Is there any json library for android which can manage circular reference?

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Is there any json library for android which can manage circular reference ? I need to serialize one object which contains list of objects, where every object from list can contains list of objects of self type.

for example

class item{
LinkedList<item> list
}

class container{
LinkedList<item> list;
}

I have tried with Gson ( and Xtreme to xml ) but it doesn't work.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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Android will run whatever Java library you choose.

AFAIK, Gson doesn't handle circular references, but Jackson and XStream do.

Check out these threads for further info:

How to solve circular reference in json serializer caused by hibernate bidirectional mapping?

Jackson Vs. Gson

UPD But you're probably better off adding ignore annotations to those back references.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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