java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY

I was trying to create VM using DeploymentApi.create but throws exception as below. The template.json has type = Array for few parameters.

com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected a string but was BEGIN_ARRAY at line 1 column 472 path $.properties.parameters..value
at org.jclouds.json.internal.DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$DeserializeIntoParameterizedConstructor.read(DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:193)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.NullFilteringTypeAdapterFactories$MapTypeAdapter.read(NullFilteringTypeAdapterFactories.java:321)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.NullFilteringTypeAdapterFactories$MapTypeAdapter.read(NullFilteringTypeAdapterFactories.java:287)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$ParameterReader.read(DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:275)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$DeserializeIntoParameterizedConstructor.read(DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:187)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$ParameterReader.read(DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:275)
at org.jclouds.json.internal.DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory$DeserializeIntoParameterizedConstructor.read(DeserializationConstructorAndReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java:187)
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:927)
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:892)