Error while parsing JSON in Java

Question

I am creating JSON using JavaScript as:

var myJson = '{'
    + '"name" : "myname",'
    + '"gender" :"' + gender
    + '"}';

However, while parsing it in Java using:

JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
            JSONObject jObj = (JSONObject) jParser.parse(myjson);

I am getting below error:

 (java.lang.ClassCastException) java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to org.json.simple.JSONObject

Which library are you using JSONParser from? also, look at the signature of JSONParser.parse() method, most probably it is returning string. For other options, refer to the question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2591098/how-to-parse-json-in-java — dubes, Sep 08 '16 at 06:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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by using a library, you can do it directly like this:

 JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(stringValue);

you can then iterate over the object.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Sep 08 '16 at 06:41

Danyal Sandeelo

I am using import org.json.simple.JSONObject;, so this won't work – Aquarius24 Sep 08 '16 at 06:46
yes, you need the api that does the parsing thing for you. You can check this out too --> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1395551/convert-a-json-string-to-object-in-java-me – Danyal Sandeelo Sep 08 '16 at 06:48

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