Test for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9742706/expected-begin-object-but-was-string-when-using-gson-parser

GsonTest.java

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.junit.Test;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;



public class GsonTest {
	public class Data {

	    private String serviceNmae;
	    private Collection<Result> results; //Result is inner class below
	    private ErrorResult error; //ErrorResult is inner class below
	    private boolean errorFlag = false; //If an Error has occurred this flag will be true.

	    //getters and setters for the above fields

	    class Result{
	        private String phoneNum;
	        private String customerLastName;
	        private String customerFirstName;

	        //Getters and Setters for the above fields
	    }

	    class ErrorResult{
	        private String appErrCode;
	        private String appErrorMsg;

	        //Getters and Setters for the above fields
	    }
	}
	@Test
	public void testJson() {
		String json = "{" +
		"    \"service\": \"Search\"," +
		"    \"results\": [" +
		"        {" +
		"             \"phoneNum\": \"1234567890\"," +
		"             \"customerLastName\": \"smith\"," +
		"             \"customerFirstName\": \"John\"" +
		"        }," +
		"        {" +
		"             \"phoneNum\": \"9876543210\"," +
		"             \"customerLastName\": \"doe\"," +
		"             \"customerFirstName\": \"jane\"" +
		"        }" +
		"    ]" +
		"}";
		BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(json));
		Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().serializeNulls().create();
		Data data = gson.fromJson(bufferedReader, Data.class);
		assertEquals("John", data.results.iterator().next().customerFirstName);
	}
}