net.sf.json
Class JSONObject

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.json.JSONObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

JSON

public final class JSONObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements JSON

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 JSONNull 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:

5

Author:

JSON.org

Constructor Summary

JSONObject()
Construct an empty JSONObject.

JSONObject(boolean isNull)
Creates a JSONObject that is null.

JSONObject(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean bean)
Construct a JSONObject from a DynaBean.
Assumes the object hierarchy is acyclical.

JSONObject(JSONObject jo)
Construct a JSONObject from a subset of another JSONObject.

JSONObject(JSONObject jo, java.lang.String[] sa)
Construct a JSONObject from a subset of another JSONObject.

JSONObject(JSONTokener x)
Construct a JSONObject from a JSONTokener.

JSONObject(java.util.Map map)
Construct a JSONObject from a Map.
Assumes the object hierarchy is acyclical.

JSONObject(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String[] names)
Construct a JSONObject from an Object, using reflection to find the public members.

JSONObject(java.lang.String string)
Construct a JSONObject from a string.

Method Summary

JSONObject	accumulate(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value) Accumulate values under a key.
static JSONObject	fromBean(java.lang.Object bean) Creates a JSONObject from a POJO. Supports nested maps, POJOs, and arrays/collections.
static JSONObject	fromDynaBean(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean bean) Creates a JSONObject from a DynaBean. Supports nested maps, POJOs, and arrays/collections.
static JSONObject	fromJSONString(JSONString string) Creates a JSONObject from a JSONString.
static JSONObject	fromJSONTokener(JSONTokener tokener) Constructs a JSONObject from a JSONTokener.
static JSONObject	fromMap(java.util.Map map) Creates a JSONObject from a map. The key names will become the object's attributes.
static JSONObject	fromObject(java.lang.Object object) Creates a JSONObject. Inspects the object type to call the correct JSONObject factory method.
static JSONObject	fromString(java.lang.String str) Constructs a JSONObject from a string in JSON format.
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String key) Get the value object associated with a key.
boolean	getBoolean(java.lang.String key) Get the boolean value associated with a key.
double	getDouble(java.lang.String key) Get the double value associated with a key.
int	getInt(java.lang.String key) Get the int value associated with a key.
JSONArray	getJSONArray(java.lang.String key) Get the JSONArray value associated with a key.
JSONObject	getJSONObject(java.lang.String key) Get the JSONObject value associated with a key.
long	getLong(java.lang.String key) Get the long value associated with a key.
java.lang.String	getString(java.lang.String key) Get the string associated with a key.
boolean	has(java.lang.String key) Determine if the JSONObject contains a specific key.
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isEmpty()
boolean	isNullObject() Returs if this object is a null JSONObject.
java.util.Iterator	keys() Get an enumeration of the keys of the JSONObject.
int	length() Get the number of keys stored in the JSONObject.
JSONArray	names() Produce a JSONArray containing the names of the elements of this JSONObject.
java.lang.Object	opt(java.lang.String key) Get an optional value associated with a key.
boolean	optBoolean(java.lang.String key) Get an optional boolean associated with a key.
boolean	optBoolean(java.lang.String key, boolean defaultValue) Get an optional boolean associated with a key.
double	optDouble(java.lang.String key) Get an optional double associated with a key, or NaN if there is no such key or if its value is not a number.
double	optDouble(java.lang.String key, double defaultValue) Get an optional double associated with a key, or the defaultValue if there is no such key or if its value is not a number.
int	optInt(java.lang.String key) Get an optional int value associated with a key, or zero if there is no such key or if the value is not a number.
int	optInt(java.lang.String key, int defaultValue) Get an optional int value associated with a key, or the default if there is no such key or if the value is not a number.
JSONArray	optJSONArray(java.lang.String key) Get an optional JSONArray associated with a key.
JSONObject	optJSONObject(java.lang.String key) Get an optional JSONObject associated with a key.
long	optLong(java.lang.String key) Get an optional long value associated with a key, or zero if there is no such key or if the value is not a number.
long	optLong(java.lang.String key, long defaultValue) Get an optional long value associated with a key, or the default if there is no such key or if the value is not a number.
java.lang.String	optString(java.lang.String key) Get an optional string associated with a key.
java.lang.String	optString(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String defaultValue) Get an optional string associated with a key.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, boolean value) Put a key/boolean pair in the JSONObject.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, java.util.Collection value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, double value) Put a key/double pair in the JSONObject.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, int value) Put a key/int pair in the JSONObject.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, long value) Put a key/long pair in the JSONObject.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, java.util.Map value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.
JSONObject	put(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject.
JSONObject	putOpt(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, but only if the key and the value are both non-null.
java.lang.Object	remove(java.lang.String key) Remove a name and its value, if present.
JSONObject	set(java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value) Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject.
static java.lang.Object	toBean(JSONObject jsonObject) Creates a JSONDynaBean from a JSONObject.
static java.lang.Object	toBean(JSONObject jsonObject, java.lang.Class beanClass) Creates a bean from a JSONObject, with a specific target class.
static java.lang.Object	toBean(JSONObject jsonObject, java.lang.Class beanClass, java.util.Map classMap) Creates a bean from a JSONObject, with a specific target class. If beanClass is null, this method will return a graph of DynaBeans.
JSONArray	toJSONArray(JSONArray names) Produce a JSONArray containing the values of the members of this JSONObject.
java.lang.String	toString() Make a JSON text of this JSONObject.
java.lang.String	toString(int indentFactor) Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONObject.
java.lang.String	toString(int indentFactor, int indent) Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONObject.
java.io.Writer	write(java.io.Writer writer) Write the contents of the JSONObject as JSON text to a writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JSONObject

public JSONObject()

Construct an empty JSONObject.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(boolean isNull)

Creates a JSONObject that is null.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean bean)

Construct a JSONObject from a DynaBean.
Assumes the object hierarchy is acyclical.

Parameters:

map - A DynaBean that can be used to initialize the contents of the JSONObject.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(JSONObject jo)

Construct a JSONObject from a subset of another JSONObject.

Parameters:

jo - A JSONObject.

Throws:

JSONException - If a value is a non-finite number.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(JSONObject jo,
                  java.lang.String[] sa)

Construct a JSONObject from a subset of another JSONObject. An array of strings is used to identify the keys that should be copied. Missing keys are ignored.

Parameters:

jo - A JSONObject.

sa - An array of strings.

Throws:

JSONException - If a value is a non-finite number.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(JSONTokener x)

Construct a JSONObject from a JSONTokener.

Parameters:

x - A JSONTokener object containing the source string.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is a syntax error in the source string.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(java.util.Map map)

Construct a JSONObject from a Map.
Assumes the object hierarchy is acyclical.

Parameters:

map - A map object that can be used to initialize the contents of the JSONObject.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(java.lang.Object object,
                  java.lang.String[] names)

Construct a JSONObject from an Object, using reflection to find the public members. The resulting JSONObject's keys will be the strings from the names array, and the values will be the field values associated with those keys in the object. If a key is not found or not visible, then it will not be copied into the new JSONObject.
Assumes the object hierarchy is acyclical.

Parameters:

object - An object that has fields that should be used to make a JSONObject.

names - An array of strings, the names of the fields to be used from the object.

JSONObject

public JSONObject(java.lang.String string)

Construct a JSONObject from a string. This is the most commonly used JSONObject constructor.

Parameters:

string - A string beginning with { (left brace) and ending with } (right brace).

Throws:

JSONException - If there is a syntax error in the source string.

Method Detail

fromBean

public static JSONObject fromBean(java.lang.Object bean)

Creates a JSONObject from a POJO.
Supports nested maps, POJOs, and arrays/collections.

Parameters:

bean - An object with POJO conventions

fromDynaBean

public static JSONObject fromDynaBean(org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean bean)

Creates a JSONObject from a DynaBean.
Supports nested maps, POJOs, and arrays/collections.

Parameters:

bean - A DynaBean implementation

fromJSONString

public static JSONObject fromJSONString(JSONString string)

Creates a JSONObject from a JSONString.

Parameters:

string -

fromJSONTokener

public static JSONObject fromJSONTokener(JSONTokener tokener)

Constructs a JSONObject from a JSONTokener.

Parameters:

tokener -

fromMap

public static JSONObject fromMap(java.util.Map map)

Creates a JSONObject from a map.
The key names will become the object's attributes. Supports nested maps, POJOs, and arrays/collections.

Parameters:

map -

fromObject

public static JSONObject fromObject(java.lang.Object object)

Creates a JSONObject.
Inspects the object type to call the correct JSONObject factory method.

Parameters:

object -

fromString

public static JSONObject fromString(java.lang.String str)

Constructs a JSONObject from a string in JSON format.

Parameters:

str - A string in JSON format

toBean

public static java.lang.Object toBean(JSONObject jsonObject)

Creates a JSONDynaBean from a JSONObject.

toBean

public static java.lang.Object toBean(JSONObject jsonObject,
                                      java.lang.Class beanClass)

Creates a bean from a JSONObject, with a specific target class.

toBean

public static java.lang.Object toBean(JSONObject jsonObject,
                                      java.lang.Class beanClass,
                                      java.util.Map classMap)

Creates a bean from a JSONObject, with a specific target class.
If beanClass is null, this method will return a graph of DynaBeans. Any attribute that is a JSONObject and matches a key in the classMap will be converted to that target class.
The classMap has the following conventions:

• Every key must be an String.
• Every value must be a Class.
• A key may be a regular expression.

accumulate

public JSONObject accumulate(java.lang.String key,
                             java.lang.Object value)

Accumulate values under a key. It is similar to the put method except that if there is already an object stored under the key then a JSONArray is stored under the key to hold all of the accumulated values. If there is already a JSONArray, then the new value is appended to it. In contrast, the put method replaces the previous value.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - An object to be accumulated under the key.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the value is an invalid number or if the key is null.

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String key)

Get the value object associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The object associated with the key.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found.

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(java.lang.String key)

Get the boolean value associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The truth.

Throws:

JSONException - if the value is not a Boolean or the String "true" or "false".

getDouble

public double getDouble(java.lang.String key)

Get the double value associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The numeric value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found or if the value is not a Number object and cannot be converted to a number.

getInt

public int getInt(java.lang.String key)

Get the int value associated with a key. If the number value is too large for an int, it will be clipped.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The integer value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found or if the value cannot be converted to an integer.

getJSONArray

public JSONArray getJSONArray(java.lang.String key)

Get the JSONArray value associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A JSONArray which is the value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found or if the value is not a JSONArray.

getJSONObject

public JSONObject getJSONObject(java.lang.String key)

Get the JSONObject value associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A JSONObject which is the value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found or if the value is not a JSONObject.

getLong

public long getLong(java.lang.String key)

Get the long value associated with a key. If the number value is too long for a long, it will be clipped.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The long value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found or if the value cannot be converted to a long.

getString

public java.lang.String getString(java.lang.String key)

Get the string associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A string which is the value.

Throws:

JSONException - if the key is not found.

has

public boolean has(java.lang.String key)

Determine if the JSONObject contains a specific key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

true if the key exists in the JSONObject.

isArray

public boolean isArray()

Specified by:

isArray in interface JSON

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

isNullObject

public boolean isNullObject()

Returs if this object is a null JSONObject.

keys

public java.util.Iterator keys()

Get an enumeration of the keys of the JSONObject.

Returns:

An iterator of the keys.

length

public int length()

Get the number of keys stored in the JSONObject.

Returns:

The number of keys in the JSONObject.

names

public JSONArray names()

Produce a JSONArray containing the names of the elements of this JSONObject.

Returns:

A JSONArray containing the key strings, or null if the JSONObject is empty.

opt

public java.lang.Object opt(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional value associated with a key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

An object which is the value, or null if there is no value.

optBoolean

public boolean optBoolean(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional boolean associated with a key. It returns false if there is no such key, or if the value is not Boolean.TRUE or the String "true".

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

The truth.

optBoolean

public boolean optBoolean(java.lang.String key,
                          boolean defaultValue)

Get an optional boolean associated with a key. It returns the defaultValue if there is no such key, or if it is not a Boolean or the String "true" or "false" (case insensitive).

Parameters:

key - A key string.

defaultValue - The default.

Returns:

The truth.

optDouble

public double optDouble(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional double associated with a key, or NaN if there is no such key or if its value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A string which is the key.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optDouble

public double optDouble(java.lang.String key,
                        double defaultValue)

Get an optional double associated with a key, or the defaultValue if there is no such key or if its value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

defaultValue - The default.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optInt

public int optInt(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional int value associated with a key, or zero if there is no such key or if the value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optInt

public int optInt(java.lang.String key,
                  int defaultValue)

Get an optional int value associated with a key, or the default if there is no such key or if the value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

defaultValue - The default.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optJSONArray

public JSONArray optJSONArray(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional JSONArray associated with a key. It returns null if there is no such key, or if its value is not a JSONArray.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A JSONArray which is the value.

optJSONObject

public JSONObject optJSONObject(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional JSONObject associated with a key. It returns null if there is no such key, or if its value is not a JSONObject.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A JSONObject which is the value.

optLong

public long optLong(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional long value associated with a key, or zero if there is no such key or if the value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optLong

public long optLong(java.lang.String key,
                    long defaultValue)

Get an optional long value associated with a key, or the default if there is no such key or if the value is not a number. If the value is a string, an attempt will be made to evaluate it as a number.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

defaultValue - The default.

Returns:

An object which is the value.

optString

public java.lang.String optString(java.lang.String key)

Get an optional string associated with a key. It returns an empty string if there is no such key. If the value is not a string and is not null, then it is coverted to a string.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

Returns:

A string which is the value.

optString

public java.lang.String optString(java.lang.String key,
                                  java.lang.String defaultValue)

Get an optional string associated with a key. It returns the defaultValue if there is no such key.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

defaultValue - The default.

Returns:

A string which is the value.

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      boolean value)

Put a key/boolean pair in the JSONObject.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - A boolean which is the value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is null.

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      java.util.Collection value)

Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - A Collection value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      double value)

Put a key/double pair in the JSONObject.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - A double which is the value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is null or if the number is invalid.

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      int value)

Put a key/int pair in the JSONObject.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - An int which is the value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is null.

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      long value)

Put a key/long pair in the JSONObject.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - A long which is the value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is null.

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      java.util.Map value)

Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.

Parameters:

key - A key string.

value - A Map value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException

put

public JSONObject put(java.lang.String key,
                      java.lang.Object value)

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 JSONNull object.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

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

putOpt

public JSONObject putOpt(java.lang.String key,
                         java.lang.Object value)

Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject, but only if the key and the value are both non-null.

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 JSONNull object.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the value is a non-finite number.

remove

public java.lang.Object remove(java.lang.String key)

Remove a name and its value, if present.

Parameters:

key - The name to be removed.

Returns:

The value that was associated with the name, or null if there was no value.

set

public JSONObject set(java.lang.String key,
                      java.lang.Object value)

Put a key/value pair in the JSONObject.

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 JSONNull object.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

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

toJSONArray

public JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names)

Produce a JSONArray containing the values of the members of this JSONObject.

Parameters:

names - A JSONArray containing a list of key strings. This determines the sequence of the values in the result.

Returns:

A JSONArray of values.

Throws:

JSONException - If any of the values are non-finite numbers.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Make a JSON text of this JSONObject. For compactness, no whitespace is added. If this would not result in a syntactically correct JSON text, then null will be returned instead.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a printable, displayable, portable, transmittable representation of the object, beginning with { (left brace) and ending with } (right brace).

toString

public java.lang.String toString(int indentFactor)

Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONObject.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Parameters:

indentFactor - The number of spaces to add to each level of indentation.

Returns:

a printable, displayable, portable, transmittable representation of the object, beginning with { (left brace) and ending with } (right brace).

Throws:

JSONException - If the object contains an invalid number.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(int indentFactor,
                                 int indent)

Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONObject.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Parameters:

indentFactor - The number of spaces to add to each level of indentation.

indent - The indentation of the top level.

Returns:

a printable, displayable, transmittable representation of the object, beginning with { (left brace) and ending with } (right brace).

Throws:

JSONException - If the object contains an invalid number.

write

public java.io.Writer write(java.io.Writer writer)

Write the contents of the JSONObject as JSON text to a writer. For compactness, no whitespace is added.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Returns:

The writer.

Throws:

JSONException