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moxy is not able to convert a List<String> to JSON [message #1753162]

Thu, 02 February 2017 10:53

Sigi Mising name

Messages: 4
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Hi,

i'm using Tomcat, Jersey and Moxy. I have an issue understanding the general problem and how to handle it the 'proper' way:

Jersey is using moxy to transform objects to json. This works out of the box without issues with Classes i wrote.

When using a List<SomeType> i have to wrap this List in a GenericEntity like so:

new GenericEntity<List<Test>>(tests){};

Now this is a issue but most desturbing to me, the following doesn't work at all:

new GenericEntity<List<String>>(names){};

I get the following exception:

SEVERE: MessageBodyWriter not found for media type=application/json, type=class java.util.ArrayList, genericType=java.util.List<java.lang.String>.

Now for specific questions i have:

Isn't it the job of moxy to convert java objects to xml/json?
If so why can it handle String and custome Classes but not something so basic like a List?
What is the proper way of handling the List<X> issue?
What is the proper way of handling the List<String> issue?
Is there a standard which needs to be changed so that moxy can support this? What would be a way to put it into moxy?

Tx!

Sigi

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Re: moxy is not able to convert a List<String> to JSON [message #1753186 is a reply to message #1753162]

Thu, 02 February 2017 14:41

Joachim Kanbach

Messages: 2
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

This most likely has the same cause as described here here.

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Re: moxy is not able to convert a List<String> to JSON [message #1753645 is a reply to message #1753186]

Wed, 08 February 2017 12:39

Sigi Mising name

Messages: 4
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Tx a lot for the hint to this issue.

It makes me wonder very much why it is still open. As i stated in the issue reported: Isn't it a huge issue for moxy?

Is there any specific decision behind this?

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