net.sf.json
Class JSONArray

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.json.JSONArray

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Iterable, Collection, List, JSON

public final class JSONArray
extends Object
implements JSON, List, Comparable

A JSONArray is an ordered sequence of values. Its external text form is a string wrapped in square brackets with commas separating the values. The internal form is an object having get and opt methods for accessing the values by index, and element methods for adding or replacing values. The values can be any of these types: Boolean, JSONArray, JSONObject, Number, String, or the JSONNull object.

The constructor can convert a JSON text into a Java object. The toString method converts to JSON text.

A get method returns a value if one can be found, and throws an exception if one cannot be found. An opt method returns a default value instead of throwing an exception, and so is useful for obtaining optional values.

The generic get() and opt() methods return an object which you can cast or query for type. There are also typed get and opt methods that do type checking and type coersion for you.

The texts produced by the toString methods strictly conform to JSON syntax rules. The constructors are more forgiving in the texts they will accept:

• An extra , (comma) may appear just before the closing bracket.
• The null value will be inserted when there is , (comma) elision.
• Strings may be quoted with ' (single quote).
• Strings do not need to be quoted at all if they do not begin with a quote or single quote, and if they do not contain leading or trailing spaces, and if they do not contain any of these characters: { } [ ] / \ : , = ; # and if they do not look like numbers and if they are not the reserved words true, false, or null.
• Values can be separated by ; (semicolon) as well as by , (comma).
• Numbers may have the 0- (octal) or 0x- (hex) prefix.
• Comments written in the slashshlash, slashstar, and hash conventions will be ignored.

Author:

JSON.org

Constructor Summary

JSONArray()
Construct an empty JSONArray.

Method Summary

void	add(int index, Object value)
boolean	add(Object value)
boolean	addAll(Collection collection)
boolean	addAll(int index, Collection collection)
protected static boolean	addInstance(Object instance) Adds a reference for cycle detection check.
protected JSONArray	addString(String str) Adds a String without performing any conversion on it.
void	clear()
int	compareTo(Object obj)
boolean	contains(Object o)
boolean	containsAll(Collection collection)
JSONArray	element(boolean value) Append a boolean value.
JSONArray	element(Collection value) Append a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.
JSONArray	element(double value) Append a double value.
JSONArray	element(int value) Append an int value.
JSONArray	element(int index, boolean value) Put or replace a boolean value in the JSONArray.
JSONArray	element(int index, Collection value) Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.
JSONArray	element(int index, double value) Put or replace a double value.
JSONArray	element(int index, int value) Put or replace an int value.
JSONArray	element(int index, long value) Put or replace a long value.
JSONArray	element(int index, Map value) Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.
JSONArray	element(int index, Object value) Put or replace an object value in the JSONArray.
JSONArray	element(int index, String value) Put or replace a String value in the JSONArray.
JSONArray	element(JSONNull value) Append an JSON value.
JSONArray	element(JSONObject value) Append an JSON value.
JSONArray	element(long value) Append an long value.
JSONArray	element(Map value) Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.
JSONArray	element(Object value) Append an object value.
JSONArray	element(String value) Append a String value.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
protected static void	fireArrayEndEvent() Fires an end of array event.
protected static void	fireArrayStartEvent() Fires a start of array event.
protected static void	fireElementAddedEvent(int index, Object element) Fires an element added event.
protected static void	fireErrorEvent(JSONException jsone) Fires an error event.
protected static void	fireObjectEndEvent() Fires an end of object event.
protected static void	fireObjectStartEvent() Fires a start of object event.
protected static void	firePropertySetEvent(String key, Object value, boolean accumulated) Fires a property set event.
protected static void	fireWarnEvent(String warning) Fires a warning event.
static JSONArray	fromArray(Object[] array) Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead
static JSONArray	fromCollection(Collection collection) Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead
static JSONArray	fromJSONString(JSONString string) Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead
static JSONArray	fromObject(Object object) Creates a JSONArray.
static JSONArray	fromString(String string) Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead
Object	get(int index) Get the object value associated with an index.
boolean	getBoolean(int index) Get the boolean value associated with an index.
static int[]	getDimensions(JSONArray jsonArray) Returns the number of dimensions suited for a java array.
double	getDouble(int index) Get the double value associated with an index.
int	getInt(int index) Get the int value associated with an index.
JSONArray	getJSONArray(int index) Get the JSONArray associated with an index.
JSONObject	getJSONObject(int index) Get the JSONObject associated with an index.
long	getLong(int index) Get the long value associated with an index.
String	getString(int index) Get the string associated with an index.
int	hashCode()
int	indexOf(Object o)
boolean	isArray() Returns true if this object is a JSONArray, false otherwise.
boolean	isEmpty() Returns true if this object has no elements or keys.
boolean	isExpandElements()
Iterator	iterator() Returns an Iterator for this JSONArray
String	join(String separator) Make a string from the contents of this JSONArray.
String	join(String separator, boolean stripQuotes) Make a string from the contents of this JSONArray.
int	lastIndexOf(Object o)
int	length() Deprecated. use size() instead
ListIterator	listIterator()
ListIterator	listIterator(int index)
Object	opt(int index) Get the optional object value associated with an index.
boolean	optBoolean(int index) Get the optional boolean value associated with an index.
boolean	optBoolean(int index, boolean defaultValue) Get the optional boolean value associated with an index.
double	optDouble(int index) Get the optional double value associated with an index.
double	optDouble(int index, double defaultValue) Get the optional double value associated with an index.
int	optInt(int index) Get the optional int value associated with an index.
int	optInt(int index, int defaultValue) Get the optional int value associated with an index.
JSONArray	optJSONArray(int index) Get the optional JSONArray associated with an index.
JSONObject	optJSONObject(int index) Get the optional JSONObject associated with an index.
long	optLong(int index) Get the optional long value associated with an index.
long	optLong(int index, long defaultValue) Get the optional long value associated with an index.
String	optString(int index) Get the optional string value associated with an index.
String	optString(int index, String defaultValue) Get the optional string associated with an index.
Object	remove(int index)
boolean	remove(Object o)
boolean	removeAll(Collection collection)
protected static void	removeInstance(Object instance) Removes a reference for cycle detection check.
boolean	retainAll(Collection collection)
Object	set(int index, Object value)
void	setExpandElements(boolean expandElements)
int	size() Get the number of elements in the JSONArray, included nulls.
List	subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex)
Object[]	toArray() Produce an Object[] with the contents of this JSONArray.
static Object[]	toArray(JSONArray jsonArray) Creates a java array from a JSONArray.
static Object[]	toArray(JSONArray jsonArray, Class objectClass) Creates a java array from a JSONArray.
static Object[]	toArray(JSONArray jsonArray, Class objectClass, Map classMap) Creates a java array from a JSONArray.
Object[]	toArray(Object[] array)
JSONObject	toJSONObject(JSONArray names) Produce a JSONObject by combining a JSONArray of names with the values of this JSONArray.
static List	toList(JSONArray jsonArray) Creates a List from a JSONArray.
static List	toList(JSONArray jsonArray, Class objectClass) Creates a List from a JSONArray.
static List	toList(JSONArray jsonArray, Class objectClass, Map classMap) Creates a List from a JSONArray.
String	toString() Make a JSON text of this JSONArray.
String	toString(int indentFactor) Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONArray.
String	toString(int indentFactor, int indent) Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONArray.
Writer	write(Writer writer) Write the contents of the JSONArray as JSON text to a writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JSONArray

public JSONArray()

Construct an empty JSONArray.

Method Detail

fromArray

public static JSONArray fromArray(Object[] array)

Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead

Creates a JSONArray from a java array.
The java array can be multidimensional.

Parameters:

array - A Java array

Throws:

JSONException - if the array can not be converted to a proper JSONArray.

fromCollection

public static JSONArray fromCollection(Collection collection)

Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead

Creates a JSONArray from a Collection.
Its elements can be maps, POJOs, java arrays (primitive & object), collections.

Parameters:

collection - A collection

Throws:

JSONException - if the collection can not be converted to a proper JSONArray.

fromJSONString

public static JSONArray fromJSONString(JSONString string)

Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead

Creates a JSONArray from a JSONString.

Parameters:

string -

Throws:

JSONException - if the string can not be converted to a proper JSONArray.

fromObject

public static JSONArray fromObject(Object object)

Creates a JSONArray.
Inspects the object type to call the correct JSONArray factory method.

Parameters:

object -

Throws:

JSONException - if the object can not be converted to a proper JSONArray.

fromString

public static JSONArray fromString(String string)

Deprecated. use JSONArray.fromObject(Object) instead

Constructs a JSONArray from a string in JSON format.

Parameters:

string - A string in JSON format

Throws:

JSONException - if the string can not be converted to a proper JSONArray.

getDimensions

public static int[] getDimensions(JSONArray jsonArray)

Returns the number of dimensions suited for a java array.

toArray

public static Object[] toArray(JSONArray jsonArray)

Creates a java array from a JSONArray.

toArray

public static Object[] toArray(JSONArray jsonArray,
                               Class objectClass)

Creates a java array from a JSONArray.

toArray

public static Object[] toArray(JSONArray jsonArray,
                               Class objectClass,
                               Map classMap)

Creates a java array from a JSONArray.
Any attribute is a JSONObject and matches a key in the classMap, it will be converted to that target class.
The classMap has the following conventions:

• Every key must be an String.
• Every value must be a Class.
• A key may be a regular expression.

toList

public static List toList(JSONArray jsonArray)

Creates a List from a JSONArray.

toList

public static List toList(JSONArray jsonArray,
                          Class objectClass)

Creates a List from a JSONArray.

toList

public static List toList(JSONArray jsonArray,
                          Class objectClass,
                          Map classMap)

Creates a List from a JSONArray.
Any attribute is a JSONObject and matches a key in the classMap, it will be converted to that target class.
The classMap has the following conventions:

• Every key must be an String.
• Every value must be a Class.
• A key may be a regular expression.

add

public void add(int index,
                Object value)

Specified by:

add in interface List

add

public boolean add(Object value)

Specified by:

add in interface Collection

Specified by:

add in interface List

addAll

public boolean addAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

addAll in interface Collection

Specified by:

addAll in interface List

addAll

public boolean addAll(int index,
                      Collection collection)

Specified by:

addAll in interface List

clear

public void clear()

Specified by:

clear in interface Collection

Specified by:

clear in interface List

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object obj)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

contains

public boolean contains(Object o)

Specified by:

contains in interface Collection

Specified by:

contains in interface List

containsAll

public boolean containsAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

containsAll in interface Collection

Specified by:

containsAll in interface List

element

public JSONArray element(boolean value)

Append a boolean value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - A boolean value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(Collection value)

Append a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.

Parameters:

value - A Collection value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(double value)

Append a double value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - A double value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - if the value is not finite.

element

public JSONArray element(int value)

Append an int value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - An int value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         boolean value)

Put or replace a boolean value in the JSONArray. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - A boolean value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         Collection value)

Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONArray which is produced from a Collection.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - A Collection value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative or if the value is not finite.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         double value)

Put or replace a double value. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - A double value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative or if the value is not finite.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         int value)

Put or replace an int value. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - An int value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         long value)

Put or replace a long value. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - A long value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         Map value)

Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - The Map value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative or if the the value is an invalid number.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         Object value)

Put or replace an object value in the JSONArray. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - An object value. The value should be a Boolean, Double, Integer, JSONArray, JSONObject, JSONFunction, Long, String, JSONString or the JSONNull object.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative or if the the value is an invalid number.

element

public JSONArray element(int index,
                         String value)

Put or replace a String value in the JSONArray. If the index is greater than the length of the JSONArray, then null elements will be added as necessary to pad it out.
The string may be a valid JSON formatted string, in tha case, it will be trabsformed to a JSONArray, JSONObjetc or JSONNull.

Parameters:

index - The subscript.

value - A String value.

Returns:

this.

Throws:

JSONException - If the index is negative or if the the value is an invalid number.

element

public JSONArray element(JSONNull value)

Append an JSON value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - An JSON value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(JSONObject value)

Append an JSON value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - An JSON value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(long value)

Append an long value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - A long value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(Map value)

Put a value in the JSONArray, where the value will be a JSONObject which is produced from a Map.

Parameters:

value - A Map value.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(Object value)

Append an object value. This increases the array's length by one.

Parameters:

value - An object value. The value should be a Boolean, Double, Integer, JSONArray, JSONObject, JSONFunction, Long, String, JSONString or the JSONNull object.

Returns:

this.

element

public JSONArray element(String value)

Append a String value. This increases the array's length by one.
The string may be a valid JSON formatted string, in tha case, it will be trabsformed to a JSONArray, JSONObjetc or JSONNull.

Parameters:

value - A String value.

Returns:

this.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Specified by:

equals in interface Collection

Specified by:

equals in interface List

Overrides:

equals in class Object

get

public Object get(int index)

Get the object value associated with an index.

Specified by:

get in interface List

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

An object value.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is no value for the index.

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(int index)

Get the boolean value associated with an index. The string values "true" and "false" are converted to boolean.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The truth.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is no value for the index or if the value is not convertable to boolean.

getDouble

public double getDouble(int index)

Get the double value associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is not found or if the value cannot be converted to a number.

getInt

public int getInt(int index)

Get the int value associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is not found or if the value cannot be converted to a number. if the value cannot be converted to a number.

getJSONArray

public JSONArray getJSONArray(int index)

Get the JSONArray associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

A JSONArray value.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is no value for the index. or if the value is not a JSONArray

getJSONObject

public JSONObject getJSONObject(int index)

Get the JSONObject associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - subscript

Returns:

A JSONObject value.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is no value for the index or if the value is not a JSONObject

getLong

public long getLong(int index)

Get the long value associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

Throws:

JSONException - If the key is not found or if the value cannot be converted to a number.

getString

public String getString(int index)

Get the string associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

A string value.

Throws:

JSONException - If there is no value for the index.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Collection

Specified by:

hashCode in interface List

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

indexOf

public int indexOf(Object o)

Specified by:

indexOf in interface List

isArray

public boolean isArray()

Description copied from interface: JSON

Returns true if this object is a JSONArray, false otherwise.

Specified by:

isArray in interface JSON

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Description copied from interface: JSON

Returns true if this object has no elements or keys.

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Collection

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface List

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface JSON

isExpandElements

public boolean isExpandElements()

iterator

public Iterator iterator()

Returns an Iterator for this JSONArray

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable

Specified by:

iterator in interface Collection

Specified by:

iterator in interface List

join

public String join(String separator)

Make a string from the contents of this JSONArray. The separator string is inserted between each element. Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Parameters:

separator - A string that will be inserted between the elements.

Returns:

a string.

Throws:

JSONException - If the array contains an invalid number.

join

public String join(String separator,
                   boolean stripQuotes)

Make a string from the contents of this JSONArray. The separator string is inserted between each element. Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Parameters:

separator - A string that will be inserted between the elements.

Returns:

a string.

Throws:

JSONException - If the array contains an invalid number.

lastIndexOf

public int lastIndexOf(Object o)

Specified by:

lastIndexOf in interface List

length

public int length()

Deprecated. use size() instead

Get the number of elements in the JSONArray, included nulls.

Specified by:

length in interface JSON

Returns:

The length (or size).

listIterator

public ListIterator listIterator()

Specified by:

listIterator in interface List

listIterator

public ListIterator listIterator(int index)

Specified by:

listIterator in interface List

opt

public Object opt(int index)

Get the optional object value associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

An object value, or null if there is no object at that index.

optBoolean

public boolean optBoolean(int index)

Get the optional boolean value associated with an index. It returns false if there is no value at that index, or if the value is not Boolean.TRUE or the String "true".

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The truth.

optBoolean

public boolean optBoolean(int index,
                          boolean defaultValue)

Get the optional boolean value associated with an index. It returns the defaultValue if there is no value at that index or if it is not a Boolean or the String "true" or "false" (case insensitive).

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

defaultValue - A boolean default.

Returns:

The truth.

optDouble

public double optDouble(int index)

Get the optional double value associated with an index. NaN is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

optDouble

public double optDouble(int index,
                        double defaultValue)

Get the optional double value associated with an index. The defaultValue is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - subscript

defaultValue - The default value.

Returns:

The value.

optInt

public int optInt(int index)

Get the optional int value associated with an index. Zero is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

optInt

public int optInt(int index,
                  int defaultValue)

Get the optional int value associated with an index. The defaultValue is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

defaultValue - The default value.

Returns:

The value.

optJSONArray

public JSONArray optJSONArray(int index)

Get the optional JSONArray associated with an index.

Parameters:

index - subscript

Returns:

A JSONArray value, or null if the index has no value, or if the value is not a JSONArray.

optJSONObject

public JSONObject optJSONObject(int index)

Get the optional JSONObject associated with an index. Null is returned if the key is not found, or null if the index has no value, or if the value is not a JSONObject.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

A JSONObject value.

optLong

public long optLong(int index)

Get the optional long value associated with an index. Zero is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

The value.

optLong

public long optLong(int index,
                    long defaultValue)

Get the optional long value associated with an index. The defaultValue is returned if there is no value for the index, or if the value is not a number and cannot be converted to a number.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

defaultValue - The default value.

Returns:

The value.

optString

public String optString(int index)

Get the optional string value associated with an index. It returns an empty string if there is no value at that index. If the value is not a string and is not null, then it is coverted to a string.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

Returns:

A String value.

optString

public String optString(int index,
                        String defaultValue)

Get the optional string associated with an index. The defaultValue is returned if the key is not found.

Parameters:

index - The index must be between 0 and size() - 1.

defaultValue - The default value.

Returns:

A String value.

remove

public Object remove(int index)

Specified by:

remove in interface List

remove

public boolean remove(Object o)

Specified by:

remove in interface Collection

Specified by:

remove in interface List

removeAll

public boolean removeAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

removeAll in interface Collection

Specified by:

removeAll in interface List

retainAll

public boolean retainAll(Collection collection)

Specified by:

retainAll in interface Collection

Specified by:

retainAll in interface List

set

public Object set(int index,
                  Object value)

Specified by:

set in interface List

setExpandElements

public void setExpandElements(boolean expandElements)

size

public int size()

Get the number of elements in the JSONArray, included nulls.

Specified by:

size in interface Collection

Specified by:

size in interface List

Specified by:

size in interface JSON

Returns:

The length (or size).

subList

public List subList(int fromIndex,
                    int toIndex)

Specified by:

subList in interface List

toArray

public Object[] toArray()

Produce an Object[] with the contents of this JSONArray.

Specified by:

toArray in interface Collection

Specified by:

toArray in interface List

toArray

public Object[] toArray(Object[] array)

Specified by:

toArray in interface Collection

Specified by:

toArray in interface List

toJSONObject

public JSONObject toJSONObject(JSONArray names)

Produce a JSONObject by combining a JSONArray of names with the values of this JSONArray.

Parameters:

names - A JSONArray containing a list of key strings. These will be paired with the values.

Returns:

A JSONObject, or null if there are no names or if this JSONArray has no values.

Throws:

JSONException - If any of the names are null.

toString

public String toString()

Make a JSON text of this JSONArray. For compactness, no unnecessary whitespace is added. If it is not possible to produce a syntactically correct JSON text then null will be returned instead. This could occur if the array contains an invalid number.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a printable, displayable, transmittable representation of the array.

toString

public String toString(int indentFactor)

Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONArray. Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Specified by:

toString in interface JSON

Parameters:

indentFactor - The number of spaces to add to each level of indentation.

Returns:

a printable, displayable, transmittable representation of the object, beginning with [ (left bracket) and ending with ] (right bracket).

Throws:

JSONException

toString

public String toString(int indentFactor,
                       int indent)

Make a prettyprinted JSON text of this JSONArray. Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Specified by:

toString in interface JSON

Parameters:

indentFactor - The number of spaces to add to each level of indentation.

indent - The indention of the top level.

Returns:

a printable, displayable, transmittable representation of the array.

Throws:

JSONException

write

public Writer write(Writer writer)

Write the contents of the JSONArray as JSON text to a writer. For compactness, no whitespace is added.

Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.

Specified by:

write in interface JSON

Returns:

The writer.

Throws:

JSONException

addString

protected JSONArray addString(String str)

Adds a String without performing any conversion on it.

addInstance

protected static boolean addInstance(Object instance)

Adds a reference for cycle detection check.

Parameters:

instance - the reference to add

true - if the instance has not been added previously, false otherwise.

fireArrayEndEvent

protected static void fireArrayEndEvent()

Fires an end of array event.

fireArrayStartEvent

protected static void fireArrayStartEvent()

Fires a start of array event.

fireElementAddedEvent

protected static void fireElementAddedEvent(int index,
                                            Object element)

Fires an element added event.

Parameters:

index - the index where the element was added

element - the added element

fireErrorEvent

protected static void fireErrorEvent(JSONException jsone)

Fires an error event.

Parameters:

jsone - the thrown exception

fireObjectEndEvent

protected static void fireObjectEndEvent()

Fires an end of object event.

fireObjectStartEvent

protected static void fireObjectStartEvent()

Fires a start of object event.

firePropertySetEvent

protected static void firePropertySetEvent(String key,
                                           Object value,
                                           boolean accumulated)

Fires a property set event.

Parameters:

key - the name of the property

value - the value of the property

accumulated - if the value has been accumulated over 'key'

fireWarnEvent

protected static void fireWarnEvent(String warning)

Fires a warning event.

Parameters:

warning - the warning message

removeInstance

protected static void removeInstance(Object instance)

Removes a reference for cycle detection check.