JSON deserialize generic types using Gson and Jackson

07 Sep 2016 | 1 min read | gson jackson java json

This blog will guide you how to deserialize json into java generic types. Suppose we have 2 json as given below.

SocialAccountResponse.json

UserResponse.json

Both json have common keys, only data object is being change. To deserialize these jsons without generic types we would have to create 2 wrappers with 2 actual data class. But with generic types we only need to create generic class for root keys and actual data class for every object in data key.

GenericResponse.java

SocialAccountsResponse.java

UserResponse.java

Now We’ll deserialize above JSON in Generic class using below libraries

1. Google Gson
2. Jackson

1. Deserialize using Google Gson

2. Deserialize using Jackson