Parse JSON array with resttemplate

Question

I think I have a very common problem but I cant find a solution :(

I am using spring with restTemplate to recover a JSON object like this:

ResponseEntity<Download_urls> result= restTemplate.exchange(URL, HttpMethod.GET, entity, Download_urls.class);

Where "Download_urls " class have a JSON array inside:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)

public class Download_urls {    

    private Video[] video;

}

And Video.class

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class Video {

    private String type;
    private String label;
    private String file;

    public String getType() {
        return type;
    }
    public void setType(String type) {
        this.type = type;
    }
    public String getLabel() {
        return label;
    }
    public void setLabel(String label) {
        this.label = label;
    }
    public String getFile() {
        return file;
    }
    public void setFile(String file) {
        this.file = file;
    }

}

Obviously Video[] doesn't work to map JSON array. Any help?

Thanks

UPDATE: Example JSON payload:

{
    "id": 737132,
    "asset": {
        "_class": "asset",
        "id": 538362,
        "download_urls": {
            "Video": [{
                "type": "video/mp4",
                "label": "360"
            }, {
                "type": "video/mp4",
                "label": "720"
            }]
        }
    }
}

Sure @MichalFoksa !! Is like this one: {"id": 737132, "asset": { "_class": "asset", "id": 538362, "download_urls": { "Video": [ {"type": "video/mp4", "label": "360"}, {"type": "video/mp4", "label": "720"}]}}} I cant retrieve Video JSON array from download_url Thanks! — Miguel Cabanes
– Miguel Cabanes, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 20:02
Did you define asset class and its outer type (with id and asset)? — Michal Foksa
– Michal Foksa, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 20:30
Yes, all goes well until Video class goes to null when I try to debug Download_url class. — Miguel Cabanes
– Miguel Cabanes, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 20:33
Remove @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true) from Download_url class. That will give you helpful message what is wrong. — Michal Foksa
– Michal Foksa, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 20:43

Michal Foksa · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-06 21:43:51Z

Your Java class names and its properties should follow Java naming conventions. Then your code is much more readable and nicer. And to convert JSON field names to and fro you can use naming strategies, e.g.: LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy, PascalCaseStrategy, etc.

Here you are how I thing classes should look like:

Video.java - same as yours.

DownloadUrls.java:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy.PascalCaseStrategy;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonNaming;

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)

// PascalCaseStrategy is used here because of "Video" JSON field. I would expect
// it to be called "video".
@JsonNaming(PascalCaseStrategy.class)
public class DownloadUrls {

    private Video[] video;

    public Video[] getVideo() {
        return video;
    }
    public void setVideo(Video[] video) {
        this.video = video;
    }
}

Asset.java:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy.LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonNaming;

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)

// LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy is common strategy when used with JSON, but
// in this case it is used because of "download_url" JSON field only.
@JsonNaming(LowerCaseWithUnderscoresStrategy.class)
public class Asset {

    int id;
    DownloadUrls downloadUrls;

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public DownloadUrls getDownloadUrls() {
        return downloadUrls;
    }
    public void setDownloadUrls(DownloadUrls downloadUrls) {
        this.downloadUrls = downloadUrls;
    }   
}

and outer type just for completeness sake:

public class OuterType {

    int id;
    Asset asset;

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public Asset getAsset() {
        return asset;
    }
    public void setAsset(Asset asset) {
        this.asset = asset;
    }
}

Michal

Miguel Cabanes · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-06 21:06:10Z

0

Solved!!

It was my:

private Video[] video;

tried with public attribute and it works:

public Video[] video;

answered Mar 6, 2016 at 21:06

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