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Java Jackson JSON without property name

I have this JSON example

{ "name": "custom_text" }

My Object look like

public class NameObj { private String name; }

And with readValue() method from Jackson can deserialized my json into NameObj.

The real problem is when i don't have "name"

{ [ "custom_text" ] }

How create object in this case? And deserialization is same?

Solution

  • In the example { "names" : [ "custom_text" ] } it does not really matter if you represent the [ "custom_text" ] as list or array but if you choose the latter, it would rather be String[] instead of Array[]. Also mind the type erasure if you choose List String . Then you have to use e.g. TypeReference helpers.

    Answer by mle

    List String work for me. Thank you mle