Can anybody clarify me on MalformedJsonException vs GsonSyntaxException. What is the difference between these exception?

[Sandeep Kumar Patel]

Exception generated for a malformed json string looks like this :-

on in thread "main" com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Expected name at line 1 column 198

In my view both classes are representing the same type of exception isn''t it?

Any pointers?

[Inderjeet Singh]

MalformedJsonException extends IOException, and hence is a checked exception. It is suitable for use when you are writing a TypeAdapter or using JsonReader/JsonWriter directly.

If you are using Gson or writing JsonSerializer/JsonDeserializer, you will use JsonParseException (superclass of JsonSyntaxException and JsonIOException). These are unchecked exceptions and dont force you to catch them in code.

HTH

Inder

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[Sandeep Kumar Patel]

Thanks Inder.