How to Deserialize JSON String to Map 

Flexjson is a lightweight java library for serializing and de-serializing java beans, maps, arrays and collections in JSON format. Get the latest binaries from https://sourceforge.net/projects/flexjson/. This requires the library flexjson-2.1.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to Deserialize the given JSON String to a Map.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/flexjson/tests/Deserialize2MapTest.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.flexjson.tests; import java.util.Map; import flexjson.JSONDeserializer; public class Deserialize2MapTest {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     JSONDeserializer<Map> deserializer = new JSONDeserializer<Map>();     String jsonStr =       "{" +           "\"age\": 2," +           "\"dob\": 1339935437234," +           "\"firstName\": \"Sriram\"," +           "\"hobby\": \"Singing\"," +           "\"lastName\": \"Kasireddi\"" +       "}";          Map stdMap = deserializer.deserialize(jsonStr);     System.out.println(stdMap);   } }

{lastName=Kasireddi, age=2, dob=1339935437234, hobby=Singing, firstName=Sriram}