New unit test format

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/ActorGson.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+public class ActorGson {
+
+    private String imdbId;
+    private Date dateOfBirth;
+    private List<String> filmography;
+
+    public ActorGson(String imdbId, Date dateOfBirth, List<String> filmography) {
+        super();
+        this.imdbId = imdbId;
+        this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
+        this.filmography = filmography;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "ActorGson [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", dateOfBirth=" + formatDateOfBirth() + ", filmography=" + filmography + "]";
+    }
+
+    public String getImdbId() {
+        return imdbId;
+    }
+
+    public void setImdbId(String imdbId) {
+        this.imdbId = imdbId;
+    }
+
+    public Date getDateOfBirth() {
+        return dateOfBirth;
+    }
+
+    public void setDateOfBirth(Date dateOfBirth) {
+        this.dateOfBirth = dateOfBirth;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getFilmography() {
+        return filmography;
+    }
+
+    public void setFilmography(List<String> filmography) {
+        this.filmography = filmography;
+    }
+
+    private String formatDateOfBirth() {
+        final DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
+        formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+        return formatter.format(dateOfBirth);
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Animal.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+public abstract class Animal {
+    public String type = "Animal";
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Cow.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+public class Cow extends Animal {
+    private String breed;
+
+    public Cow() {
+        breed = "Jersey";
+        type = "Cow";
+    }
+
+    public String getBreed() {
+        return breed;
+    }
+
+    public void setBreed(String breed) {
+        this.breed = breed;
+    }
+}
+

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Dog.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+public class Dog extends Animal {
+    private String petName;
+
+    public Dog() {
+        petName = "Milo";
+        type = "Dog";
+    }
+
+    public String getPetName() {
+        return petName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPetName(String petName) {
+        this.petName = petName;
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Employee.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+public class Employee {
+    private int id;
+    private String name;
+    private String address;
+
+    public Employee(int id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    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 getAddress() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(String address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Movie.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Movie {
+
+    private String imdbId;
+    private String director;
+    private List<ActorGson> actors;
+
+    public Movie(String imdbID, String director, List<ActorGson> actors) {
+        super();
+        this.imdbId = imdbID;
+        this.director = director;
+        this.actors = actors;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Movie [imdbId=" + imdbId + ", director=" + director + ", actors=" + actors + "]";
+    }
+
+    public String getImdbID() {
+        return imdbId;
+    }
+
+    public void setImdbID(String imdbID) {
+        this.imdbId = imdbID;
+    }
+
+    public String getDirector() {
+        return director;
+    }
+
+    public void setDirector(String director) {
+        this.director = director;
+    }
+
+    public List<ActorGson> getActors() {
+        return actors;
+    }
+
+    public void setActors(List<ActorGson> actors) {
+        this.actors = actors;
+    }
+
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/MovieWithNullValue.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class MovieWithNullValue {
+
+    @Expose
+    private String imdbId;
+    private String director;
+
+    @Expose
+    private List<ActorGson> actors;
+
+    public MovieWithNullValue(String imdbID, String director, List<ActorGson> actors) {
+        super();
+        this.imdbId = imdbID;
+        this.director = director;
+        this.actors = actors;
+    }
+
+    public String getImdbID() {
+        return imdbId;
+    }
+
+    public void setImdbID(String imdbID) {
+        this.imdbId = imdbID;
+    }
+
+    public String getDirector() {
+        return director;
+    }
+
+    public void setDirector(String director) {
+        this.director = director;
+    }
+
+    public List<ActorGson> getActors() {
+        return actors;
+    }
+
+    public void setActors(List<ActorGson> actors) {
+        this.actors = actors;
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/MyClass.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class MyClass {
+    private int id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public MyClass(int id, String name) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public MyClass() { }
+
+    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;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        MyClass myClass = (MyClass) o;
+        return id == myClass.id && Objects.equals(name, myClass.name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+
+        return Objects.hash(id, name);
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/User.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+public class User {
+
+	private int id;
+	private String name;
+	private transient String nationality;
+
+	public User(int id, String name, String nationality) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+		this.nationality = nationality;
+	}
+
+	public User(int id, String name) {
+		this(id, name, null);
+	}
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/entities/Weather.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.entities;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+public class Weather {
+
+    @SerializedName(value = "location", alternate = "place")
+    private String location;
+
+    @SerializedName(value = "temp", alternate = "temperature")
+    private int temp;
+
+    @SerializedName(value = "outlook", alternate = "weather")
+    private String outlook;
+
+    public String getLocation() {
+        return location;
+    }
+
+    public void setLocation(String location) {
+        this.location = location;
+    }
+
+    public int getTemp() {
+        return temp;
+    }
+
+    public void setTemp(int temp) {
+        this.temp = temp;
+    }
+
+    public String getOutlook() {
+        return outlook;
+    }
+
+    public void setOutlook(String outlook) {
+        this.outlook = outlook;
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/BooleanExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class BooleanExample {
+    public boolean value;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{boolean: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/ByteExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class ByteExample {
+    public byte value = (byte) 1;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{byte: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/CharExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class CharExample {
+    public char value;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{char: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/DoubleExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class DoubleExample {
+    public double value;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{float: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/FloatExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class FloatExample {
+    public float value;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{float: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/InfinityValuesExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class InfinityValuesExample {
+    public float negativeInfinity;
+    public float positiveInfinity;
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/LongExample.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class LongExample {
+    public long value = 1;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{byte: " + value + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/PrimitiveBundle.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class PrimitiveBundle {
+    public byte byteValue;
+    public short shortValue;
+    public int intValue;
+    public long longValue;
+    public float floatValue;
+    public double doubleValue;
+    public boolean booleanValue;
+    public char charValue;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{" + "byte: " + byteValue + ", " + "short: " + shortValue + ", "
+            + "int: " + intValue + ", " + "long: " + longValue + ", "
+            + "float: " + floatValue + ", " + "double: " + doubleValue + ", "
+            + "boolean: " + booleanValue + ", " + "char: " + charValue + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/models/PrimitiveBundleInitialized.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models;
+
+public class PrimitiveBundleInitialized {
+    // @formatter:off
+    public byte byteValue       = (byte) 1;
+    public short shortValue     = (short) 1;
+    public int intValue         = 1;
+    public long longValue       = 1L;
+    public float floatValue     = 1.0f;
+    public double doubleValue   = 1;
+    // @formatter:on
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return "{" + "byte: " + byteValue + ", " + "short: " + shortValue + ", "
+            + "int: " + intValue + ", " + "long: " + longValue + ", "
+            + "float: " + floatValue + ", " + "double: " + doubleValue + "}";
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonDeserializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
+public class ActorGsonDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<ActorGson> {
+
+    private final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
+
+    @Override
+    public ActorGson deserialize(JsonElement json, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) throws JsonParseException {
+
+        final JsonObject jsonObject = json.getAsJsonObject();
+
+        final JsonElement jsonImdbId = jsonObject.get("imdbId");
+        final JsonElement jsonDateOfBirth = jsonObject.get("dateOfBirth");
+        final JsonArray jsonFilmography = jsonObject.getAsJsonArray("filmography");
+
+        final ArrayList<String> filmList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        if (jsonFilmography != null) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < jsonFilmography.size(); i++) {
+                filmList.add(jsonFilmography.get(i).getAsString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        ActorGson actorGson = null;
+        try {
+            actorGson = new ActorGson(jsonImdbId.getAsString(), sdf.parse(jsonDateOfBirth.getAsString()), filmList);
+        } catch (final ParseException e) {
+            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return actorGson;
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/ActorGsonSerializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class ActorGsonSerializer implements JsonSerializer<ActorGson> {
+
+    private SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(ActorGson actor, Type type, JsonSerializationContext jsonSerializationContext) {
+
+        JsonObject actorJsonObj = new JsonObject();
+        actorJsonObj.addProperty("<strong>IMDB Code</strong>", actor.getImdbId());
+        actorJsonObj.addProperty("<strong>Date Of Birth</strong>", actor.getDateOfBirth() != null ? sdf.format(actor.getDateOfBirth()) : null);
+        actorJsonObj.addProperty("<strong>N° Film:</strong> ", actor.getFilmography() != null ? actor.getFilmography().size() : null);
+        actorJsonObj.addProperty("filmography", actor.getFilmography() != null ? convertFilmography(actor.getFilmography()) : null);
+
+        return actorJsonObj;
+    }
+
+    private String convertFilmography(List<String> filmography) {
+        return filmography.stream().collect(Collectors.joining("-"));
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/AnimalDeserializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Animal;
+
+public class AnimalDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Animal> {
+    private String animalTypeElementName;
+    private Gson gson;
+    private Map<String, Class<? extends Animal>> animalTypeRegistry;
+
+    public AnimalDeserializer(String animalTypeElementName) {
+        this.animalTypeElementName = animalTypeElementName;
+        this.gson = new Gson();
+        this.animalTypeRegistry = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    public void registerBarnType(String animalTypeName, Class<? extends Animal> animalType) {
+        animalTypeRegistry.put(animalTypeName, animalType);
+    }
+
+    public Animal deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) {
+        JsonObject animalObject = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        JsonElement animalTypeElement = animalObject.get(animalTypeElementName);
+
+        Class<? extends Animal> animalType = animalTypeRegistry.get(animalTypeElement.getAsString());
+        return gson.fromJson(animalObject, animalType);
+    }
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/MapDeserializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Employee;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+
+public class MapDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Map<String, Object>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> deserialize(JsonElement elem, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+
+        return elem.getAsJsonObject()
+          .entrySet()
+          .stream()
+          .collect(Collectors.toMap(
+            Map.Entry::getKey,
+            e -> e.getValue().isJsonPrimitive() ?
+              toPrimitive(e.getValue().getAsJsonPrimitive(), context)
+              : context.deserialize(e.getValue(), Employee.class)
+          ));
+    }
+
+    private Object toPrimitive(JsonPrimitive jsonValue, JsonDeserializationContext context) {
+        if (jsonValue.isBoolean())
+            return jsonValue.getAsBoolean();
+        else if (jsonValue.isString())
+            return jsonValue.getAsString();
+        else {
+            BigDecimal bigDec = jsonValue.getAsBigDecimal();
+            Long l;
+            Integer i;
+            if ((i = toInteger(bigDec)) != null) {
+                return i;
+            } else if ((l = toLong(bigDec)) != null) {
+                return l;
+            } else {
+                return bigDec.doubleValue();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Long toLong(BigDecimal val) {
+        try {
+            return val.toBigIntegerExact().longValue();
+        } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Integer toInteger(BigDecimal val) {
+        try {
+            return val.intValueExact();
+        } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/StringDateMapDeserializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
+public class StringDateMapDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Map<String, Date>> {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StringDateMapDeserializer.class);
+
+    private SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Date> deserialize(JsonElement elem, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) {
+        System.out.println("Deserializer called");
+        logger.info("Deserializer called");
+        return elem.getAsJsonObject()
+          .entrySet()
+          .stream()
+          .filter(e -> e.getValue().isJsonPrimitive())
+          .filter(e -> e.getValue().getAsJsonPrimitive().isString())
+          .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, e -> formatDate(e.getValue())));
+    }
+
+    private Date formatDate(JsonElement value) {
+        try {
+            return format.parse(value.getAsString());
+        } catch (ParseException ex) {
+            throw new JsonParseException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/Exclude.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface Exclude {
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClass.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClass {
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    private String other;
+    private MySubClass subclass;
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithAnnotatedFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithAnnotatedFields {
+
+    @Expose
+    private long id;
+    @Expose
+    private String name;
+    private String other;
+    @Expose
+    private MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields subclass;
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    @Exclude
+    private String other;
+    private MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields subclass;
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MyClassWithTransientFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MyClassWithTransientFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    private transient String other;
+    private MySubClassWithTransientFields subclass;
+
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClass.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClass {
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields {
+
+    @Expose private long id;
+    @Expose private String description;
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    @Exclude 
+    private String otherVerboseInfo;
+}

gson/src/main/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/MySubClassWithTransientFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Data
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class MySubClassWithTransientFields {
+
+    private long id;
+    private String description;
+    private transient String otherVerboseInfo;
+}

gson/src/main/resources/logback.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.springframework.transaction" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <!-- in order to debug some marshalling issues, this needs to be TRACE -->
+    <logger name="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/advance/GsonAdvanceUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.advance;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Animal;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Cow;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Dog;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.MyClass;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.AnimalDeserializer;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class GsonAdvanceUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenListOfMyClass_whenSerializing_thenCorrect() {
+        List<MyClass> list = Arrays.asList(new MyClass(1, "name1"), new MyClass(2, "name2"));
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(list);
+        String expectedString = "[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"name1\"},{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"name2\"}]";
+
+        assertEquals(expectedString, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = ClassCastException.class)
+    public void givenJsonString_whenIncorrectDeserializing_thenThrowClassCastException() {
+        String inputString = "[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"name1\"},{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"name2\"}]";
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        List<MyClass> outputList = gson.fromJson(inputString, ArrayList.class);
+
+        assertEquals(1, outputList.get(0).getId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJsonString_whenDeserializing_thenReturnListOfMyClass() {
+        String inputString = "[{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"name1\"},{\"id\":2,\"name\":\"name2\"}]";
+        List<MyClass> inputList = Arrays.asList(new MyClass(1, "name1"), new MyClass(2, "name2"));
+
+        Type listOfMyClassObject = new TypeToken<ArrayList<MyClass>>() {}.getType();
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        List<MyClass> outputList = gson.fromJson(inputString, listOfMyClassObject);
+
+        assertEquals(inputList, outputList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPolymorphicList_whenSerializeWithTypeAdapter_thenCorrect() {
+        String expectedString = "[{\"petName\":\"Milo\",\"type\":\"Dog\"},{\"breed\":\"Jersey\",\"type\":\"Cow\"}]";
+
+        List<Animal> inList = new ArrayList<>();
+        inList.add(new Dog());
+        inList.add(new Cow());
+
+        String jsonString = new Gson().toJson(inList);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedString, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPolymorphicList_whenDeserializeWithTypeAdapter_thenCorrect() {
+        String inputString = "[{\"petName\":\"Milo\",\"type\":\"Dog\"},{\"breed\":\"Jersey\",\"type\":\"Cow\"}]";
+
+        AnimalDeserializer deserializer = new AnimalDeserializer("type");
+        deserializer.registerBarnType("Dog", Dog.class);
+        deserializer.registerBarnType("Cow", Cow.class);
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+          .registerTypeAdapter(Animal.class, deserializer)
+          .create();
+
+        List<Animal> outList = gson.fromJson(inputString, new TypeToken<List<Animal>>(){}.getType());
+
+        assertEquals(2, outList.size());
+        assertTrue(outList.get(0) instanceof Dog);
+        assertTrue(outList.get(1) instanceof Cow);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPolymorphicList_whenSerializeWithRuntimeTypeAdapter_thenCorrect() {
+        String expectedString = "[{\"petName\":\"Milo\",\"type\":\"Dog\"},{\"breed\":\"Jersey\",\"type\":\"Cow\"}]";
+
+        List<Animal> inList = new ArrayList<>();
+        inList.add(new Dog());
+        inList.add(new Cow());
+        String jsonString = new Gson().toJson(inList);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedString, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenPolymorphicList_whenDeserializeWithRuntimeTypeAdapter_thenCorrect() {
+        String inputString = "[{\"petName\":\"Milo\",\"type\":\"Dog\"},{\"breed\":\"Jersey\",\"type\":\"Cow\"}]";
+
+        Type listOfAnimals = new TypeToken<ArrayList<Animal>>() {}.getType();
+
+        RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<Animal> adapter = RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory.of(Animal.class, "type")
+          .registerSubtype(Dog.class)
+          .registerSubtype(Cow.class);
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapterFactory(adapter).create();
+
+        List<Animal> outList = gson.fromJson(inputString, listOfAnimals);
+
+        assertEquals(2, outList.size());
+        assertTrue(outList.get(0) instanceof Dog);
+        assertTrue(outList.get(1) instanceof Cow);
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/advance/RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.advance;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
+import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
+import com.google.gson.TypeAdapterFactory;
+import com.google.gson.internal.Streams;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
+
+/**
+ * Adapts values whose runtime type may differ from their declaration type. This
+ * is necessary when a field's type is not the same type that GSON should create
+ * when deserializing that field. For example, consider these types:
+ * <pre>   {@code
+ *   abstract class Shape {
+ *     int x;
+ *     int y;
+ *   }
+ *   class Circle extends Shape {
+ *     int radius;
+ *   }
+ *   class Rectangle extends Shape {
+ *     int width;
+ *     int height;
+ *   }
+ *   class Diamond extends Shape {
+ *     int width;
+ *     int height;
+ *   }
+ *   class Drawing {
+ *     Shape bottomShape;
+ *     Shape topShape;
+ *   }
+ * }</pre>
+ * <p>Without additional type information, the serialized JSON is ambiguous. Is
+ * the bottom shape in this drawing a rectangle or a diamond? <pre>   {@code
+ *   {
+ *     "bottomShape": {
+ *       "width": 10,
+ *       "height": 5,
+ *       "x": 0,
+ *       "y": 0
+ *     },
+ *     "topShape": {
+ *       "radius": 2,
+ *       "x": 4,
+ *       "y": 1
+ *     }
+ *   }}</pre>
+ * This class addresses this problem by adding type information to the
+ * serialized JSON and honoring that type information when the JSON is
+ * deserialized: <pre>   {@code
+ *   {
+ *     "bottomShape": {
+ *       "type": "Diamond",
+ *       "width": 10,
+ *       "height": 5,
+ *       "x": 0,
+ *       "y": 0
+ *     },
+ *     "topShape": {
+ *       "type": "Circle",
+ *       "radius": 2,
+ *       "x": 4,
+ *       "y": 1
+ *     }
+ *   }}</pre>
+ * Both the type field name ({@code "type"}) and the type labels ({@code
+ * "Rectangle"}) are configurable.
+ *
+ * <h3>Registering Types</h3>
+ * Create a {@code RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory} by passing the base type and type field
+ * name to the {@link #of} factory method. If you don't supply an explicit type
+ * field name, {@code "type"} will be used. <pre>   {@code
+ *   RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<Shape> shapeAdapterFactory
+ *       = RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory.of(Shape.class, "type");
+ * }</pre>
+ * Next register all of your subtypes. Every subtype must be explicitly
+ * registered. This protects your application from injection attacks. If you
+ * don't supply an explicit type label, the type's simple name will be used.
+ * <pre>   {@code
+ *   shapeAdapterFactory.registerSubtype(Rectangle.class, "Rectangle");
+ *   shapeAdapterFactory.registerSubtype(Circle.class, "Circle");
+ *   shapeAdapterFactory.registerSubtype(Diamond.class, "Diamond");
+ * }</pre>
+ * Finally, register the type adapter factory in your application's GSON builder:
+ * <pre>   {@code
+ *   Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+ *       .registerTypeAdapterFactory(shapeAdapterFactory)
+ *       .create();
+ * }</pre>
+ * Like {@code GsonBuilder}, this API supports chaining: <pre>   {@code
+ *   RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<Shape> shapeAdapterFactory = RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory.of(Shape.class)
+ *       .registerSubtype(Rectangle.class)
+ *       .registerSubtype(Circle.class)
+ *       .registerSubtype(Diamond.class);
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+public final class RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> implements TypeAdapterFactory {
+  private final Class<?> baseType;
+  private final String typeFieldName;
+  private final Map<String, Class<?>> labelToSubtype = new LinkedHashMap<String, Class<?>>();
+  private final Map<Class<?>, String> subtypeToLabel = new LinkedHashMap<Class<?>, String>();
+  private final boolean maintainType;
+
+  private RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory(Class<?> baseType, String typeFieldName, boolean maintainType) {
+    if (typeFieldName == null || baseType == null) {
+      throw new NullPointerException();
+    }
+    this.baseType = baseType;
+    this.typeFieldName = typeFieldName;
+    this.maintainType = maintainType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new runtime type adapter using for {@code baseType} using {@code
+   * typeFieldName} as the type field name. Type field names are case sensitive.
+   * {@code maintainType} flag decide if the type will be stored in pojo or not.
+   */
+  public static <T> RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> of(Class<T> baseType, String typeFieldName, boolean maintainType) {
+    return new RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T>(baseType, typeFieldName, maintainType);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new runtime type adapter using for {@code baseType} using {@code
+   * typeFieldName} as the type field name. Type field names are case sensitive.
+   */
+  public static <T> RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> of(Class<T> baseType, String typeFieldName) {
+    return new RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T>(baseType, typeFieldName, false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new runtime type adapter for {@code baseType} using {@code "type"} as
+   * the type field name.
+   */
+  public static <T> RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> of(Class<T> baseType) {
+    return new RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T>(baseType, "type", false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Registers {@code type} identified by {@code label}. Labels are case
+   * sensitive.
+   *
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either {@code type} or {@code label}
+   *     have already been registered on this type adapter.
+   */
+  public RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> registerSubtype(Class<? extends T> type, String label) {
+    if (type == null || label == null) {
+      throw new NullPointerException();
+    }
+    if (subtypeToLabel.containsKey(type) || labelToSubtype.containsKey(label)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("types and labels must be unique");
+    }
+    labelToSubtype.put(label, type);
+    subtypeToLabel.put(type, label);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Registers {@code type} identified by its {@link Class#getSimpleName simple
+   * name}. Labels are case sensitive.
+   *
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either {@code type} or its simple name
+   *     have already been registered on this type adapter.
+   */
+  public RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory<T> registerSubtype(Class<? extends T> type) {
+    return registerSubtype(type, type.getSimpleName());
+  }
+
+  public <R> TypeAdapter<R> create(Gson gson, TypeToken<R> type) {
+    if (type.getRawType() != baseType) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    final Map<String, TypeAdapter<?>> labelToDelegate
+        = new LinkedHashMap<String, TypeAdapter<?>>();
+    final Map<Class<?>, TypeAdapter<?>> subtypeToDelegate
+        = new LinkedHashMap<Class<?>, TypeAdapter<?>>();
+    for (Map.Entry<String, Class<?>> entry : labelToSubtype.entrySet()) {
+      TypeAdapter<?> delegate = gson.getDelegateAdapter(this, TypeToken.get(entry.getValue()));
+      labelToDelegate.put(entry.getKey(), delegate);
+      subtypeToDelegate.put(entry.getValue(), delegate);
+    }
+
+    return new TypeAdapter<R>() {
+      @Override public R read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
+        JsonElement jsonElement = Streams.parse(in);
+        JsonElement labelJsonElement;
+        if (maintainType) {
+          labelJsonElement = jsonElement.getAsJsonObject().get(typeFieldName);
+        } else {
+          labelJsonElement = jsonElement.getAsJsonObject().remove(typeFieldName);
+        }
+
+        if (labelJsonElement == null) {
+          throw new JsonParseException("cannot deserialize " + baseType
+              + " because it does not define a field named " + typeFieldName);
+        }
+        String label = labelJsonElement.getAsString();
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // registration requires that subtype extends T
+            TypeAdapter<R> delegate = (TypeAdapter<R>) labelToDelegate.get(label);
+        if (delegate == null) {
+          throw new JsonParseException("cannot deserialize " + baseType + " subtype named "
+              + label + "; did you forget to register a subtype?");
+        }
+        return delegate.fromJsonTree(jsonElement);
+      }
+
+      @Override public void write(JsonWriter out, R value) throws IOException {
+        Class<?> srcType = value.getClass();
+        String label = subtypeToLabel.get(srcType);
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // registration requires that subtype extends T
+            TypeAdapter<R> delegate = (TypeAdapter<R>) subtypeToDelegate.get(srcType);
+        if (delegate == null) {
+          throw new JsonParseException("cannot serialize " + srcType.getName()
+              + "; did you forget to register a subtype?");
+        }
+        JsonObject jsonObject = delegate.toJsonTree(value).getAsJsonObject();
+
+        if (maintainType) {
+          Streams.write(jsonObject, out);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        JsonObject clone = new JsonObject();
+
+        if (jsonObject.has(typeFieldName)) {
+          throw new JsonParseException("cannot serialize " + srcType.getName()
+              + " because it already defines a field named " + typeFieldName);
+        }
+        clone.add(typeFieldName, new JsonPrimitive(label));
+
+        for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> e : jsonObject.entrySet()) {
+          clone.add(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+        }
+        Streams.write(clone, out);
+      }
+    }.nullSafe();
+  }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/conversion/JsonObjectConversionsUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.conversion;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class JsonObjectConversionsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingJsonParser_thenConvertToJsonObject() throws Exception {
+        // Example 1: Using JsonParser
+        String json = "{ \"name\": \"Baeldung\", \"java\": true }";
+        
+        JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonParser().parse(json).getAsJsonObject();
+        
+        Assert.assertTrue(jsonObject.isJsonObject());
+        Assert.assertTrue(jsonObject.get("name").getAsString().equals("Baeldung"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(jsonObject.get("java").getAsBoolean() == true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingGsonInstanceFromJson_thenConvertToJsonObject() throws Exception {
+        // Example 2: Using fromJson
+        String json = "{ \"name\": \"Baeldung\", \"java\": true }";
+        
+        JsonObject convertedObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, JsonObject.class);
+        
+        Assert.assertTrue(convertedObject.isJsonObject());
+        Assert.assertTrue(convertedObject.get("name").getAsString().equals("Baeldung"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(convertedObject.get("java").getAsBoolean() == true);
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/Foo.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+public class Foo {
+    public int intValue;
+    public String stringValue;
+
+    public Foo(final int intValue, final String stringValue) {
+        this.intValue = intValue;
+        this.stringValue = stringValue;
+    }
+
+    public Foo(final String stringValue) {
+        this.stringValue = stringValue;
+    }
+
+    public Foo() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = (prime * result) + intValue;
+        result = (prime * result) + ((stringValue == null) ? 0 : stringValue.hashCode());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final Foo other = (Foo) obj;
+        if (intValue != other.intValue) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (stringValue == null) {
+            if (other.stringValue != null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else if (!stringValue.equals(other.stringValue)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "TargetClass{" + "intValue= " + intValue + ", stringValue= " + stringValue + '}';
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/FooDeserializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
+public class FooDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Foo[]> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Foo[] deserialize(final JsonElement json, final Type typeOfT, final JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+        final JsonArray jArray = json.getAsJsonArray();
+        final Foo[] scArray = new Foo[jArray.size()];
+        int index = 0;
+        for (final JsonElement jElement : jArray) {
+            final int i = jElement.getAsJsonObject().get("intValue").getAsInt();
+            final String s = jElement.getAsJsonObject().get("stringValue").getAsString();
+            scArray[index++] = new Foo(i, s);
+        }
+        return scArray;
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/FooDeserializerFromJsonWithDifferentFields.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+
+public class FooDeserializerFromJsonWithDifferentFields implements JsonDeserializer<Foo> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Foo deserialize(final JsonElement jElement, final Type typeOfT, final JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+        final JsonObject jObject = jElement.getAsJsonObject();
+        final int intValue = jObject.get("valueInt").getAsInt();
+        final String stringValue = jObject.get("valueString").getAsString();
+        return new Foo(intValue, stringValue);
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/FooInstanceCreator.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.InstanceCreator;
+
+public class FooInstanceCreator implements InstanceCreator<Foo> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Foo createInstance(Type type) {
+        return new Foo("sample");
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/FooWithInner.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+public class FooWithInner {
+    public int intValue;
+    public String stringValue;
+    public InnerFoo innerFoo;
+
+    public FooWithInner(int intValue, String stringValue, String name) {
+        super();
+        this.intValue = intValue;
+        this.stringValue = stringValue;
+        this.innerFoo = new InnerFoo(name);
+    }
+
+    public class InnerFoo {
+        public String name;
+
+        public InnerFoo(String name) {
+            super();
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GenericFoo.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+public class GenericFoo<T> {
+
+    public T theValue;
+
+    public GenericFoo(final T value) {
+        theValue = value;
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    @Override
+    public final String toString() {
+        return "GenericTargetClass{" + "intField=" + theValue + '}';
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonAlternateUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Weather;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+public class GsonAlternateUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoJsonFormats_whenDeserialized_thenWeatherObjectsCreated() throws Exception {
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+
+        Weather weather = gson.fromJson("{" + 
+            "\"location\": \"London\"," + 
+            "\"temp\": 15," + 
+            "\"weather\": \"Cloudy\"" + 
+            "}", Weather.class);
+
+        assertEquals("London", weather.getLocation());
+        assertEquals("Cloudy", weather.getOutlook());
+        assertEquals(15, weather.getTemp());
+
+        weather = gson.fromJson("{" + 
+            "\"place\": \"Lisbon\"," + 
+            "\"temperature\": 35," + 
+            "\"outlook\": \"Sunny\"" + 
+            "}", Weather.class);
+
+        assertEquals("Lisbon", weather.getLocation());
+        assertEquals("Sunny", weather.getOutlook());
+        assertEquals(35, weather.getTemp());
+
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/GsonDeserializeUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Movie;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.ActorGsonDeserializer;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+public class GsonDeserializeUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void whenSimpleDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
+
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+
+        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy").create();
+
+        final Movie outputMovie = gson.fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        Assert.assertEquals(outputMovie.toString(), expectedOutput);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCustomDeserialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
+
+        final String jsonInput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"actors\":" + "[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"1982-09-21T12:00:00+01:00\",\"filmography\":" + "[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+
+        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(ActorGson.class, new ActorGsonDeserializer()).create();
+
+        final Movie outputMovie = gson.fromJson(jsonInput, Movie.class);
+
+        final String expectedOutput = "Movie [imdbId=tt0472043, director=null, actors=[ActorGson [imdbId=nm2199632, dateOfBirth=Tue Sep 21 11:00:00 GMT 1982, filmography=[Apocalypto, Beatdown, Wind Walkers]]]]";
+        Assert.assertEquals(outputMovie.toString(), expectedOutput);
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/MapDeserializationUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateUtils;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Employee;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.MapDeserializer;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.StringDateMapDeserializer;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
+import com.google.gson.internal.LinkedTreeMap;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+
+public class MapDeserializationUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MapDeserializationUnitTest.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingMapClass_thenShouldReturnMapWithDefaultClasses() {
+
+        String jsonString = "{'employee.name':'Bob','employee.salary':10000, 'employee.active':true, "
+          + "'employee':{'id':10, 'name': 'Bob Willis', 'address':'London'}}";
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Map map = gson.fromJson(jsonString, Map.class);
+
+        logger.info("The converted map: {}", map);
+        Assert.assertEquals(4, map.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Double.class, map.get("employee.salary").getClass());
+        Assert.assertEquals(LinkedTreeMap.class, map.get("employee").getClass());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = JsonSyntaxException.class)
+    public void whenUsingJsonStringWithDuplicateKey_thenShouldThrowJsonSyntaxException() {
+
+        String jsonString = "{'employee.name':'Bob', 'employee.name':'Jenny','employee.salary':10000, "
+          + "'employee.active':true, " + "'employee':{'id':10, 'name': 'Bob Willis', 'address':'London'}}";
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Map map = gson.fromJson(jsonString, Map.class);
+
+        logger.info("The converted map: {}", map);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingTypeToken_thenShouldReturnMapWithProperClass() {
+
+        String jsonString = "{'Bob':{'id':10, 'name': 'Bob Willis', 'address':'UK'},"
+          + "'Jenny':{'id':10, 'name': 'Jenny McCarthy', 'address':'USA'}, "
+          + "'Steve':{'id':10, 'name': 'Steven Waugh', 'address':'Australia'}}";
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Type empMapType = new TypeToken<Map<String, Employee>>(){}.getType();
+        Map<String, Employee> nameEmployeeMap = gson.fromJson(jsonString, empMapType);
+
+        logger.info("The converted map: {}", nameEmployeeMap);
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, nameEmployeeMap.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Employee.class, nameEmployeeMap.get("Bob").getClass());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingCustomDeserializer_thenShouldReturnMapWithProperClass() {
+
+        String jsonString = "{'employee.name':'Bob','employee.salary':10000, 'employee.active':true, "
+          + "'employee':{'id':10, 'name': 'Bob Willis', 'address':'London'}}";
+
+        Type type = new TypeToken<Map<String, Object>>(){}.getType();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+          .registerTypeAdapter(type, new MapDeserializer())
+          .create();
+        Map<String, Object> blendedMap = gson.fromJson(jsonString, type);
+
+        logger.info("The converted map: {}", blendedMap);
+        Assert.assertEquals(4, blendedMap.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Integer.class, blendedMap.get("employee.salary").getClass());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Employee.class, blendedMap.get("employee").getClass());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingCustomDateDeserializer_thenShouldReturnMapWithDate() {
+        String jsonString = "{'Bob': '2017/06/01', 'Jennie':'2015/01/03'}";
+        Type type = new TypeToken<Map<String, Date>>(){}.getType();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+          .registerTypeAdapter(type, new StringDateMapDeserializer())
+          .create();
+        Map<String, Date> empJoiningDateMap = gson.fromJson(jsonString, type);
+
+        logger.info("The converted map: {}", empJoiningDateMap);
+        logger.info("The map class {}", empJoiningDateMap.getClass());
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, empJoiningDateMap.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(Date.class, empJoiningDateMap.get("Bob").getClass());
+        Date dt = null;
+        try {
+            dt = DateUtils.parseDate("2017-06-01", "yyyy-MM-dd");
+            Assert.assertEquals(dt, empJoiningDateMap.get("Bob"));
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            logger.error("Could not parse date", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/deserialization/test/GsonDeserializationUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.Foo;
+import org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.FooDeserializerFromJsonWithDifferentFields;
+import org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.FooInstanceCreator;
+import org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.FooWithInner;
+import org.baeldung.gson.deserialization.GenericFoo;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+
+public class GsonDeserializationUnitTest {
+
+    // tests - single element
+
+    @Test
+    public final void whenDeserializingToSimpleObject_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\"}";
+
+        final Foo targetObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, Foo.class);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 1);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "one");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenJsonHasExtraValues_whenDeserializing_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\",\"extraString\":\"two\",\"extraFloat\":2.2}";
+        final Foo targetObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, Foo.class);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 1);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "one");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenJsonHasNonMatchingFields_whenDeserializingWithCustomDeserializer_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "{\"valueInt\":7,\"valueString\":\"seven\"}";
+
+        final GsonBuilder gsonBldr = new GsonBuilder();
+        gsonBldr.registerTypeAdapter(Foo.class, new FooDeserializerFromJsonWithDifferentFields());
+        final Foo targetObject = gsonBldr.create().fromJson(json, Foo.class);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 7);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "seven");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void whenDeserializingToGenericObject_thenCorrect() {
+        final Type typeToken = new TypeToken<GenericFoo<Integer>>() {
+        }.getType();
+        final String json = "{\"theValue\":1}";
+
+        final GenericFoo<Integer> targetObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, typeToken);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.theValue, new Integer(1));
+    }
+
+    // tests - multiple elements
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenJsonArrayOfFoos_whenDeserializingToArray_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "[{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\"}," + "{\"intValue\":2,\"stringValue\":\"two\"}]";
+        final 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"))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenJsonArrayOfFoos_whenDeserializingCollection_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "[{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\"},{\"intValue\":2,\"stringValue\":\"two\"}]";
+        final Type targetClassType = new TypeToken<ArrayList<Foo>>() {
+        }.getType();
+
+        final Collection<Foo> targetCollection = new Gson().fromJson(json, targetClassType);
+        assertThat(targetCollection, instanceOf(ArrayList.class));
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDeserializingJsonIntoElements_thenCorrect() {
+        final String jsonSourceObject = "{\"valueInt\":7,\"valueString\":\"seven\"}";
+        final JsonParser jParser = new JsonParser();
+        final JsonElement jElement = jParser.parse(jsonSourceObject);
+        final JsonObject jObject = jElement.getAsJsonObject();
+        final int intValue = jObject.get("valueInt").getAsInt();
+        final String stringValue = jObject.get("valueString").getAsString();
+
+        final Foo targetObject = new Foo(intValue, stringValue);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 7);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "seven");
+    }
+
+    // new examples
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDeserializingToNestedObjects_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\",\"innerFoo\":{\"name\":\"inner\"}}";
+
+        final FooWithInner targetObject = new Gson().fromJson(json, FooWithInner.class);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 1);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "one");
+        assertEquals(targetObject.innerFoo.name, "inner");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDeserializingUsingInstanceCreator_thenCorrect() {
+        final String json = "{\"intValue\":1}";
+
+        final GsonBuilder gsonBldr = new GsonBuilder();
+        gsonBldr.registerTypeAdapter(Foo.class, new FooInstanceCreator());
+        final Foo targetObject = gsonBldr.create().fromJson(json, Foo.class);
+
+        assertEquals(targetObject.intValue, 1);
+        assertEquals(targetObject.stringValue, "sample");
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/primitives/PrimitiveValuesUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.primitives;
+
+import com.google.gson.*;
+import org.baeldung.gson.primitives.models.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.*;
+
+public class PrimitiveValuesUnitTest {
+    @Test public void whenSerializingToJSON_thenShouldCreateJSON() {
+        PrimitiveBundle primitiveBundle = new PrimitiveBundle();
+
+        // @formatter:off
+        primitiveBundle.byteValue    = (byte) 0x00001111;
+        primitiveBundle.shortValue   = (short) 3;
+        primitiveBundle.intValue     = 3;
+        primitiveBundle.longValue    = 3;
+        primitiveBundle.floatValue   = 3.5f;
+        primitiveBundle.doubleValue  = 3.5;
+        primitiveBundle.booleanValue = true;
+        primitiveBundle.charValue    = 'a';
+        // @formatter:on
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+
+        String expected = "{\"byteValue\":17,\"shortValue\":3,\"intValue\":3,"
+            + "\"longValue\":3,\"floatValue\":3.5" + ",\"doubleValue\":3.5"
+            + ",\"booleanValue\":true,\"charValue\":\"a\"}";
+
+        assertEquals(expected, gson.toJson(primitiveBundle));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class) public void
+    whenSerializingInfinity_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        InfinityValuesExample model = new InfinityValuesExample();
+        model.negativeInfinity = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        model.positiveInfinity = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+
+        gson.toJson(model);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class) public void
+        whenSerializingNaN_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        FloatExample model = new FloatExample();
+        model.value = Float.NaN;
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        gson.toJson(model);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingFromJSON_thenShouldParseTheValueInTheString() {
+        String json = "{\"byteValue\": 17, \"shortValue\": 3, \"intValue\": 3, "
+            + "\"longValue\": 3, \"floatValue\": 3.5" + ", \"doubleValue\": 3.5"
+            + ", \"booleanValue\": true, \"charValue\": \"a\"}";
+
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        PrimitiveBundle model = gson.fromJson(json, PrimitiveBundle.class);
+
+        // @formatter:off
+        assertEquals(17,  model.byteValue);
+        assertEquals(3,   model.shortValue);
+        assertEquals(3,   model.intValue);
+        assertEquals(3,   model.longValue);
+        assertEquals(3.5, model.floatValue, 0.0001);
+        assertEquals(3.5, model.doubleValue, 0.0001);
+        assertTrue(       model.booleanValue);
+        assertEquals('a', model.charValue);
+        // @formatter:on
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingHighPrecissionNumberIntoFloat_thenShouldPerformRounding() {
+        String json = "{\"value\": 12.123425589123456}";
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        FloatExample model = gson.fromJson(json, FloatExample.class);
+        assertEquals(12.123426f, model.value, 0.000001);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingHighPrecissiongNumberIntoDouble_thenShouldPerformRounding() {
+        String json = "{\"value\": 12.123425589123556}";
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        DoubleExample model = gson.fromJson(json, DoubleExample.class);
+        assertEquals(12.123425589124f, model.value, 0.000001);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingValueThatOverflows_thenShouldOverflowSilently() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = "{\"value\": \"300\"}";
+        ByteExample model = gson.fromJson(json, ByteExample.class);
+
+        assertEquals(44, model.value);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingRealIntoByte_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = "{\"value\": 2.3}";
+        try {
+            gson.fromJson(json, ByteExample.class);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            assertTrue(ex instanceof JsonSyntaxException);
+            assertTrue(ex.getCause() instanceof NumberFormatException);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingRealIntoLong_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = "{\"value\": 2.3}";
+        try {
+            gson.fromJson(json, LongExample.class);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            assertTrue(ex instanceof JsonSyntaxException);
+            assertTrue(ex.getCause() instanceof NumberFormatException);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingRealWhoseDecimalPartIs0_thenShouldParseItCorrectly() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = "{\"value\": 2.0}";
+        LongExample model = gson.fromJson(json, LongExample.class);
+        assertEquals(2, model.value);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingUnicodeChar_thenShouldParseItCorrectly() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        String json = "{\"value\": \"\\u00AE\"}";
+        CharExample model = gson.fromJson(json, CharExample.class);
+
+        assertEquals('\u00AE', model.value);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingNullValues_thenShouldIgnoreThoseFields() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // @formatter:off
+        String json = "{\"byteValue\": null, \"shortValue\": null, "
+            + "\"intValue\": null, " + "\"longValue\": null, \"floatValue\": null"
+            + ", \"doubleValue\": null}";
+        // @formatter:on
+        PrimitiveBundleInitialized model = gson.fromJson(json,
+            PrimitiveBundleInitialized.class);
+
+        assertEquals(1, model.byteValue);
+        assertEquals(1, model.shortValue);
+        assertEquals(1, model.intValue);
+        assertEquals(1, model.longValue);
+        assertEquals(1, model.floatValue, 0.0001);
+        assertEquals(1, model.doubleValue, 0.0001);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = JsonSyntaxException.class) public void
+    whenDeserializingTheEmptyString_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // @formatter:off
+        String json = "{\"byteValue\": \"\", \"shortValue\": \"\", "
+            + "\"intValue\": \"\", " + "\"longValue\": \"\", \"floatValue\": \"\""
+            + ", \"doubleValue\": \"\"" + ", \"booleanValue\": \"\"}";
+        // @formatter:on
+        gson.fromJson(json, PrimitiveBundleInitialized.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingTheEmptyStringIntoChar_thenShouldHaveTheEmtpyChar() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // @formatter:off
+        String json = "{\"charValue\": \"\"}";
+        // @formatter:on
+        CharExample model = gson.fromJson(json, CharExample.class);
+
+        assertEquals(Character.MIN_VALUE, model.value);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingValidValueAppearingInAString_thenShouldParseTheValue() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // @formatter:off
+        String json = "{\"byteValue\": \"15\", \"shortValue\": \"15\", "
+            + "\"intValue\": \"15\", " + "\"longValue\": \"15\", \"floatValue\": \"15.0\""
+            + ", \"doubleValue\": \"15.0\"}";
+        // @formatter:on
+        PrimitiveBundleInitialized model = gson.fromJson(json,
+            PrimitiveBundleInitialized.class);
+
+        assertEquals(15, model.byteValue);
+        assertEquals(15, model.shortValue);
+        assertEquals(15, model.intValue);
+        assertEquals(15, model.longValue);
+        assertEquals(15, model.floatValue, 0.0001);
+        assertEquals(15, model.doubleValue, 0.0001);
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingABooleanFrom0Or1Integer_thenShouldRaiseAnException() {
+        String json = "{\"value\": 1}";
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+
+        try {
+            gson.fromJson(json, BooleanExample.class);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            assertTrue(ex instanceof JsonSyntaxException);
+            assertTrue(ex.getCause() instanceof IllegalStateException);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenDeserializingWithCustomDeserializerABooleanFrom0Or1Integer_thenShouldWork() {
+        String json = "{\"value\": 1}";
+        GsonBuilder builder = new GsonBuilder();
+        builder.registerTypeAdapter(BooleanExample.class,
+            new BooleanAs2ValueIntegerDeserializer());
+
+        Gson gson = builder.create();
+
+        BooleanExample model = gson.fromJson(json, BooleanExample.class);
+
+        assertTrue(model.value);
+    }
+
+    // @formatter:off
+    static class BooleanAs2ValueIntegerDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<BooleanExample> {
+        @Override public BooleanExample deserialize(
+            JsonElement jsonElement,
+            Type type,
+            JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) throws JsonParseException {
+
+            BooleanExample model = new BooleanExample();
+            int value = jsonElement.getAsJsonObject().getAsJsonPrimitive("value").getAsInt();
+            if (value == 0) {
+                model.value = false;
+            } else if (value == 1) {
+                model.value = true;
+            } else {
+                throw new JsonParseException("Unexpected value. Trying to deserialize "
+                    + "a boolean from an integer different than 0 and 1.");
+            }
+
+            return model;
+        }
+    }
+    // @formatter:on
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/DifferentNameSerializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+
+public class DifferentNameSerializer implements JsonSerializer<SourceClass> {
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(final SourceClass src, final Type typeOfSrc, final JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        final String otherIntValueName = "otherIntValue";
+        final String otherStringValueName = "otherStringValue";
+
+        final JsonObject jObject = new JsonObject();
+        jObject.addProperty(otherIntValueName, src.getIntValue());
+        jObject.addProperty(otherStringValueName, src.getStringValue());
+
+        return jObject;
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/GsonSerializeUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.ActorGson;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.Movie;
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.MovieWithNullValue;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class GsonSerializeUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSimpleSerialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
+
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+
+        ActorGson rudyYoungblood = new ActorGson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
+        Movie movie = new Movie("tt0472043", "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
+
+        String expectedOutput = "{\"imdbId\":\"tt0472043\",\"director\":\"Mel Gibson\",\"actors\":[{\"imdbId\":\"nm2199632\",\"dateOfBirth\":\"Sep 21, 1982 12:00:00 AM\",\"filmography\":[\"Apocalypto\",\"Beatdown\",\"Wind Walkers\"]}]}";
+        Assert.assertEquals(new Gson().toJson(movie), expectedOutput);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCustomSerialize_thenCorrect() throws ParseException {
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation().serializeNulls().disableHtmlEscaping().registerTypeAdapter(ActorGson.class, new ActorGsonSerializer()).create();
+
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
+
+        ActorGson rudyYoungblood = new ActorGson("nm2199632", sdf.parse("21-09-1982"), Arrays.asList("Apocalypto", "Beatdown", "Wind Walkers"));
+        MovieWithNullValue movieWithNullValue = new MovieWithNullValue(null, "Mel Gibson", Arrays.asList(rudyYoungblood));
+
+        String expectedOutput = new GsonBuilder()
+          .setPrettyPrinting()
+          .serializeNulls()
+          .disableHtmlEscaping()
+          .create()
+          .toJson(new JsonParser()
+            .parse("{\"imdbId\":null,\"actors\":[{\"<strong>IMDB Code</strong>\":\"nm2199632\",\"<strong>Date Of Birth</strong>\":\"21-09-1982\",\"<strong>N° Film:</strong> \":3,\"filmography\":\"Apocalypto-Beatdown-Wind Walkers\"}]}"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(gson.toJson(movieWithNullValue), expectedOutput);
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/IgnoringFieldsNotMatchingCriteriaSerializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+public class IgnoringFieldsNotMatchingCriteriaSerializer implements JsonSerializer<SourceClass> {
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(SourceClass src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        JsonObject jObject = new JsonObject();
+
+        // Criteria: intValue >= 0
+        if (src.getIntValue() >= 0) {
+            String intValue = "intValue";
+            jObject.addProperty(intValue, src.getIntValue());
+        }
+
+        String stringValue = "stringValue";
+        jObject.addProperty(stringValue, src.getStringValue());
+
+        return jObject;
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/IgnoringFieldsSerializer.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+
+public class IgnoringFieldsSerializer implements JsonSerializer<SourceClass> {
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(final SourceClass src, final Type typeOfSrc, final JsonSerializationContext context) {
+        final String intValue = "intValue";
+        final JsonObject jObject = new JsonObject();
+        jObject.addProperty(intValue, src.getIntValue());
+
+        return jObject;
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/SourceClass.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization;
+
+public class SourceClass {
+    private int intValue;
+    private String stringValue;
+
+    public SourceClass(final int intValue, final String stringValue) {
+        this.intValue = intValue;
+        this.stringValue = stringValue;
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    public int getIntValue() {
+        return intValue;
+    }
+
+    public String getStringValue() {
+        return stringValue;
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "SourceClass{" + "intValue=" + intValue + ", stringValue='" + stringValue + '\'' + '}';
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+        if (this == o)
+            return true;
+        if (!(o instanceof SourceClass))
+            return false;
+
+        final SourceClass that = (SourceClass) o;
+
+        if (intValue != that.intValue)
+            return false;
+        if (!stringValue.equals(that.stringValue))
+            return false;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        int result = intValue;
+        result = 31 * result + stringValue.hashCode();
+        return result;
+    }
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/test/GsonSerializationUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.DifferentNameSerializer;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.IgnoringFieldsNotMatchingCriteriaSerializer;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.IgnoringFieldsSerializer;
+import org.baeldung.gson.serialization.SourceClass;
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
+
+public class GsonSerializationUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenArrayOfObjects_whenSerializing_thenCorrect() {
+        final SourceClass[] sourceArray = { new SourceClass(1, "one"), new SourceClass(2, "two") };
+        final String jsonString = new Gson().toJson(sourceArray);
+
+        // test
+        final String expectedResult = "[{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\"},{\"intValue\":2,\"stringValue\":\"two\"}]";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCollection_whenSerializing_thenCorrect() {
+        final Collection<SourceClass> sourceCollection = Lists.newArrayList(new SourceClass(1, "one"), new SourceClass(2, "two"));
+        final String jsonCollection = new Gson().toJson(sourceCollection);
+
+        final String expectedResult = "[{\"intValue\":1,\"stringValue\":\"one\"},{\"intValue\":2,\"stringValue\":\"two\"}]";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonCollection);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingCustomSerializer_whenChangingNameOfFieldOnSerializing_thenCorrect() {
+        final SourceClass sourceObject = new SourceClass(7, "seven");
+        final GsonBuilder gsonBuildr = new GsonBuilder();
+        gsonBuildr.registerTypeAdapter(SourceClass.class, new DifferentNameSerializer());
+        final String jsonString = gsonBuildr.create().toJson(sourceObject);
+
+        final String expectedResult = "{\"otherIntValue\":7,\"otherStringValue\":\"seven\"}";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenIgnoringAField_whenSerializingWithCustomSerializer_thenFieldIgnored() {
+        final SourceClass sourceObject = new SourceClass(7, "seven");
+        final GsonBuilder gsonBuildr = new GsonBuilder();
+        gsonBuildr.registerTypeAdapter(SourceClass.class, new IgnoringFieldsSerializer());
+        final String jsonString = gsonBuildr.create().toJson(sourceObject);
+
+        final String expectedResult = "{\"intValue\":7}";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingCustomDeserializer_whenFieldNotMatchesCriteria_thenIgnored() {
+        final SourceClass sourceObject = new SourceClass(-1, "minus 1");
+        final GsonBuilder gsonBuildr = new GsonBuilder();
+        gsonBuildr.registerTypeAdapter(SourceClass.class, new IgnoringFieldsNotMatchingCriteriaSerializer());
+        final Gson gson = gsonBuildr.create();
+        final Type sourceObjectType = new TypeToken<SourceClass>() {
+        }.getType();
+        final String jsonString = gson.toJson(sourceObject, sourceObjectType);
+
+        final String expectedResult = "{\"stringValue\":\"minus 1\"}";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDate_whenSerializing_thenCorrect() {
+        Date sourceDate = new DateTime().withYear(2000).withMonthOfYear(1).withDayOfMonth(1).withHourOfDay(0).withMinuteOfHour(0).withSecondOfMinute(0).toDate();
+
+        final Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Type sourceDateType = new TypeToken<Date>() {
+        }.getType();
+        String jsonDate = gson.toJson(sourceDate, sourceDateType);
+
+        System.out.println("jsonDate:\n" + jsonDate);
+        String expectedResult = "\"Jan 1, 2000 12:00:00 AM\"";
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonDate);
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serialization/test/JsonFileUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serialization.test;
+
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.baeldung.gson.entities.User;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameter;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class JsonFileUnitTest {
+
+	@Parameter
+	public Object object;
+
+	@Parameters
+	public static Object[] data() {
+		return new Object[] { 123.45, new User(1, "Tom", "American") };
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenProperData_whenStoredInFile_shouldSaveJsonSuccessfully() {
+		String filePath = "target/output.json";
+		try (Writer writer = new FileWriter(filePath)) {
+			Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+			gson.toJson(object, writer);
+			Assert.assertTrue(Files.exists(Paths.get(filePath)));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

gson/src/test/java/org/baeldung/gson/serializationwithexclusions/SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest.java

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+package org.baeldung.gson.serializationwithexclusions;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;
+import com.google.gson.FieldAttributes;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+class SerializationWithExclusionsUnitTest {
+
+    final String expectedResult = "{\"id\":1,\"name\":\"foo\",\"subclass\":{\"id\":42,\"description\":\"the answer\"}}";
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenClassWithTransientFields_whenSerializing_thenCorrectWithoutTransientFields() {
+        MyClassWithTransientFields source = new MyClassWithTransientFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithTransientFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        String jsonString = new Gson().toJson(source);
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenClassAnnotated_whenSerializing_thenCorrectWithoutNotAnnotatedFields() {
+        MyClassWithAnnotatedFields source = new MyClassWithAnnotatedFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithAnnotatedFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().excludeFieldsWithoutExposeAnnotation()
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByClassesAndFields_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClass source = new MyClass(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClass(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                if (field.getDeclaringClass() == MyClass.class && field.getName()
+                    .equals("other"))
+                    return true;
+                if (field.getDeclaringClass() == MySubClass.class && field.getName()
+                    .equals("otherVerboseInfo"))
+                    return true;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        };
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().addSerializationExclusionStrategy(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByStartsWith_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClass source = new MyClass(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClass(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                return field.getName().startsWith("other");
+            }
+        };
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setExclusionStrategies(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenExclusionStrategyByCustomAnnotation_whenSerializing_thenFollowStrategy() {
+        MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields source = new MyClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields(1L, "foo", "bar", new MySubClassWithCustomAnnotatedFields(42L, "the answer", "Verbose field which we don't want to be serialized"));
+        ExclusionStrategy strategy = new ExclusionStrategy() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes field) {
+                return field.getAnnotation(Exclude.class) != null;
+            }
+
+        };
+
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setExclusionStrategies(strategy)
+            .create();
+        String jsonString = gson.toJson(source);
+        assertEquals(expectedResult, jsonString);
+    }
+
+}

gson/src/test/resources/.gitignore

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+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear

gson/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+            </pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="org.springframework" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.springframework.transaction" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <!-- in order to debug some marshalling issues, this needs to be TRACE -->
+    <logger name="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>