JSONStringer

Class Overview

Implements toString() and toString() . Most application developers should use those methods directly and disregard this API. For example:

        JSONObject object = ...
 String json = object.toString();
       

Stringers only encode well-formed JSON strings. In particular:

• The stringer must have exactly one top-level array or object.
• Lexical scopes must be balanced: every call to array() must have a matching call to endArray() and every call to object() must have a matching call to endObject() .
• Arrays may not contain keys (property names).
• Objects must alternate keys (property names) and values.
• Values are inserted with either literal value calls, or by nesting arrays or objects.

This class provides no facility for pretty-printing (ie. indenting) output. To encode indented output, use toString(int) or toString(int) .

Some implementations of the API support at most 20 levels of nesting. Attempts to create more than 20 levels of nesting may fail with a JSONException .

Each stringer may be used to encode a single top level value. Instances of this class are not thread safe. Although this class is nonfinal, it was not designed for inheritance and should not be subclassed. In particular, self-use by overrideable methods is not specified. See Effective Java Item 17, "Design and Document or inheritance or else prohibit it" for further information.

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From class java.lang.Object Object clone () Creates and returns a copy of this Object . boolean equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class <?> getClass () Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.