The storage structure of Map is Key/Value form. Key and Value can be of ordinary types, or JavaBeans written by themselves (this article), or List with generics.
(GSON's GitHub project page: https://github.com/google/gson)
JavaBean
In this example, you want to focus on how to convert Json back to the definition of TypeToken when a normal JavaBean object.
Entity Class:
public class Point { private int x; private int y; public Point(int x, int y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; } public int getX() { return x; } public void setX(int x) { this.x = x; } public int getY() { return y; } public void setY(int y) { this.y = y; } @Override public String toString() { return "Point [x=" + x + ", y=" + y + "]"; } }Test class:
import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Map; import com.google.gson.Gson; import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder; import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken; public class GsonTest3 { public static void main(String[] args) { Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().enableComplexMapKeySerialization() .create(); Map<Point, String> map1 = new LinkedHashMap<Point, String>();// Use LinkedHashMap to sort the results in first-in-first-out order map1.put(new Point(5, 6), "a"); map1.put(new Point(8, 8), "b"); String s = gson.toJson(map1); System.out.println(s);// Result:[[{"x":5,"y":6},"a"],[{"x":8,"y":8},"b"]] Map<Point, String> retMap = gson.fromJson(s, new TypeToken<Map<Point, String>>() { }.getType()); for (Point p : retMap.keySet()) { System.out.println("key:" + p + " values:" + retMap.get(p)); } System.out.println(retMap); System.out.println("----------------------------------"); Map<String, Point> map2 = new LinkedHashMap<String, Point>(); map2.put("a", new Point(3, 4)); map2.put("b", new Point(5, 6)); String s2 = gson.toJson(map2); System.out.println(s2); Map<String, Point> retMap2 = gson.fromJson(s2, new TypeToken<Map<String, Point>>() { }.getType()); for (String key : retMap2.keySet()) { System.out.println("key:" + key + " values:" + retMap2.get(key)); } } }result:
[[{"x":5,"y":6},"a"],[{"x":8,"y":8},"b"]] key:Point [x=5, y=6] values:a key:Point [x=8, y=8] values:b {Point [x=5, y=6]=a, Point [x=8, y=8]=b} ---------------------------------- {"a":{"x":3,"y":4},"b":{"x":5,"y":6}} key:a values:Point [x=3, y=4] key:b values:Point [x=5, y=6]Generic List
Entity Class:
import java.util.Date; public class Student { private int id; private String name; private Date birthDay; public int getId() { return id; } public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public Date getBirthDay() { return birthDay; } public void setBirthDay(Date birthDay) { this.birthDay = birthDay; } @Override public String toString() { return "Student [birthDay=" + birthDay + ", id=" + id + ", name=" + name + "]"; } } public class Teacher { private int id; private String name; private String title; public int getId() { return id; } public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getTitle() { return title; } public void setTitle(String title) { this.title = title; } @Override public String toString() { return "Teacher [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ",]"; } }Test class:
package com.tgb.lk.demo.gson.test4; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Date; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import com.google.gson.Gson; import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken; public class GsonTest4 { public static void main(String[] args) { Student student1 = new Student(); student1.setId(1); student1.setName("Li Kun"); student1.setBirthDay(new Date()); student2 = new Student(); student2.setId(2); student2.setName("Cao Guisheng"); student2.setBirthDay(new Date()); Student student3 = new Student(); student3.setId(3); student3.setName("Liu Bo"); student3.setBirthDay(new Date()); List<Student> stulist = new ArrayList<Student>(); stulist.add(student1); stulist.add(student2); stulist.add(student3); Teacher teacher1 = new Teacher(); teacher1.setId(1); teacher1.setName("Teacher Mi"); teacher1.setTitle("Professor"); Teacher teacher2 = new Teacher(); teacher2.setId(2); teacher2.setName("Teacher Ding"); teacher2.setTitle("Lecturer"); List<Teacher> teacherList = new ArrayList<Teacher>(); teacherList.add(teacher1); teacherList.add(teacher2); Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>(); map.put("students", stulist); map.put("teachers", teacherList); Gson gson = new Gson(); String s = gson.toJson(map); System.out.println(s); System.out.println("----------------------------------"); Map<String, Object> retMap = gson.fromJson(s, new TypeToken<Map<String, List<Object>>>() { }.getType()); for (String key : retMap.keySet()) { System.out.println("key:" + key + " values:" + retMap.get(key)); if (key.equals("students")) { List<Student> stuList = (List<Student>) retMap.get(key); System.out.println(stuList); } else if (key.equals("teachers")) { List<Teacher> tchrList = (List<Teacher>) retMap.get(key); System.out.println(tchrList); } } } }Output result:
{"students":[{"id":1,"name":"Li Kun","birthDay":"Jun 22, 2012 9:48:19 PM"},{"id":2,"name":"Cao Guisheng","birthDay":"Jun 22, 2012 9:48:19 PM"},{"id":3,"name":"Liu Bo","birthDay":"Jun 22, 2012 9:48:19 PM"}],"teachers":[{"id":1,"name":"Teacher Mi","title":"Professor"},{"id":2,"name":"Teacher Ding","title":"Lecturer"}]} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- birthDay=Jun 22, 2012 9:48:19 PM}, {id=3.0, name=Liu Bo, birthDay=Jun 22, 2012 9:48:19 PM}] key:teachers values:[{id=1.0, name=Teacher Mi, title=Professor}, {id=2.0, name=Teacher Ding, title=Lecturer}] [{id=1.0, name=Teacher Mi, title=Professor}, {id=2.0, name=Teacher Ding, title=Lecturer}]