> On 29 Aug 2016, at 20:23, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Alexander Farber > <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > List last_tiles = (List) JSON.parse(rs.getString("last_tiles")); > > > > has not work for me even though the string is: > > > > [{"col": 7, "row": 8, "value": 1, "letter": "A"}, {"col": 7, "row": 7, > > "value": 2, "letter": "B"}, {"col": 7, "row": 9, "value": 2, "letter": "C"}] > > > > but it is probably the problem of the Jetty class I am using and not of > > JDBC... > > huh. what exactly is failing? are you getting a parse exception? > > http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/9.3.11.v20160721/apidocs/org/eclipse/jetty/util/ajax/JSON.html#parse-java.lang.String- > > fails with: > > java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to java.util.List I'm not 100% sure it's the root of the ClassCastException here, but I'm pretty sure that Java will want to know what class of items that List consists of. If that doesn't ring a bell for you, spend some time reading about "Java generic classes" (not to be confused with "general Java classes"). Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general