Android Question Convert Map to Custom Type

[AneeshJay]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert a JSON received from a server to a custom defined type. I'm first deserialising the json to a map and using the below function to convert it to a custom type. However the code breaks when setting a property which is a list. I'm getting the following exception. Kindly help me to extend my function to work with lists and maps.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: field b4a.aiposlite.coremodule$_tableorder.CustomerPayments has type anywheresoftware.b4a.objects.collections.List, got java.util.ArrayList
    at java.lang.reflect.Field.set(Native Method)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.agraham.reflection.Reflection.SetField2(Reflection.java:429)

    Type TableOrder(TableNum As Int, IsSettled As Boolean, OrderItems As List, CustomerPayments As List, TakeawayDetails As Map, DiscountAmount As Double)

Sub MapToTableOrder(m As Map) As TableOrder
    Dim MyTableOrder As TableOrder
    MyTableOrder.Initialize
    
    Dim r As Reflector
    r.Target = MyTableOrder
    
    Dim jo As JavaObject
    jo.InitializeContext

    Dim fields() As string = jo.RunMethod("GetFields", Array(MyTableOrder))
    
    For Each str As string In fields
        r.SetField2(str, m.Get(str))
    Next
    
    Return MyTableOrder
End Sub

Thanks !

 

[Erel]

I would never use such code.
It will take you exactly 2 minutes to create code that creates a type instance and fills the field.

 

[AneeshJay]

I would never use such code.
It will take you exactly 2 minutes to create code that creates a type instance and fills the field.

Thanks for your reply. I had kept your suggestion as a last resort. Since the type has too many fields thought of finding out a more efficient way to achieve this.

 

[Erel]

Maybe you should keep it as a map, or create a custom type with the more important fields and a field that holds the complete map:

Type MyCustomType (Name As String, SomeOtherField As Int, AllOther As Map)