[json-lib-user] Square brackets in strings

[Elizabeth K. <ek...@th...>]

<div>Dear Json-lib devs,<br><br>Thank you for your library! It's served us =
very well for the past few months.<br><br>Unfortunately my customers have s=
tarted putting square brackets just like the example below
in the text they're sending us, with the exception that results (from info3=
).<br>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void testThatJsonIsNotConfusedBySquareBracket=
s() {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HashMap&lt;String, String&gt=
; map =3D new HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;();<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp; map.put("address", "1 The flats [Upper floor]");<br>&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.put("phoneNumber", "[+44] 582 401923");<br>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.put("info1", "[Likes coffee]");<b=
r>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.put("info2", "[Likes coffee] [L=
ikes tea]");<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; map.put("info3", "[Li=
kes coffee [but not with sugar]]");<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JSONObject json =3D JSONObject.=
fromObject(map);<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br><br> Due to the intrigues of mu=
ltiple departments all using this data, there's little to no chance of stop=
ping them.<br>
<br>
Can you help?<br><br>The problem seems as though it might be here, in JSONU=
tils:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; public static boolean mayBeJSON( String string )<=
br>&nbsp;&nbsp; {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return string !=3D null=
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp=
;&amp; ("null".equalsIgnoreCase( string )<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ||=
 (string.startsWith( "[" ) &amp;&amp; string.endsWith( "]" )) || (string.st=
artsWith( "{" ) &amp;&amp; string.endsWith( "}" )));<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br><=
br>Is there any chance please of fixing this, eg: by replacing the above wi=
th a regular expression that checks the String is truly JSON?<br><br>Many t=
hanks,<br>Liz.<br><br><div>--<br>Elizabeth&nbsp;Keogh<br><a href=3D"mailto:=
li...@th...">li...@th...</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.liv=
ejournal.com/users/sirenian">http://www.livejournal.com/users/sirenian</a><=
br></div></div>=