JSON validation using GSON in java

Question

I use GSON to check for a string that is in JSON format:

String json="{'hashkey':{'calculatedHMAC':'f7b5addd27a221b216068cddb9abf1f06b3c0e1c','secretkey':'12345'},operation':'read','attributes':['name','id'],'otid':'12'}";
Gson gson=new Gson();
Response resp = new Response();
RequestParameters para = null;
try{
    para = gson.fromJson(json, RequestParameters.class);
}catch(Exception e){
    System.out.println("invalid json format");
}

This is good, but when I remove the quotes as shown below, I removed from hashkey:

"{hashkey':{'calculatedHMAC':'f7b5addd27a221b216068cddb9abf1f06b3c0e1c','secretkey':'12345'},operation':'read','attributes':['name','id'],'otid':'12'}"

It still validates it as the correct JSONformat and throws no exceptions and is not going to the catch body. Any reason why this is so? How can i solve this?

RequestParameters class:

public class RequestParameters {
    HashKey hashkey;
    String operation;
    int count;
    int otid;
    String[] attributes;

}

Answer 1

Now it will process the second quote as part of the hashkey. See below the json line that returns from the object.

I tested it on jsonlint

{
  "hashkey\u0027": {
    "calculatedHMAC": "f7b5addd27a221b216068cddb9abf1f06b3c0e1c",
    "secretkey": "12345"
  },
  "operation\u0027": "read",
  "attributes": [
    "name",
    "id"
  ],
  "otid": "12"
}

code example:

String json = "{hashkey':{'calculatedHMAC':'f7b5addd27a221b216068cddb9abf1f06b3c0e1c','secretkey':'12345'},operation':'read','attributes':['name','id'],'otid':'12'}";
Gson gson = new Gson();
try {
    Object o = gson.fromJson(json, Object.class);
    System.out.println(new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create().toJson(o));
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.println("invalid json format");
}

Is there a quote needed for a JSON string for keys?

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