Can not deserialize instance of java.util.HashMap out of START_ARRAY token

Question

I am facing issue while parsing JSON using jackson-core-2.7.3.jar You can get them from here http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/

My JSON File is

[
    {
        "Name":  "System Idle Process",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.675345+330"
    },
    {
        "Name":  "System",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.675345+330"
    },
    {
        "Name":  "smss.exe",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.684966+330"
    }
]

and the Java Code is by which I am trying to parse this is

byte[] mapData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("process.txt"));
Map<String,String> myMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
ObjectMapper objectMapper=new ObjectMapper();
myMap = objectMapper.readValue(mapData, HashMap.class);
System.out.println("Map is: "+myMap);

But upon execution I am getting the error

com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not deserialize instance of java.util.HashMap out of START_ARRAY token
 at [Source: [B@34ce8af7; line: 1, column: 1]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.from(JsonMappingException.java:216)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:873)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:869)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer._deserializeFromEmpty(StdDeserializer.java:874)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:337)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:26)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:3789)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:2872)

I have tried searching over stackoverflow but couldnot find a matchable solution to this type of JSON.

Any help would be appreciated.

NOTE: This JSON mentioned here is different a JSON without Key , for the first element it has value directly and inside that value it has key:valuepair. I am not sure how do I access key:value pair which is inside a value.

How do you expect a JSON array to be converted to a Java HashMap? — Savior
– Savior, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 17:04
Possible duplicate of Error converting JSON string to map in Java using Jackson — timbre timbre
– timbre timbre, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 17:05
Its not duplicate you should check JSON first and read the problem properly. — Ashish
– Ashish, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 17:51

freedev · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-10 05:50:52Z

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This exception is raised because you're trying to deserialize a List in a Map.

The solution is create a TypeReference of List<Map<String, Object>>:

List<Map<String, Object>> myObjects = 
          mapper.readValue(mapData , new TypeReference<List<Map<String, Object>>>(){});

edited May 10, 2019 at 5:50

answered Feb 2, 2018 at 15:29

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Vishal Biradar Over a year ago

Your solution is working, but How can we check whether the file is returning List or Map. As the above solution will fail for map.

Vikrant Kashyap · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-09 17:59:17Z

13

Create a simple pojo Class First

class MyClass
{
@JsonProperty
private String Name;
@JsonProperty
private String CreationDate;
}

and use this code...

byte[] mapData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("process.txt"));

ObjectMapper objectMapper=new ObjectMapper();
//add this line  
objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);    
List<MyClass> myObjects = mapper.readValue(mapData , new TypeReference<List<MyClass>>(){});

or

byte[] mapData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("process.txt"));

ObjectMapper objectMapper=new ObjectMapper();
 //add this line  
objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);    

List<MyClass> myObjects = mapper.readValue(mapData , mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(List.class, MyClass.class));

myObjects will contains the List of MyClass. Now you can access this list as per your requirement.

edited Apr 9, 2016 at 17:59

answered Apr 9, 2016 at 17:07

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Ashish Over a year ago

Please go through the JSON file again Creating class MyClass wont work with this JSON. I need to know how do I write as it is a JSON without name

Vikrant Kashyap Over a year ago

what should i look into ? @AshishPatel

Ashish Over a year ago

The JSON file is value->key:value pair It doesnt have 1st level key pair if you look into it. So even if i create class MyClass upon execution it throws error Unrecognized field "Name"

Ashish Over a year ago

Yes, I have tried it Here is the error Exception in thread "main" com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: Unrecognized field "Name" (class testapps.MyProcess), not marked as ignorable (0 known properties: ])

varren Over a year ago

@AshishPatel add getters and setters to your testapps.MyProcess class or add @JsonProperty above Name and CreationDate fields like this:

class MyProcess {         @JsonProperty         private String Name;         @JsonProperty         private String CreationDate;     }

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KrishnaSingh · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-08 02:38:38Z

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It seem's that your file is representing a List of objects with Name and CreationDate fields.

So you have to just use List instead of HashMap to ObjectMapper, code is mentioned below:

List<HashMap> dataAsMap = objectMapper.readValue(mapData, List.class);

answered Aug 8, 2017 at 2:38

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DINA TAKLIT · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-10 07:59:29Z

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Well, you are trying to convert an json string that contains array/list of objects into an object.

Ex: { "key": "value"} is the json you want to convert, but actually you are doing,

[{ "key": "value"}].

simple fix, is remove the first and last char from your string and try. Hope it helps;)

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Dharman · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-27 13:10:41Z

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Why not?

ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

Object obj = mapper.readValue(file, new TypeReference<Object>() {});

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Sunny · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-07 23:57:06Z

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Your JSON is not a Map, but a List of Maps. So replace this:

myMap = objectMapper.readValue(mapData, HashMap.class);

with this:

myMap = objectMapper.readValue(mapData, new TypeReference<List<Map<String, String>>>(){});

Or you can change the format of your JSON data...

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