java - GSON - convert a string into a JsonArray

Question

I am trying to convert a string into a JsonArray. So far I have tried to do the following:

Gson().toJson(string)

Gson().toJsonTree(string)

both throw an exception saying that the argument is not a JsonArray.

Here is the string, as you can see it is a JsonArray:

"[{"match":{"id":92757102,"tournament_id":3666234,"state":"open","player1_id":58602461,"player2_id":58602459,"player1_prereq_match_id":null,"player2_prereq_match_id":null,"player1_is_prereq_match_loser":false,"player2_is_prereq_match_loser":false,"winner_id":null,"loser_id":null,"started_at":"2017-07-17T19:10:07.588-04:00","created_at":"2017-07-17T19:10:07.476-04:00","updated_at":"2017-07-17T19:10:07.588-04:00","identifier":"A","has_attachment":false,"round":1,"player1_votes":null,"player2_votes":null,"group_id":null,"attachment_count":null,"scheduled_time":null,"location":null,"underway_at":null,"optional":false,"rushb_id":null,"completed_at":null,"suggested_play_order":1,"prerequisite_match_ids_csv":"","scores_csv":""}}]"

Answer 1

Gson().fromJson(string, JsonArray::class.java)