How to add a custom mapper for a type in Gson?

Question

Java

I need to add a custom mapper for a type in gson. It is outdated in the library that I use, so I want to create my own and set it to Gson so as not to modify the library code.

Answer 1

Usually so. Does not work? Then to be more specific...

Gson parser = new Gson(); // create json parser
Type type = new TypeToken<Map<String, MyData[]>>(){}.getType(); // create custom type
Map<String, MyData[]> data = parser.fromJson(json, type); // parse data to