org.json.me

Class JSONObject

java.lang.Object

org.json.me.JSONObject

public class JSONObject
extends Object

A JSONObject is an unordered collection of name/value pairs. Its external form is a string wrapped in curly braces with colons between the names and values, and commas between the values and names. The internal form is an object having get and opt methods for accessing the values by name, and put methods for adding or replacing values by name. The values can be any of these types: Boolean, JSONArray, JSONObject, Number, String, or the JSONObject.NULL object. A JSONObject constructor can be used to convert an external form JSON text into an internal form whose values can be retrieved with the get and opt methods, or to convert values into a JSON text using the put and toString methods. A get method returns a value if one can be found, and throws an exception if one cannot be found. An opt method returns a default value instead of throwing an exception, and so is useful for obtaining optional values.

The generic get() and opt() methods return an object, which you can cast or query for type. There are also typed get and opt methods that do type checking and type coersion for you.

The put methods adds values to an object. For example,

 myString = new JSONObject().put("JSON", "Hello, World!").toString();
 

produces the string {"JSON": "Hello, World"}.

The texts produced by the toString methods strictly conform to the JSON sysntax rules. The constructors are more forgiving in the texts they will accept:

• An extra , (comma) may appear just before the closing brace.
• Strings may be quoted with ' (single quote).
• Strings do not need to be quoted at all if they do not begin with a quote or single quote, and if they do not contain leading or trailing spaces, and if they do not contain any of these characters: { } [ ] / \ : , = ; # and if they do not look like numbers and if they are not the reserved words true, false, or null.
• Keys can be followed by = or => as well as by :.
• Values can be followed by ; (semicolon) as well as by , (comma).
• Numbers may have the 0- (octal) or 0x- (hex) prefix.
• Comments written in the slashshlash, slashstar, and hash conventions will be ignored.

Version:

2

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	JSONObject.Util

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JSONObject() Construct an empty JSONObject.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JSONObject	put(String key, Object value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject.
static Object	stringToValue(String string) Try to convert a string into a number, boolean, or null.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JSONObject

public JSONObject()

Construct an empty JSONObject.

Method Detail

stringToValue

public static Object stringToValue(String string)

Try to convert a string into a number, boolean, or null. If the string can't be converted, return the string.

Parameters:

string - A String.

Returns:

A simple JSON value.

put

public JSONObject put(String key,
                      @Nullable
                      Object value)
               throws JSONException

Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject. If the value is null, then the key will be removed from the JSONObject if it is present.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - An object which is the value. It should be of one of these types: Boolean, Double, Integer, JSONArray, JSONObject, Long, String, or the JSONObject.NULL object.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the value is non-finite number or if the key is null.

toString

@Nullable
public String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
 

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of the object.