Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was BEGIN_ARRAY

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I want to convert this string to JSON:

String jsonString = 
"{\"id\":1,\"result\":[{\"activityId\":78398,\"employeeId\":131969,\"id\":270035
3,\"revision\":0,\"wageSpecificationId\":0,\"invoiceId\":0,\"hours\":2,\"javaCla
ss\":\"no.tripletex.tcp.model.Hour\",\"projectId\":1164299,\"companyId\":593187,
\"comment\":\"hei\",\"date\":{\"time\":1.3397112e12,\"javaClass\":\"java.sql.Dat
e\"}},{\"activityId\":78399,\"employeeId\":131969,\"id\":2701989,\"revision\":0,
\"wageSpecificationId\":0,\"invoiceId\":0,\"hours\":5,\"javaClass\":\"no.triplet
ex.tcp.model.Hour\",\"projectId\":1166105,\"companyId\":593187,\"comment\":\"hei
 du\",\"date\":{\"time\":1.3397112e12,\"javaClass\":\"java.sql.Date\"}}]}";

Where do I initzialize the JSONArray. I'm new to this and I didn't understand 
the other threads with the same subject. I understand why it's not running, but 
I don't know what to do about it. My code: 

Gson gson = new Gson();

String jsonString = 
"{\"id\":1,\"result\":[{\"activityId\":78398,\"employeeId\":131969,\"id\":270035
3,\"revision\":0,\"wageSpecificationId\":0,\"invoiceId\":0,\"hours\":2,\"javaCla
ss\":\"no.tripletex.tcp.model.Hour\",\"projectId\":1164299,\"companyId\":593187,
\"comment\":\"hei\",\"date\":{\"time\":1.3397112e12,\"javaClass\":\"java.sql.Dat
e\"}},{\"activityId\":78399,\"employeeId\":131969,\"id\":2701989,\"revision\":0,
\"wageSpecificationId\":0,\"invoiceId\":0,\"hours\":5,\"javaClass\":\"no.triplet
ex.tcp.model.Hour\",\"projectId\":1166105,\"companyId\":593187,\"comment\":\"hei
 du\",\"date\":{\"time\":1.3397112e12,\"javaClass\":\"java.sql.Date\"}}]}";

System.out.println(jsonString);

Debug obj = (Debug) gson.fromJson(jsonString, Debug.class);

System.out.println(obj.getResult());

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import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;

    public class Debug {
        @SerializedName("id")
        private String id;
        @SerializedName("method")
        private String method;
        @SerializedName("result")
        private Result result;

        public final String getId() {
            return this.id;
        }

        public final String getMethod() {
            return this.method;
        }

        public final Result getResult() {
            return this.result;
        }
}
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import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;

public class Result {
        @SerializedName("companyId")
        private String companyId;
        @SerializedName("javaClass")
        private String javaClass;
        @SerializedName("activityId")
        private String activityId;
        @SerializedName("projectId")
        private String projectId;
        @SerializedName("employeeId")
        private String employeeId;
        @SerializedName("comment")
        private String comment;
        @SerializedName("revision")
        private String revision;
        @SerializedName("invoiceId")
        private String invoiceId;
        @SerializedName("hours")
        private String hours;
        @SerializedName("wageSpeceficationId")
        private String wageSpeceficationId;
        @SerializedName("id")
        private String id;
        @SerializedName("date")
        private Date date;

        public final String getCompanyId() {
            return companyId;
        }

        public final String getJavaClass() {
            return javaClass;
        }

        public final String getActivityId() {
            return activityId;
        }

        public final String getProjectId() {
            return projectId;
        }

        public final String getEmployeeId() {
            return employeeId;
        }

        public final String getComment() {
            return comment;
        }

        public final String getRevision() {
            return revision;
        }

        public final String getInvoiceId() {
            return invoiceId;
        }

        public final String getHours() {
            return hours;
        }

        public final String getWageSpeceficationId() {
            return wageSpeceficationId;
        }

        public final String getId() {
            return id;
        }

        public final Date getDate() {
            return date;
        }
}

The output: 

Exception in thread "main" com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: 
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was BEGIN_ARRAY at 
line 1 column 19
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:176)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$1.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:93)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:172)
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:791)
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:757)
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:706)
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:678)
    at com.example.tutorial.plugins.Test.main(Test.java:24)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was 
BEGIN_ARRAY at line 1 column 19
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.expect(JsonReader.java:339)
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.beginObject(JsonReader.java:322)
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:165)
    ... 7 more

Thanks!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by matiaspe...@gmail.com on 2 Jul 2012 at 1:29

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Not a bug! Please use stackoverflow for "how do I" questions.

Original comment by limpbizkit on 2 Sep 2012 at 9:35

• Changed state: Invalid