how to serialize class?

Question

When I insert a List into mongodb, there is a problem:

Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can\'t serialize class mongodb.Person         


        

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using following code:

import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;
import com.mongodb.ReflectionDBObject;

class PersonList extends ReflectionDBObject {
    // person property
    @Expose public java.util.List person;
}

Now in your mongodb code, you can serialise a Person list as follows

....
PersonList personList = new PersonList();
personList.person = new ArrayList<>();
// add persons to the list
....
....
record.put("personsList", personList);
....
// rest of your code