Method parseToObject

src/utils/JSON.java:100–116

Deserializes a JSON formatted string to a specific class type Note: If you get mapping exceptions you may need to provide a TypeReference @param json The string to deserialize @param pojo The class type of the object used for deserialization @return An object of the pojo type @throws

(final String json,
      final Class<T> pojo)

   * @throws JSONException if the data could not be parsed
   */
  public static final <T> T parseToObject(final String json,
      final Class<T> pojo) {
    if (json == null || json.isEmpty())
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Incoming data was null or empty");
    if (pojo == null)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing class type");
    
    try {
      return jsonMapper.readValue(json, pojo);
    } catch (JsonParseException e) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
    } catch (JsonMappingException e) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new JSONException(e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Deserializes a JSON formatted byte array to a specific class type