GSON is not being imported into the maven project

Question

I am getting the following error - I have added the GSon in my dependency -

Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Try:

<dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
        <version>2.1</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

I have edited my comment and added the scope. The default scope is compile, meaning that the dependency is not present at runtime. For this, you use the provided scope. More about scopes in maven dependencies on Apache's Introduction to Maven Dependencies.

Hope this resolves your issue.

P.S.: if you are creating your own repository, you should also take a look here.

Answer 2

Just a clarification on Raul's answer - good that it works for you, but provided is for dependencies that are expected to be available from the JRE/JDK, ie servlet classes. Compile is the default and should work in other people's cases, as gson isn't available from a JRE, instead it needs to be downloaded by maven. From http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html#Dependency_Scope:

compile This is the default scope, used if none is specified. Compile dependencies are available in all classpaths of a project. Furthermore, those dependencies are propagated to dependent projects.

provided This is much like compile, but indicates you expect the JDK or a container to provide the dependency at runtime. For example, when building a web application for the Java Enterprise Edition, you would set the dependency on the Servlet API and related Java EE APIs to scope provided because the web container provides those classes. This scope is only available on the compilation and test classpath, and is not transitive.

runtime This scope indicates that the dependency is not required for compilation, but is for execution. It is in the runtime and test classpaths, but not the compile classpath.

test This scope indicates that the dependency is not required for normal use of the application, and is only available for the test compilation and execution phases.

system This scope is similar to provided except that you have to provide the JAR which contains it explicitly. The artifact is always available and is not looked up in a repository.

import (only available in Maven 2.0.9 or later) This scope is only used on a dependency of type pom in the section. It indicates that the specified POM should be replaced with the dependencies in that POM's section. Since they are replaced, dependencies with a scope of import do not actually participate in limiting the transitivity of a dependency.

Answer 3

Add these import:

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;

Answer 4

Try:

<dependency>
     <groupId>com.alibaba</groupId>
     <artifactId>fastjson</artifactId>
     <version>1.1.21</version>
</dependency>

Very fast, simple to use.

VO obj = ...;
String jsonString = JSON.toJSONString(obj);

VO obj2 = JSON.parseObject(jsonString, VO.class);