Hm, that's not the problem! I renamed the class PS2Character, and now I'm
getting "PS2Character cannot be cast to java.util.list".
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, John Brooks <iresprite_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> You know, I just might feel like a complete fool right about now. I'll
> have to look into that.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Mikael Ståldal <
> mikael.staldal_at_appearnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>
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