Issue with deserializing nested json - json

Question

I am working on deserializing the below JSON:
{"self":"http://members.cs.com/rest/api/user?username=abc#cs.com",
"key":"abc#cs.com",
"name":"abc#cs.com",
"emailAddress":"abc#cs.com",
"displayName":"ABC",
"active":true,
"members":{"size":1,"items":[{"name":"member-users","self":"http://members.cs.com/rest/api/user?username=abc#cs.com"}]},
"expand":"members"}
I have created the following classes:
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class UserList {
private String name;
private String emailAddress;
private String displayName;
private boolean active;
List<MemberName> members = new ArrayList<>();
#JsonCreator
public UserList(#JsonProperty("name") String name, #JsonProperty("emailAddress") String emailAddress, #JsonProperty("displayName") String displayName, #JsonProperty("active") boolean active, #JsonProperty("members") List<MemberName> members) {
this.name = name;
this.emailAddress = emailAddress;
this.displayName = displayName;
this.active = active;
this.members.addAll(groups);
}
//getters
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class MemberName {
private String name;
#JsonCreator
public MemberName(#JsonProperty("name") String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
}
When I don't give the members as a property the deserialization works fine and I can see the values for the name, displayName, active, emailAddress. The problem happens with the MemberName.
Could someone help with this?

Answer 1

This worked for me:
Class Items as below:
public class Items {
private String name;
private String self;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getSelf() {
return self;
}
public void setSelf(String self) {
this.self = self;
}
}
Members class as below:
public class Members {
private int size;
private List<Items> items;
public int getSize() {
return size;
}
public void setSize(int size) {
this.size = size;
}
public List<Items> getItems() {
return items;
}
public void setItems(List<Items> items) {
this.items = items;
}
}
Data class as below:
public class Data {
private String self;
private String key;
private String name;
private String emailAddress;
private String displayName;
private boolean active;
private Members members;
private String expand;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getSelf() {
return self;
}
public void setSelf(String self) {
this.self = self;
}
public String getKey() {
return key;
}
public void setKey(String key) {
this.key = key;
}
public String getEmailAddress() {
return emailAddress;
}
public void setEmailAddress(String emailAddress) {
this.emailAddress = emailAddress;
}
public String getDisplayName() {
return displayName;
}
public void setDisplayName(String displayName) {
this.displayName = displayName;
}
public boolean isActive() {
return active;
}
public void setActive(boolean active) {
this.active = active;
}
public Members getMembers() {
return members;
}
public void setMembers(Members members) {
this.members = members;
}
public String getExpand() {
return expand;
}
public void setExpand(String expand) {
this.expand = expand;
}
}
The deserialization as below:
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
String jsonString = "{\"self\": \"http://members.cs.com/rest/api/user?username=abc#cs.com\",\"key\": \"abc#cs.com\",\"name\": \"abc#cs.com\","
+ "\"emailAddress\": \"abc#cs.com\",\"displayName\": \"ABC\",\"active\": true,\"members\": {\"size\": 1,\"items\": [{"
+ "\"name\": \"member-users\",\"self\": \"http://members.cs.com/rest/api/user?username=abc#cs.com\" }]},\"expand\": \"members\"}";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Data obj = mapper.readValue(jsonString,Data.class);
System.out.println(obj.getSelf());
System.out.println(obj.getKey());
System.out.println(obj.getName());
System.out.println(obj.getEmailAddress());
System.out.println(obj.getDisplayName());
System.out.println(obj.isActive());
System.out.println(obj.getMembers().getSize());
System.out.println(obj.getMembers().getItems().get(0).getName());
System.out.println(obj.getMembers().getItems().get(0).getSelf());
System.out.println(obj.getExpand());
}