Providing Type of parameterized collections in JSON

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Provide a REST service returning a typed JSON array like this one : [ { 
"foo": "foo", "bar": "bar" }, { "foo": "hello", "bar": "world" } ]
2. Try to call this service in rest-assured, then map it on a List<Foo> (where 
Foo contains foo and bar fields) :
List<Foo> myList = expect().statusCode(200).when().get("/foos").as(List.class);
3. Since we have reified generics in Java, rest-assured cannot predict the 
parameterized type of the List and then, will map the return type in a 
List<Map> instead of a List<Foo>

Idea would be to provide a GSON-like approach with something looking like 
TypeToken.

Discussion started on google group here : 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rest-assured/0GIQQfzC_6c

Original issue reported on code.google.com by fcamb...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 8:08

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Original comment by johan.ha...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 10:26

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Original comment by johan.ha...@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2012 at 7:18

• Added labels: 1.7