gson.JsonObject is not Json object according to the JsonProvider

[fadi-shahoud]

JsonPath jsonPath = JsonPath.compile("$.data[*]"); Object parse = Configuration.builder().jsonProvider(new GsonJsonProvider()).build().jsonProvider().parse(testJson); JsonArray arrValues = jsonPath.read(parse); List<String> values = new Gson().fromJson(arrValues, new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType());
Exception message:
Exception in thread "main" com.jayway.jsonpath.PathNotFoundException: Expected to find an object with property ['data'] in path $ but found 'com.google.gson.JsonObject'. This is not a json object according to the JsonProvider: 'com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonSmartJsonProvider'.