Groovy map constructor keys to different variable names - groovy

Question

I have JSON looking like:
{
"days": [
{
"mintemp": "21.8"
}
]
}
With Groovy, I parse it like this:
class WeatherRow {
String mintemp
}
def file = new File("data.json")
def slurper = new JsonSlurper().parse(file)
def days = slurper.days
def firstRow = days[0] as WeatherRow
println firstRow.mintemp
But actually, I would like to name my instance variable something like minTemp (or even something completely random, like numberOfPonies). Is there a way in Groovy to map a member of a map passed to a constructor to something else?
To clarify, I was looking for something along the lines of #XmlElement(name="mintemp"), but could not easily find it:
class WeatherRow {
#Element(name="mintemp")
String minTemp
}

Answer 1

Create a constructor that takes a map.
Runnable example:
import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
def testJsonStr = '''
{"days": [
{ "mintemp": "21.8" }
]}'''
class WeatherRow {
String minTemp
WeatherRow(map) {
println "Got called with constructor that takes a map: $map"
minTemp = map.mintemp
}
}
def slurper = new JsonSlurper().parseText(testJsonStr)
def days = slurper.days
def firstRow = days[0] as WeatherRow
println firstRow.minTemp
Result:
Got called with constructor that takes a map: [mintemp:21.8]
21.8
(of course you'd remove the println line, it's just there for the demo)

Answer 2

You can achieve this using annotation and simple custom annotation processor like this:
1. Create a Custom Annotation Class
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#interface JsonDeserializer {
String[] names() default []
}
2. Annotate your instance fields with the custom annotation
class WeatherRow{
#JsonDeserializer(names = ["mintemp"])
String mintemp;
#JsonDeserializer(names = ["mintemp"])
String minTemp;
#JsonDeserializer(names = ["mintemp"])
String numberOfPonies;
}
3. Add custom json deserializer method using annotation processing:
static WeatherRow fromJson(def jsonObject){
WeatherRow weatherRow = new WeatherRow();
try{
weatherRow = new WeatherRow(jsonObject);
}catch(MissingPropertyException ex){
//swallow missing property exception.
}
WeatherRow.class.getDeclaredFields().each{
def jsonDeserializer = it.getDeclaredAnnotations()?.find{it.annotationType() == JsonDeserializer}
def fieldNames = [];
fieldNames << it.name;
if(jsonDeserializer){
fieldNames.addAll(jsonDeserializer.names());
fieldNames.each{i ->
if(jsonObject."$i")//TODO: if field type is not String type custom parsing here.
weatherRow."${it.name}" = jsonObject."$i";
}
}
};
return weatherRow;
}
Example:
def testJsonStr = '''
{
"days": [
{
"mintemp": "21.8"
}
]
}'''
def parsedWeatherRows = new JsonSlurper().parseText(testJsonStr);
assert WeatherRow.fromJson(parsedWeatherRows.days[0]).mintemp == "21.8"
assert WeatherRow.fromJson(parsedWeatherRows.days[0]).minTemp == "21.8"
assert WeatherRow.fromJson(parsedWeatherRows.days[0]).numberOfPonies == "21.8"
Check the full working code at groovyConsole.