Parse JSON using gson with key name containing period (.)

Question

{
   \"data.url\" : \"http://dev.com\",
   \"value\": [
       {
         \"color\": \"red\"
          \"shape\": \"rect\"
       },
       {
          \"color\": \"blue         


        

Answer 1

Because Java doesn't allow . in a variable name, you need to use the @SerializedName annotation on that field in your class:

public class MyPojo {

    @SerializedName("data.url")
    private String dataUrl;
    ...

}