android - Java gson generic array/list deserialization -

i'm trying deserialize generic list using gson. i'm able deserialize following json:

[{"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:31z","id":1,"title":"moda","position":0,"short_name":"md"}, {"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:40z","id":2,"title":"sissi","position":1,"short_name":"si"}, {"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:47z","id":3,"title":"levis","position":2,"short_name":"lv"}, {"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:14:03z","id":4,"title":"dolce&gabanna","position":3,"short_name":"dg"}] 

with following code:

t[] array = (t[])java.lang.reflect.array.newinstance(p_class, 0); gson.fromjson(content, array.getclass()); 

but now, have following json can't figure out how deserialize gson:

[{"brand":{"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:31z","id":1,"title":"moda","position":0,"short_name":"md"}}, {"brand":{"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:40z","id":2,"title":"sissi","position":1,"short_name":"si"}}, {"brand":{"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:13:47z","id":3,"title":"levis","position":2,"short_name":"lv"}}, {"brand":{"updated_at":"2012-03-09t11:14:03z","id":4,"title":"dolce&gabanna","position":3,"short_name":"dg"}}] 

thanks help!

you need create new class has object named brand , type of p_class. use gson on new class did before , should return array of new class. example:

class brand{     private p_class brand;      public p_class getbrand(){         return brand;     } } 

and gson:

list<brand> brands = (list<brand>) gson.fromjson(content, new typetoken<list<brand>>(){}.gettype()); 

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another way doing ordinary json objects available in android framework:

    jsonarray ar = new jsonarray(content);     for(int i=0; i<ar.length(); i++){         jsonobject obj = ar.getjsonobject(i);          //here desired object         p_class p = gson.fromjson(obj.getjsonobject("brand").tostring(), p_class.class);     }