sending array from Jquery to Struts1 method

Question

My jsp and jquery code as

var article = new Object();
    article.title = "abc";
    article.url = "abc";
    article.categories = [1,2,3];
    article.tags = [1,2,3];


    console.log('hi');
    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: URL,
       contentType:"application/json",
        data:  JSON.stringify(article),
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function(result) {
            console.log(result);

        },
        error: function(e){
            alert('Error in Processing');
        }

    });

and my java code as

 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(request.getInputStream()));
                String json = "";
                if(br != null){
                    json = br.readLine();
                }



                // 2. initiate jackson mapper
                ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
                //mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);

                // 3. Convert received JSON to Article
                Article article = mapper.readValue(json, Article.class);

Now My Arcticle class is

public class Article {

    private String title;
    private String url;
    private List<String> categories;
    private List<String> tags;

//getters and setters
}

Now I am geeting exception as at line

String json = "";
                if(br != null){
                    json = br.readLine();
                }

i get json as follows

{"title":"abc","url":"abc","categories":"[1, 2, 3]","tags":"[1, 2, 3]"}

actually it should be

{"title":"abc","url":"abc","categories":[1, 2, 3],"tags":[1, 2, 3]}

I dont understand whts happening and hence i get exception as com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not deserialize instance of java.util.ArrayList out of VALUE_STRING token at [Source: java.io.StringReader@f94ca; line: 1, column: 27] (through reference chain: com.ihexa.common.admin.cabsharing.action.Article["categories"])

I solved the answer in following way

Article user = mapper.readValue(point, Article.class);

System.out.println(user.getRouteFirst());

Gson gson = new Gson();

TypeToken> token = new TypeToken>(){}; List personList = gson.fromJson(user.getRouteFirst(), token.getType());

Article class as

public class Article {

private String routeFirst;
private String routeSecond;

//setters and getters

}

jsp jquery code as

var article = new Object();
article.routeFirst = newRoute1;
article.routeSecond = newRoute2;


$.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: '../..//admin/cabsharing/findIntersesctionPoint.do',
    data : "point="+JSON.stringify(article),
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function(result) {
        console.log("success");
    },
    error: function(e){
        console.log("error");
    }

});

I update my answer as per your requirement.Please check it and let me know. — Human Being
– Human Being, Commented Feb 27, 2014 at 12:37

Human Being · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27 12:49:42Z

1

My jsp will be ,

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"  "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Calculator</title>
</head>
<script
    src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">


$( document ).ready(function() {
    //alert("DOM is ready");
});


function sendJsonData() {

    var article = new Object();
    article.title = "abc";
    article.url = "abc";
    article.categories = [1,2,3];
    article.tags = [1,2,3];

    //alert("JSON string :"+ JSON.stringify(article));

    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: "JsonServlet",
        //contentType:"application/json",
        //data:  {point:point},
        data : "point="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(article)),
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function(result) {

        },
        error: function(e){
        //alert('Error in Processing');
        }

    });
}


</script>

<body>

    <button id="jsonButton" onclick="sendJsonData()">send jdon Data</button>

</body>
</html>

My servlet will be ,

public class JsonServlet extends HttpServlet {

    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {


        String point = request.getParameter("point");
        System.out.println("Point : " + point );

        if(point != null){

            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

            try {
                // read from string, convert it to Article class object
                Article user = mapper.readValue(point, Article.class);

                // Conver the Article class object in to the JSON string
                System.out.println("Output Json String is :::::::::::> "+mapper.writeValueAsString(user));


            } catch (Exception e) {  
                e.printStackTrace();     
            } 
        }           
    }
}

This is the output that I got in console,

Point : {"title":"abc","url":"abc","categories":[1,2,3],"tags":[1,2,3]}
Json String is :::::::::::> {"title":"abc","url":"abc","categories":["1","2","3"],"tags":["1","2","3"]}

Hope this helps.

edited Feb 27, 2014 at 12:49

answered Feb 27, 2014 at 9:07

Human Being

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5 Comments

haripcce Over a year ago

Can you provide your running code please.I have tried this but getting myJsonData as null

haripcce Over a year ago

I am using struts1 and jsp framework. I got this as output Point : {"title":"abc","url":"efg","categories":"[1, 2, 3]","tags":"[4, 5, 6]"} com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not deserialize instance of java.util.ArrayList out of VALUE_STRING token at [Source: java.io.StringReader@1a37192; line: 1, column: 27] (through reference chain: com.ihexa.common.admin.cabsharing.action.Article["categories"])

haripcce Over a year ago

When using your code in servlet and jsp it works file like what u have given me as output using a dynamic web application

Human Being Over a year ago

But your question is sending array from Jquery to Servlet only. So you have to close this thread and make a new one.

Human Being Over a year ago

If you feel , my answer is useful,you can accept the answer.

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