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Decode JSON with Java

I am trying to decode JSON data with Java. I found a library at the following link: http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/wiki/DecodingExamples

I have included the .jar file in the build path in my eclipse project, which added the library under "Referenced Libraries". But when I try to use the library as shown in the first example in the link above, the type is not found.

String s="[0,{\"1\":{\"2\":{\"3\":{\"4\":[5,{\"6\":7}]}}}}]";
Object obj=JSONValue.parse(s);
// Error: JSONValue cannot be resolved

I know this question may be a bit naive, but can someone point out what step I am doing wrong?

The list of imports so far are:

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;    
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONStringer;

Thanks.

Solution

  • I think you have downloaded json-simple-1.1-bundle.jar, instead, you should download the fourth one:json_simple-1.1.jar