Ability to parse a JSON HttpResult containing an Array of objects about google-http-java-client HOT 4 CLOSED

The easiest fix might be to allow:

  Item[] parsed = reponse.parseAs(Item[].class).

The parseAsArray -- or maybe more accurately List<T> parseAsList(Class<T> 
listItemClass) -- is a reasonable option.  But it would be nice to avoid 
introducing a new method to the HttpParser interface.

The response.parseInto(items) where items is a List<Item> won't work due to 
Java erasure, which means that the JSON parser will see something like 
List<Object> and therefore parse the response incorrectly.  I wish Java allowed 
List<String>.class :)

We should also fix the IllegalArgumentException to make the error message more 
understandable.

By the way, until this is fixed, as a work-around, you should be able to simply 
call JsonParser.parseArrayAndClose on the HttpResponse.

As the original reporter, I can confirm that the work around of calling 
parseArrayAndClose on the HttpResponse works as I had expected.

I do like the parseAs(Item[].class) suggestion as a means to keep the method 
count down and consistent with parsing non-array HttpResponse

http://codereview.appspot.com/4528115/