Gson : Unable to invoke no-args constructor for class

Although there are several threads on this topic.. please do not mark this as duplicate. My pojo looks like this : public class sample { public sample() { // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub } private String instructions; private String resource; private List<Map<String,String>> fields; private String taskid; private List<Map<String,String>> answer; public String getTaskid() { return taskid; } public void setTaskid(String taskid) { this.taskid = taskid; } public String getInstructions() { return instructions; } public void setInstructions(String instructions) { this.instructions = instructions; } public String getResource() { return resource; } public void setResource(String resource) { this.resource = resource; } public List<Map<String,String>> getFields() { return fields; } public void setFields(List<Map<String,String>> fields) { this.fields = fields; } public List<Map<String,String>> getAnswer() { return answer; } public void setAnswer(List<Map<String,String>> answer) { this.answer = answer; } } I am doing a httpget and the result is an array of Json objects I try to typecast it to sample but it gives an exception. the deserialization snippet is as follows sample[] temp = gsonObj.fromJson(response, sample[].class); the exception i get is java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to invoke no-args constructor for class [sample;. Register an InstanceCreator with Gson for this type may fix this problem. at com.google.gson.MappedObjectConstructor.constructWithAllocators(MappedObjectConstructor.java:68) at com.google.gson.MappedObjectConstructor.construct(MappedObjectConstructor.java:52) at com.google.gson.JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.constructTarget(JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.java:42) at com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationVisitor.getTarget(JsonDeserializationVisitor.java:60) at com.google.gson.ObjectNavigator.accept(ObjectNavigator.java:104) at com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContextDefault.fromJsonObject(JsonDeserializationContextDefault.java:76) at com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContextDefault.deserialize(JsonDeserializationContextDefault.java:54) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:551) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:498) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:467) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:417) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:389) at HTTPClientUtils.getResultsFromMobileWorks(HTTPClientUtils.java:327) Can you please let me know where i am making the mistake ?? java  gson share improve this question edited Oct 17 '12 at 5:12 asked  Oct 17 '12 at 4:26 Raveesh Sharma 586 1 9 25

There is nothing wrong with the code you have posted, and your syntax is correct; it should work just fine. I highly suspect the code you are executing is not the code you have listed. Rebuild your project. –  Brian Roach  Oct 17 '12 at 4:47 you should edit and remove your company-name, and project name. Just for anonymity. –   Nishant  Oct 17 '12 at 4:51 Isn't Sample a nested class? Didn't the constructor throw an exception? –   maaartinus  Oct 17 '12 at 5:41 add a comment

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Can't reproduce. But here what works: public class Sample { public Sample(){} public int kk; public List<Map<String,String>> fields; public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "[{\"kk\":1, \"fields\":[{\"a\":\"a1\"}]}, {\"kk\":5}, {\"kk\":2}, {\"kk\":8}, {\"kk\":6, \"fields\":[{\"b\":\"b1\"}]}]"; Sample[] r = new Gson().fromJson(s, Sample[].class); for(Sample t: r) System.out.println(">> " + t.kk + " " + t.fields); } } results: >> 1 [{a=a1}] >> 5 null >> 2 null >> 8 null >> 6 [{b=b1}] Sidenote: Capitalize your classes, always. post a sscce