GSON - JSON to Java object

Question

I have been applying my expert level googling skills to no avail, so Stackoverflow I need your assistance.

I want to convert my json object to a java object in java.

JSON object appears as... - {"password":"b","userName":"a"}

and the print statements once i 'attempt' to convert it are... username = b password = null

my question is why is this happening and how can i solve the issue? (Code follows)

    Gson gson = new Gson();
    JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject(request.getParameter("input")); 
    User user = gson.fromJson(jObj.toString(), User.class);

    System.out.println(user.getPassword());
    System.out.println(user.getUsername());

and the 'model' class....

public class User {
private String username;
private String password;

public User(String uName, String pWord){
    this.username = uName;
    this.password = pWord;
}

public void setUsername(String uName){
    username = uName;
}

public String getUsername(){
    return username;
}

public void setPassword(String pWord){
    password = pWord;
}

public String getPassword(){
    return password;
}
}

Answer 1

The solution in this case was was related to the mapping in the JSON as 'userName' when it should have been 'username'

refer to the comments for additional information.

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