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Writing a Java application (see Android) that consumes a JSON API usually involves mapping the JSON objects to Java classes for use in the software. This is a tedious and repetitive task to say the ...

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I would like MyCorpEmployees to have MyCorpEmployee overlords and underlings, and OtherEmployees to have OtherEmployee overlords and underlings. or, i did yesterday. i'm really thinking along the ...