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/** * Copyright 2012-2014 Java Creed. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "<em>License</em>"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may * obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ package com.javacreed.examples.gson.part1; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import com.google.gson.JsonArray; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonObject; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; public class BookDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Book> { @Override public Book deserialize(final JsonElement json, final Type typeOfT, final JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { final JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject(); final JsonElement jsonTitle = jsonObject.get("title"); final String title = jsonTitle.getAsString(); final String isbn10 = jsonObject.get("isbn-10").getAsString(); final String isbn13 = jsonObject.get("isbn-13").getAsString(); final JsonArray jsonAuthorsArray = jsonObject.get("authors").getAsJsonArray(); final String[] authors = new String[jsonAuthorsArray.size()]; for (int i = 0; i < authors.length; i++) { final JsonElement jsonAuthor = jsonAuthorsArray.get(i); authors[i] = jsonAuthor.getAsString(); } final Book book = new Book(); book.setTitle(title); book.setIsbn10(isbn10); book.setIsbn13(isbn13); book.setAuthors(authors); return book; } }