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Testing Collection Serialization Implementation in google/gson

This comprehensive test suite validates the JSON serialization and deserialization capabilities of Google’s Gson library for various collection types in Java. The tests cover both primitive and complex object collections, ensuring proper handling of different collection implementations and edge cases.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite provides extensive coverage of collection handling in Gson, including:
  • Serialization and deserialization of different collection types (List, Set, Queue, Stack, Vector)
  • Support for primitive types and complex objects in collections
  • Handling of null values and empty collections
  • Type token usage for generic collection types
  • Wildcard type collections and custom type adapters

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach utilizes JUnit framework with systematic validation of collection operations:
  • Type-safe collection handling using TypeToken
  • Verification of collection order preservation
  • Custom serialization logic testing
  • Integration with Gson’s type adapter system

Technical Details

Testing infrastructure includes:
  • JUnit 4 test framework
  • Gson library for JSON processing
  • Custom test types (BagOfPrimitives)
  • Truth assertion library for enhanced verification
  • Type tokens for generic type handling

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test suite exemplifies several testing best practices:
  • Comprehensive edge case coverage
  • Isolated test methods for specific functionality
  • Clear test method naming conventions
  • Proper test setup and teardown
  • Thorough assertion checking

google/gson

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

            
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package com.google.gson.functional;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
import com.google.gson.common.TestTypes.BagOfPrimitives;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.PriorityQueue;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.Vector;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Functional tests for Json serialization and deserialization of collections.
 *
 * @author Inderjeet Singh
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
public class CollectionTest {
  private Gson gson;

  @Before
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    gson = new Gson();
  }

  @Test
  public void testTopLevelCollectionOfIntegersSerialization() {
    Collection<Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
    Type targetType = new TypeToken<Collection<Integer>>() {}.getType();
    String json = gson.toJson(target, targetType);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testTopLevelCollectionOfIntegersDeserialization() {
    String json = "[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]";
    Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<Integer>>() {}.getType();
    Collection<Integer> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
    int[] expected = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
    assertThat(toIntArray(target)).isEqualTo(expected);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTopLevelListOfIntegerCollectionsDeserialization() {
    String json = "[[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]";
    Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<Collection<Integer>>>() {}.getType();
    List<Collection<Integer>> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
    int[][] expected = new int[3][3];
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
      int start = (3 * i) + 1;
      for (int j = 0; j < 3; ++j) {
        expected[i][j] = start + j;
      }
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      assertThat(toIntArray(target.get(i))).isEqualTo(expected[i]);
    }
  }

  @Test
  @SuppressWarnings("JdkObsolete")
  public void testLinkedListSerialization() {
    List<String> list = new LinkedList<>();
    list.add("a1");
    list.add("a2");
    Type linkedListType = new TypeToken<LinkedList<String>>() {}.getType();
    String json = gson.toJson(list, linkedListType);
    assertThat(json).contains("a1");
    assertThat(json).contains("a2");
  }

  @Test
  public void testLinkedListDeserialization() {
    String json = "['a1','a2']";
    Type linkedListType = new TypeToken<LinkedList<String>>() {}.getType();
    List<String> list = gson.fromJson(json, linkedListType);
    assertThat(list.get(0)).isEqualTo("a1");
    assertThat(list.get(1)).isEqualTo("a2");
  }

  @Test
  @SuppressWarnings("JdkObsolete")
  public void testQueueSerialization() {
    Queue<String> queue = new LinkedList<>();
    queue.add("a1");
    queue.add("a2");
    Type queueType = new TypeToken<Queue<String>>() {}.getType();
    String json = gson.toJson(queue, queueType);
    assertThat(json).contains("a1");
    assertThat(json).contains("a2");
  }

  @Test
  public void testQueueDeserialization() {
    String json = "['a1','a2']";
    Type queueType = new TypeToken<Queue<String>>() {}.getType();
    Queue<String> queue = gson.fromJson(json, queueType);
    assertThat(queue.element()).isEqualTo("a1");
    queue.remove();
    assertThat(queue.element()).isEqualTo("a2");
  }

  @Test
  public void testPriorityQueue() {
    Type type = new TypeToken<PriorityQueue<Integer>>() {}.getType();
    PriorityQueue<Integer> queue = gson.fromJson("[10, 20, 22]", type);
    assertThat(queue.size()).isEqualTo(3);
    String json = gson.toJson(queue);
    assertThat(queue.remove()).isEqualTo(10);
    assertThat(queue.remove()).isEqualTo(20);
    assertThat(queue.remove()).isEqualTo(22);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[10,20,22]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testVector() {
    Type type = new TypeToken<Vector<Integer>>() {}.getType();
    Vector<Integer> target = gson.fromJson("[10, 20, 31]", type);
    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(3);
    assertThat(target.get(0)).isEqualTo(10);
    assertThat(target.get(1)).isEqualTo(20);
    assertThat(target.get(2)).isEqualTo(31);
    String json = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[10,20,31]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testStack() {
    Type type = new TypeToken<Stack<Integer>>() {}.getType();
    Stack<Integer> target = gson.fromJson("[11, 13, 17]", type);
    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(3);
    String json = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(target.pop()).isEqualTo(17);
    assertThat(target.pop()).isEqualTo(13);
    assertThat(target.pop()).isEqualTo(11);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[11,13,17]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testNullsInListSerialization() {
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.add("foo");
    list.add(null);
    list.add("bar");
    String expected = "[\"foo\",null,\"bar\"]";
    Type typeOfList = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
    String json = gson.toJson(list, typeOfList);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo(expected);
  }

  @Test
  public void testNullsInListDeserialization() {
    List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>();
    expected.add("foo");
    expected.add(null);
    expected.add("bar");
    String json = "[\"foo\",null,\"bar\"]";
    Type expectedType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
    List<String> target = gson.fromJson(json, expectedType);
    for (int i = 0; i < expected.size(); ++i) {
      assertThat(target.get(i)).isEqualTo(expected.get(i));
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testCollectionOfObjectSerialization() {
    List<Object> target = new ArrayList<>();
    target.add("Hello");
    target.add("World");
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");

    Type type = new TypeToken<List<Object>>() {}.getType();
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target, type)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testCollectionOfObjectWithNullSerialization() {
    List<Object> target = new ArrayList<>();
    target.add("Hello");
    target.add(null);
    target.add("World");
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]");

    Type type = new TypeToken<List<Object>>() {}.getType();
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target, type)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",null,\"World\"]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testCollectionOfStringsSerialization() {
    List<String> target = new ArrayList<>();
    target.add("Hello");
    target.add("World");
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[\"Hello\",\"World\"]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testCollectionOfBagOfPrimitivesSerialization() {
    List<BagOfPrimitives> target = new ArrayList<>();
    BagOfPrimitives objA = new BagOfPrimitives(3L, 1, true, "blah");
    BagOfPrimitives objB = new BagOfPrimitives(2L, 6, false, "blahB");
    target.add(objA);
    target.add(objB);

    String result = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(result).startsWith("[");
    assertThat(result).endsWith("]");
    for (BagOfPrimitives obj : target) {
      assertThat(result).contains(obj.getExpectedJson());
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testCollectionOfStringsDeserialization() {
    String json = "[\"Hello\",\"World\"]";
    Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<String>>() {}.getType();
    Collection<String> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);

    assertThat(target).containsExactly("Hello", "World").inOrder();
  }

  @Test
  public void testRawCollectionOfIntegersSerialization() {
    Collection<Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
    assertThat(gson.toJson(target)).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testObjectCollectionSerialization() {
    BagOfPrimitives bag1 = new BagOfPrimitives();
    Collection<?> target = Arrays.asList(bag1, bag1, "test");
    String json = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(json).contains(bag1.getExpectedJson());
  }

  @Test
  public void testRawCollectionDeserializationNotAllowed() {
    String json = "[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]";
    Collection<?> integers = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
    // JsonReader converts numbers to double by default so we need a floating point comparison
    assertThat(integers)
        .containsExactly(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0)
        .inOrder();

    json = "[\"Hello\", \"World\"]";
    Collection<?> strings = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
    assertThat(strings).containsExactly("Hello", "World").inOrder();
  }

  @Test
  public void testRawCollectionOfBagOfPrimitivesNotAllowed() {
    BagOfPrimitives bag = new BagOfPrimitives(10, 20, false, "stringValue");
    String json = '[' + bag.getExpectedJson() + ',' + bag.getExpectedJson() + ']';
    Collection<?> target = gson.fromJson(json, Collection.class);
    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(2);
    for (Object bag1 : target) {
      // Gson 2.0 converts raw objects into maps
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) bag1;
      assertThat(map.values()).containsExactly(10.0, 20.0, false, "stringValue");
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testWildcardPrimitiveCollectionSerilaization() {
    Collection<? extends Integer> target = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
    Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<? extends Integer>>() {}.getType();
    String json = gson.toJson(target, collectionType);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");

    json = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
  }

  @Test
  public void testWildcardPrimitiveCollectionDeserilaization() {
    String json = "[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]";
    Type collectionType = new TypeToken<Collection<? extends Integer>>() {}.getType();
    Collection<? extends Integer> target = gson.fromJson(json, collectionType);
    assertThat(target.size()).isEqualTo(9);
    assertThat(target).contains(1);
    assertThat(target).contains(2);
  }

  @Test
  public void testWildcardCollectionField() {
    Collection<BagOfPrimitives> collection = new ArrayList<>();
    BagOfPrimitives objA = new BagOfPrimitives(3L, 1, true, "blah");
    BagOfPrimitives objB = new BagOfPrimitives(2L, 6, false, "blahB");
    collection.add(objA);
    collection.add(objB);

    ObjectWithWildcardCollection target = new ObjectWithWildcardCollection(collection);
    String json = gson.toJson(target);
    assertThat(json).contains(objA.getExpectedJson());
    assertThat(json).contains(objB.getExpectedJson());

    target = gson.fromJson(json, ObjectWithWildcardCollection.class);
    Collection<? extends BagOfPrimitives> deserializedCollection = target.getCollection();
    assertThat(deserializedCollection.size()).isEqualTo(2);
    assertThat(deserializedCollection).contains(objA);
    assertThat(deserializedCollection).contains(objB);
  }

  @Test
  public void testFieldIsArrayList() {
    HasArrayListField object = new HasArrayListField();
    object.longs.add(1L);
    object.longs.add(3L);
    String json = gson.toJson(object, HasArrayListField.class);
    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("{\"longs\":[1,3]}");
    HasArrayListField copy = gson.fromJson("{\"longs\":[1,3]}", HasArrayListField.class);
    assertThat(copy.longs).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList(1L, 3L));
  }

  @Test
  public void testUserCollectionTypeAdapter() {
    Type listOfString = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
    Object stringListSerializer =
        new JsonSerializer<List<String>>() {
          @Override
          public JsonElement serialize(
              List<String> src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
            return new JsonPrimitive(src.get(0) + ";" + src.get(1));
          }
        };
    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(listOfString, stringListSerializer).create();
    assertThat(gson.toJson(Arrays.asList("ab", "cd"), listOfString)).isEqualTo("\"ab;cd\"");
  }

  static class HasArrayListField {
    ArrayList<Long> longs = new ArrayList<>();
  }

  private static int[] toIntArray(Collection<?> collection) {
    int[] ints = new int[collection.size()];
    int i = 0;
    for (Iterator<?> iterator = collection.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ++i) {
      Object obj = iterator.next();
      if (obj instanceof Integer) {
        ints[i] = (Integer) obj;
      } else if (obj instanceof Long) {
        ints[i] = ((Long) obj).intValue();
      }
    }
    return ints;
  }

  private static class ObjectWithWildcardCollection {
    private final Collection<? extends BagOfPrimitives> collection;

    public ObjectWithWildcardCollection(Collection<? extends BagOfPrimitives> collection) {
      this.collection = collection;
    }

    public Collection<? extends BagOfPrimitives> getCollection() {
      return collection;
    }
  }

  private static class Entry {
    int value;

    Entry(int value) {
      this.value = value;
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testSetSerialization() {
    Set<Entry> set = new HashSet<>();
    set.add(new Entry(1));
    set.add(new Entry(2));
    String json = gson.toJson(set);
    assertThat(json).contains("1");
    assertThat(json).contains("2");
  }

  @Test
  public void testSetDeserialization() {
    String json = "[{value:1},{value:2}]";
    Type type = new TypeToken<Set<Entry>>() {}.getType();
    Set<Entry> set = gson.fromJson(json, type);
    assertThat(set.size()).isEqualTo(2);
    for (Entry entry : set) {
      assertThat(entry.value).isAnyOf(1, 2);
    }
  }

  private static class BigClass {
    private Map<String, ? extends List<SmallClass>> inBig;
  }

  private static class SmallClass {
    private String inSmall;
  }

  @Test
  public void testIssue1107() {
    String json =
        "{\n"
            + "  \"inBig\": {\n"
            + "    \"key\": [\n"
            + "      { \"inSmall\": \"hello\" }\n"
            + "    ]\n"
            + "  }\n"
            + "}";
    BigClass bigClass = new Gson().fromJson(json, BigClass.class);
    SmallClass small = bigClass.inBig.get("key").get(0);
    assertThat(small).isNotNull();
    assertThat(small.inSmall).isEqualTo("hello");
  }
}