject();
jsonObject.addProperty("type", src.getClass().getName());
jsonObject.add("data", context.serialize(src));
return jsonObject;
}
@Override
public T deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException
{
JsonObject jsonObject = (JsonObject) json;
JsonElement jsonTypeElement = get(jsonObject, "type");
JsonElement dataElement = get(jsonObject, "data");
final Type actualType = typeForName(jsonTypeElement);
return context.deserialize(dataElement, actualType);
}
private Type typeForName(final JsonElement typeElem)
{
try
{
return Class.forName(typeElem.getAsString());
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
throw new JsonParseException(e);
}
}
private JsonElement get(final JsonObject wrapper, final String memberName)
{
final JsonElement elem = wrapper.get(memberName);
if (elem == null)
{
throw new JsonParseException(
"no '" + memberName + "' member found in json file.");
}
return elem;
}
}
After execution of program I got only BaseClass object. I want to create particular java object like A, B or C objects. It is not given me particular java object that I want. I know, I misses something. So Could you please find out where should I do mistake?