Re: [json-lib-user] How to escape curly braces in JSON

[Yuen C. L. <yue...@gm...>]

Hi Arashi,

Have you tried using backslash, e.g. '\{'? That should work.

On Nov 7, 2007 11:32 PM, Arash Amiri <ara...@re...> wrote:
> Hi
> I have a (I guess simple) question:
>
> I have a JSONString in Java such as
>
> String jsonString = "{ 'fields': [
>     {name: 'Firstname{{}}',value: '{{{Tom}}}',attributes: [],},
>     {name: 'Lastname',value: 'Meier',attributes: [],},
>     {name: 'Knows',value: 'Frec',attributes: [{ name: 'Since', value:
> '2000' }],},
>     {name: 'Knows',value: 'Kim',attributes: [{ name: 'Since', value:
> '2003' }],},
>     {name: 'Knows',value: 'Mark',attributes: [{ name: 'Since', value:
> '2002' },
>     { name: 'From', value: 'Reports' }]}
> ]}"
>
> When I use JSONObject jsonForm = new JSONObject(jsonString);
>
> I get an Exception:
>
>     net.sf.json.JSONException: Expected a ':' after a key at character 7
> of {{{Tom}}}
>
> I dont get this. The braces are inside quotes, there should not be a
> problem, or???
>
> please help
> greetings, arash
>
>
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