AddressComponent.java

import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;

public class AddressComponent {
    @SerializedName("long_name")
    private String longName;

    @SerializedName("short_name")
    private String shortName;

    private String[] types;

    public String getLongName() {
        return longName;
    }

    public String getShortName() {
        return shortName;
    }

    public String[] getTypes() {
        return types;
    }
}

AddressComponentsUtils.java

import java.util.Arrays;

public class AddressComponentsUtils {

    private static final String STATE = "administrative_area_level_1";
    private static final String CITY = "administrative_area_level_2";

    public enum NameOption {
        SHORT, LONG
    }

    /**
     * Returns a component based on a name and it's length.
     *
     * @param components    the {@link com.globo.colaborativo.rest.google.model.AddressComponent}
     * @param componentName name of the desired component
     * @param nameOption    if it is the short or long version of the component.
     * @return a String with the desired component or empty if component was not found.
     */
    private static String getComponentWithType(AddressComponent[] components, String componentName,
                                               NameOption nameOption) {
        String result = "";
        for (AddressComponent component : components) {
            if (Arrays.asList(component.getTypes()).contains(componentName)) {
                switch (nameOption) {
                    case SHORT:
                        return component.getShortName();
                    case LONG:
                        return component.getLongName();
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the abbreviation for the state.
     */
    public static String getUF(AddressComponent[] components) {
        return getComponentWithType(components, STATE, NameOption.SHORT);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the city.
     */
    public static String getCity(AddressComponent[] components) {
        return getComponentWithType(components, CITY, NameOption.SHORT);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the long State name
     */
    public static String getState(AddressComponent[] components) {
        return getComponentWithType(components, STATE, NameOption.LONG);
    }

}