This might not be your problem, but Character might not be the best name of
a class since it can easily be confused with java.lang.Character which is
imported by default everywhere.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:12 PM, John Brooks <iresprite_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Just wanted to bump this- I feel like I'm starting to get my head around
> things, but the exception is really confusing me!
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 8:52 PM, John Brooks <iresprite_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all! I have a followup question regarding turning JSON into a java
>> object. I'm trying to take JSON objects and put them into a collection. I
>> tried the following approaches:
>>
>> List<Character> characters = response.readEntity(new
>> GenericType<List<Character>>(){});
>>
>> List<Character> characters =
>> client.target(uri).request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get(new
>> GenericType<List<Character>>(){});
>>
>> Using those approaches got me the following:
>>
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: Character cannot
>> be cast to java.util.List
>>
>> I'm confused; I thought I was creating a generic List that contained
>> Character objects in my declaration. The documentation doesn't appear to
>> contradict this; any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John
>>
>
>
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