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Undesired output from json-lib with string that appears to be an array

I have code that looks something like this:

import net.sf.json.*;--just so you know what the library is
...
JSONArray a = new JSONArray();
JSONObject p = new JSONObject();
p.put("some_attribute1","some normal string");
p.put("some_attribute2","[3something]");
p.put("some_attribute3","[something3]");
a.add(p);
System.out.println(a.toString());

This produces:

[
    {
        "some_attribute1":"some normal string",
        "some_attribute2":["3something"],
        "some_attribute3":"[something3]"
    }
]

instead of the desired result:

[
    {
        "some_attribute1":"some normal string",
        "some_attribute2":"[3something]",
        "some_attribute3":"[something3]"
    }
]

Notice the difference between "some_attribute2" being an array in the actual output versus a string in the desired output. Can anyone explain why this is? Also if there is a term for what is going to better categorize my question?

Solution

  • This is actually a bug that has been reported already. Here's the link: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3201838&group_id=171425&atid=857928

    ... it doesn't look like this library is supported anymore, the issue has existed since mid 2011...

    We've been put off by the json-lib library not being officially supported anymore, and decided to switch to gson. This issue can be caused by too many places in our code to not have any good fix or workaround.