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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.part3; import java.lang.reflect.Type; 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(); // Delegate the deserialisation to the AuthorDeserializer class final Author[] authors = context.deserialize(jsonObject.get("authors"), Author[].class); final Book book = new Book(); book.setTitle(jsonObject.get("title").getAsString()); book.setIsbn(jsonObject.get("isbn").getAsString()); book.setAuthors(authors); return book; } }