IOOP Lab 10

This repository contains the implementation of a lab using the Gson library for JSON serialization, deserialization, and making API calls. The lab is divided into three main tasks:

1. JSON Serialization
2. JSON Deserialization
3. API Call

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Tasks
  • Task 1: JSON Serialization
  • Task 2: JSON Deserialization
  • Task 3: API Call
• Usage

Prerequisites

• Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or higher
• Maven or Gradle for dependency management

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/timGalk/Lab10-IOOP.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd gson-lab

3. Add Gson dependency to your pom.xml (for Maven) or build.gradle (for Gradle):

   For Maven:

   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
     <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
     <version>2.11.0</version>
   </dependency>
   

   For Gradle:

   implementation group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.11.0'

Tasks

Task 1: JSON Serialization

1. Create a CastMember class with actorName and characterName properties.
2. Create a Movie class with title, directorName, duration, and cast properties.
3. In the Main class, create a list of at least two movies, each with at least two cast members.
4. Convert the list of movies into JSON with pretty printing enabled.
5. Print the result of the serialization to the console.

Task 2: JSON Deserialization

1. Define Student and Course classes to represent the structure of the students.json file.
2. Read the students.json file and convert its content into a list of Student objects.
3. Calculate and print the average grade from all courses for each student.
4. Find and print the student with the highest average grade.

Task 3: API Call

1. Create a JokeApiClient class with a method jokeApiRequest that sends a GET request to a joke API and returns the body of the response.
2. Define a Joke class that represents the structure of the joke API’s response.
3. In a testing method, call the jokeApiRequest method, convert the result into a Joke object, and print the object to the console.

Usage

1. Ensure all dependencies are installed.
2. Compile the project using your IDE or command line.
3. Run the Main class to see the output of the serialization and deserialization tasks.
4. The API call task can be tested by running the respective method in the JokeApiClient class.