Implemented support for multiple values for SerializedName annotation.

gson/pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
   <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
   <name>Gson</name>
   <parent>

gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/annotations/SerializedName.java

@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  *
  * <p>Here is an example of how this annotation is meant to be used:</p>
  * <pre>
- * public class SomeClassWithFields {
- *   &#64SerializedName("name") private final String someField;
- *   private final String someOtherField;
+ * public class MyClass {
+ *   &#64SerializedName("name") String a;
+ *   &#64SerializedName(value="name1", alternate={"name2", "name3"}) String b;
+ *   String c;
  *
- *   public SomeClassWithFields(String a, String b) {
- *     this.someField = a;
- *     this.someOtherField = b;
+ *   public MyClass(String a, String b, String c) {
+ *     this.a = a;
+ *     this.b = b;
+ *     this.c = c;
  *   }
  * }
  * </pre>
@@ -47,16 +49,27 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>The following shows the output that is generated when serializing an instance of the
  * above example class:</p>
  * <pre>
- * SomeClassWithFields objectToSerialize = new SomeClassWithFields("a", "b");
+ * MyClass target = new MyClass("v1", "v2", "v3");
  * Gson gson = new Gson();
- * String jsonRepresentation = gson.toJson(objectToSerialize);
- * System.out.println(jsonRepresentation);
+ * String json = gson.toJson(target);
+ * System.out.println(json);
  *
  * ===== OUTPUT =====
- * {"name":"a","someOtherField":"b"}
+ * {"name":"v1","name1":"v2","c":"v3"}
  * </pre>
  *
  * <p>NOTE: The value you specify in this annotation must be a valid JSON field name.</p>
+ * While deserializing, all values specified in the annotation will be deserialized into the field.
+ * For example:
+ * <pre>
+ *   MyClass target = gson.fromJson("{'name1':'v1'}", MyClass.class);
+ *   assertEquals("v1", target.b);
+ *   target = gson.fromJson("{'name2':'v2'}", MyClass.class);
+ *   assertEquals("v2", target.b);
+ *   target = gson.fromJson("{'name3':'v3'}", MyClass.class);
+ *   assertEquals("v3", target.b);
+ * </pre>
+ * Note that MyClass.b is now deserialized from either name1, name2 or name3.
  *
  * @see com.google.gson.FieldNamingPolicy
  *
@@ -68,7 +81,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 public @interface SerializedName {
 
   /**
-   * @return the desired name of the field when it is serialized
+   * @return the desired names of the field when it is deserialized or serialized. All of the specified names will be deserialized from.
+   *   The specified first name is what is used for serialization.
    */
   String value();
+  String[] alternate() default {};
 }

gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 
 package com.google.gson.internal.bind;
 
+import static com.google.gson.internal.bind.JsonAdapterAnnotationTypeAdapterFactory.getTypeAdapter;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import com.google.gson.FieldNamingStrategy;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
@@ -32,13 +42,6 @@ import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import static com.google.gson.internal.bind.JsonAdapterAnnotationTypeAdapterFactory.getTypeAdapter;
 
 /**
  * Type adapter that reflects over the fields and methods of a class.
@@ -63,13 +66,24 @@ public final class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
     return !excluder.excludeClass(f.getType(), serialize) && !excluder.excludeField(f, serialize);
   }
 
-  private String getFieldName(Field f) {
+  /** first element holds the default name */
+  private List<String> getFieldNames(Field f) {
     return getFieldName(fieldNamingPolicy, f);
   }
 
-  static String getFieldName(FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingPolicy, Field f) {
+  /** first element holds the default name */
+  static List<String> getFieldName(FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingPolicy, Field f) {
     SerializedName serializedName = f.getAnnotation(SerializedName.class);
-    return serializedName == null ? fieldNamingPolicy.translateName(f) : serializedName.value();
+    List<String> fieldNames = new LinkedList<String>();
+    if (serializedName == null) {
+      fieldNames.add(fieldNamingPolicy.translateName(f));
+    } else {
+      fieldNames.add(serializedName.value());
+      for (String alternate : serializedName.alternate()) {
+        fieldNames.add(alternate);
+      }
+    }
+    return fieldNames;
   }
 
   public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, final TypeToken<T> type) {
@@ -139,9 +153,16 @@ public final class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
         }
         field.setAccessible(true);
         Type fieldType = $Gson$Types.resolve(type.getType(), raw, field.getGenericType());
-        BoundField boundField = createBoundField(context, field, getFieldName(field),
-            TypeToken.get(fieldType), serialize, deserialize);
-        BoundField previous = result.put(boundField.name, boundField);
+        List<String> fieldNames = getFieldNames(field);
+        BoundField previous = null;
+        for (int i = 0; i < fieldNames.size(); ++i) {
+          String name = fieldNames.get(i);
+          if (i != 0) serialize = false; // only serialize the default name
+          BoundField boundField = createBoundField(context, field, name,
+              TypeToken.get(fieldType), serialize, deserialize);
+          BoundField replaced = result.put(name, boundField);
+          if (previous == null) previous = replaced;
+        }
         if (previous != null) {
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(declaredType
               + " declares multiple JSON fields named " + previous.name);

gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapters.java

@@ -727,6 +727,9 @@ public final class TypeAdapters {
           SerializedName annotation = classOfT.getField(name).getAnnotation(SerializedName.class);
           if (annotation != null) {
             name = annotation.value();
+            for (String alternate : annotation.alternate()) {
+              nameToConstant.put(alternate, constant);
+            }
           }
           nameToConstant.put(name, constant);
           constantToName.put(constant, name);

gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/SerializedNameTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.gson.functional;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public final class SerializedNameTest extends TestCase {
+  private final Gson gson = new Gson();
+
+  public void testFirstNameIsChosenForSerialization() {
+    MyClass target = new MyClass("v1", "v2");
+    // Ensure name1 occurs exactly once, and name2 and name3 dont appear
+    assertEquals("{\"name\":\"v1\",\"name1\":\"v2\"}", gson.toJson(target));
+  }
+
+  public void testMultipleNamesDeserializedCorrectly() {
+    assertEquals("v1", gson.fromJson("{'name':'v1'}", MyClass.class).a);
+
+    // Both name1 and name2 gets deserialized to b
+    assertEquals("v11", gson.fromJson("{'name1':'v11'}", MyClass.class).b);
+    assertEquals("v2", gson.fromJson("{'name2':'v2'}", MyClass.class).b);
+    assertEquals("v3", gson.fromJson("{'name3':'v3'}", MyClass.class).b);
+  }
+
+  public void testMultipleNamesInTheSameString() {
+    // The last value takes precedence
+    assertEquals("v3", gson.fromJson("{'name1':'v1','name2':'v2','name3':'v3'}", MyClass.class).b);
+  }
+
+  private static final class MyClass {
+    @SerializedName("name") String a;
+    @SerializedName(value="name1", alternate={"name2", "name3"}) String b;
+    MyClass(String a, String b) {
+      this.a = a;
+      this.b = b;
+    }
+  }
+}