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[Tsunaze]

I'm gonna try again, because it's a pretty big problem of json
format .
It happens in the profile/notifications .
And the example i'll show you is simple :

{
type: "earnings"
-info: {
earnings: 45.6
dividends: 4052.94
gains: 0
expenses: 3935.24
shares_bought: 0
shares_bought_user_count: 0
shares_sold: 0
shares_sold_user_count: 0
}
created: "2011-07-04 11:46:17"
}

------

{
type: "mentions"
-info: [
-{
type_id: "twitter"
mentioner_ticker: "LOANS"
mentioner_full_name: "ERICK STROBEL"
}
]
created: "2011-06-10 23:03:02"
}


Those two array are from the same page, but on the "info" section, one
of them is a json object, and one is a json array . And that's the
problem, it creates a lot of problems because we, developers, can't
work with object which got different type (depending on the "type") .
I asked about this a longtime ago but i still haven't heard of
anything .

[Duleepa Wijayawardhana]

We'll have a look at it as part of the API 2.0 (now delayed) rollout and get back to you on that. I don't have an answer for you off the top of my head.

Best

Dups

[Tsunaze]

thank you .

[Kevin Umbach]

Can't you just code around the differences? I did and it works fine.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Tsunaze <galite...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Ulf Hedlund]

Guess it depends on the json-library you are using, but it should be
possible to separate the data array and the info object in some easy
way.

[Tsunaze]

I use Gson to format json data, that's the problem, but Kevin, when
you say "code around the differences" ? How should i do it ?

[kevinu]

I handle the array of notification objects by processing each notification individually. 

For each notification in the returned json

  parse out the "type" field

  if type is equal to "earnings" then 

    parse the remaining notification json as an object

 else if type is equal to "mentions" then

    parse the remaining notification json as an array of objects

  else if type is equal to .....

    parse however is necessary

 end if

end for

Are you even seeing any "mentions" type notifications in the returned json data? I don't recall if they are even working but in my iphone app I just ignore them.