REST Assured - Generic List deserialization
arrays, deserialization, java, json, rest-assured
Solution
I found a way to achieve what I wanted:
List<Person> persons = given().when().get("person/").as(Person[].class);
UPDATE: Using Rest-Assured 1.8.1, looks like cast to List is not supported anymore. You need to declare and object array like this:
Person[] persons = given().when().get("person/").as(Person[].class);
Problem
Let's say I have a Java `Person` class: ``` class Person { String name; String email; } ``` With REST Assured, you can deserialize this JSON object ``` {"name":"Bob", "email":"bob@email.com"} ``` to a Java `Person` instance using ``` Person bob = given().when().get("person/Bob/").as(Person.class); ``` How does one use REST Assured to deserialize this JSON array ``` [{"name":"Bob", "email":"bob@email.com"}, {"name":"Alice", "email":"alice@email.com"}, {"name":"Jay", "email":"jay@email.com"}] ``` into a `List<Person>`? For example, this would be handy: ``` List<Person> persons = given().when().get("person/").as(...); ```