Deserialize JSON with Class containing Generic Object

Question

I am using GSON to deserialize a JSON string.

mGSON.fromJson(json, mClass)  //mClass == ClassA.class

The problem comes in when using the class below

public class BaseModel<T> {
    String StatusCode, Description;
    T Data;
}

I'd like to do something like this

mGSON.fromJson(json, mClass<DataClass>);

or

mGSON.fromJson(json, (BaseModel<DataClass>).class);

but obviously this doesn't work.

[The documentation](https://sites.google.com/site/gson/gson-user-guide#TOC-Serializing-and-Deserializing-Generic-Types) seems to cover this. — Brian Roach, Mar 27 '14 at 15:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '14 at 13:54

2

Try and:

mGSON.fromJson(json, new TypeToken<BaseModel<DataClasss>>() {});

See here for more information.

answered Mar 27 '14 at 13:54

fge

Here is what I ended up using: Type tt = new TypeToken>() {}.getType(); Thank you! – MCR Mar 27 '14 at 15:34

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