JAVA

java deserialize json array

@Test
public void givenJsonArrayOfFoos_whenDeserializingToArray_thenCorrect() {
    String json = "[{"intValue":1,"stringValue":"one"}," +
      "{"intValue":2,"stringValue":"two"}]";
    Foo[] targetArray = new GsonBuilder().create().fromJson(json, Foo[].class);

    assertThat(Lists.newArrayList(targetArray), hasItem(new Foo(1, "one")));
    assertThat(Lists.newArrayList(targetArray), hasItem(new Foo(2, "two")));
    assertThat(Lists.newArrayList(targetArray), not(hasItem(new Foo(1, "two"))));
}

java deserialize json object

@Test
public void whenDeserializingToSimpleObject_thenCorrect() {
    String json = "{"intValue":1,"stringValue":"one"}";

    Foo targetObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, Foo.class);

    assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 1);
    assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "one");
}