Re: [json-lib-user] Unable to treat "function(){}" as string

[Christoffer D. B. <cd...@fl...>]

Hi,

I have run into the same problem as you when trying to store a piece of 
text that looks like a JSON Array as a string in a JSONObject.

Did you solve the problem ?

I looked into the matter and I believe the problem is this code in 
AbstractJSON.java:222 (v2.3 og json-lib)

  protected Object _processValue( Object value, JsonConfig jsonConfig ) {
       if( JSONNull.getInstance().equals( value ) ) {
          return JSONNull.getInstance();
       } else if( Class.class.isAssignableFrom( value.getClass() ) || 
value instanceof Class ) {
          return ((Class) value).getName();
       } else if( JSONUtils.isFunction( value ) ) {
          if( value instanceof String ) {
             value = JSONFunction.parse( (String) value );
          }
          return value;
       } else if( value instanceof JSONString ) {
          return JSONSerializer.toJSON( (JSONString) value, jsonConfig );
       } else if( value instanceof JSON ) {
          return JSONSerializer.toJSON( value, jsonConfig );
       } else if( JSONUtils.isArray( value ) ) {
          return JSONArray.fromObject( value, jsonConfig );
       } else if( JSONUtils.isString( value ) ) {
          String str = String.valueOf( value );
...
...
}

 >From that it is clear that it is impossible to store a 
java.lang.String  that looks like a function or array if you are using 
the standard setup.

It is not clear to me how easy it is to reconfigure net.sf.json to 
behave differently.

Best regards
Christoffer Dam Bruun