implementation ('com.beust:klaxon:3.0.1')

[{
  "name" : "Vinoth",
  "age" : "25",
 "languages" : [
   "Tamil",
   "English",
   "Spanish"
 ]
},
  {
    "name" : "varshth",
    "age" : "2",
    "languages" : [
      "Tamil",
      "English"
    ]
  }]


package com.docker.kubetest

import com.beust.klaxon.JsonReader
import com.beust.klaxon.Klaxon
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments
import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
import java.io.StringReader

@Component
class TestAnnotation : ApplicationRunner {

    @Autowired
    private lateinit var readFile: ReadFile

    override fun run(args: ApplicationArguments?) {
        readFile.readFileDirectlyAsText()
    }

}

@Component
class ReadFile {

    fun readFileDirectlyAsText() {

        val resource = ClassPathResource("myfile.json")
        val file = resource.file
        val readText = file.readText(Charsets.UTF_8)
        val klaxon = Klaxon()
        val personArray = arrayListOf<Person>()
        JsonReader(StringReader(readText)).use { reader ->
            reader.beginArray {
                while (reader.hasNext()) {
                    val person = klaxon.parse<Person>(reader)
                    personArray.add(person!!)
                }
            }
        }

        println(personArray)
	//Alternatively use the below line
	val parseArray = klaxon.parseArray<Person>(readText)
        println(parseArray)

    }
}

data class Person(val name: String, val age: String, val languages: List<String>)