Problem with the way $resource deserializes a json representation of an array of strings.

[Carles Serrano]

Hi guys

 I´m having problems deserializing an array of strings in json using $resource.

The json the server is sending is: 

["Name1","Name2","Name3"]

but $resources deserializes the json retrieved from the server like:

[["N","a","m","e","2"], ["N","a","m","e","2"], ["N","a","m","e","2"]]

This is how I call the $resource object.

$resource('/route/to/resource').query();

Here is a non working example in fiddle: 

http://jsfiddle.net/carpasse/96EU5/

[Misko Hevery]

Resources works on objects. So server needs to return an array of objects, not array of strings.

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[Misko Hevery]

If you need to consume array of strings, then you need to use $http

[Carles Serrano]

Thanks for the clarification Misko.

I´ve changed to $http and everything works fine now.

Could you please explain why $resource only work with objects? 

Thanks again for the clarification and for the rapid response. This problem was driving me nuts.

Carles.

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[zdam]

You could write a responseInterceptor to convert your array to objects and then be able to use resource: (resource uses http so the response Interceptor would be invoked when using a resource) http://docs-next.angularjs.org/api/angular.module.ng.$http 

[Misko Hevery]

Resource is an OO wrapper over your data. For example Book would be a resource. So that you can do

var book = new Book();

book.save()

Since book is an object, having primitive types makes no sense.

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[Carles Serrano]

It makes sense. Thanks for the explanation Misko.

Thanks for the idea about using interceptors zdam .

In the end I´m using $http in its simplest form beause its enough for me but the interceptors are an interesting  functionality.

Carles