Parse JSON String 

JSON Simple is a java library for encoding and decoding JSON text. Get the latest binaries from http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/. The following example shows parsing a JSON string.

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

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.json_simple.tests; import org.json.simple.JSONObject; import org.json.simple.JSONValue; public class ParseJsonString {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     String jsonStr = "{ \"age\" : \"2\", \"name\" : \"Sriram\", \"hobby\" : \"painting\" }";     JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) JSONValue.parse(jsonStr);     System.out.println(jsonObj);   } }

{"name":"Sriram","age":"2","hobby":"painting"}