how to covert json string to byte array in java

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String json="{"FROM_JID":"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701","TO_JID":"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1","TYPE_ID":"1","PLATFORM":"IOS","CONTENT":"{\"FROM_JID\":\"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701\",\"FROM_HOST\":\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\",\"FROM_JNAME\":\"test1\",\"TO_JID\":\"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1\",\"TO_HOST\":\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\",\"MESSAGE_ID\":\"LiYaU-39\",\"MESSAGE_TYPE\":\"enc\",\"MESSAGE\":\"test1 has sent you an encrypted message.\",\"STAMP\":\"2015-11-12 12:04:54.252241\",\"BADGE\":3,\"CONTENT-AVAILABLE\":1,\"SOUND\":\"dafault\"}","DEVICE_ID":"AC53D4F0-DAAA-475E-9668-5E9E7485797C","PUSH_ID":"c9544c8db2117f02f3edc8af9058b3d54c15500302bf6f47c487193876f6dc23","CREATE_DATE":"2015-11-12","CREATE_TIME":"04:04:54"}";
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();

Object obj = parser.parse(json);

but it showing error

I recommend before touching JSON, go back to java syntax...

nafas
– nafas

2015-11-12 09:27:29 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:27 — nafas
– nafas, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:27

Yeldar Kurmangaliyev · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 09:44:52Z

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First, this won't compile:

String json="{"FROM_JID":"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701","TO_JID":"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1","TYPE_ID":"1","PLATFORM":"IOS","CONTENT":"{\"FROM_JID\":\"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701\",\"FROM_HOST\":\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\",\"FROM_JNAME\":\"test1\",\"TO_JID\":\"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1\",\"TO_HOST\":\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\",\"MESSAGE_ID\":\"LiYaU-39\",\"MESSAGE_TYPE\":\"enc\",\"MESSAGE\":\"test1 has sent you an encrypted message.\",\"STAMP\":\"2015-11-12 12:04:54.252241\",\"BADGE\":3,\"CONTENT-AVAILABLE\":1,\"SOUND\":\"dafault\"}","DEVICE_ID":"AC53D4F0-DAAA-475E-9668-5E9E7485797C","PUSH_ID":"c9544c8db2117f02f3edc8af9058b3d54c15500302bf6f47c487193876f6dc23","CREATE_DATE":"2015-11-12","CREATE_TIME":"04:04:54"}";

You even can notice that its syntax is not highlighted properly.

You need to escape your quotes in order to make Java recognize it as a part of a string, but not your code:

String json="{\"FROM_JID\":\"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701\",\"TO_JID\":\"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1\",\"TYPE_ID\":\"1\",\"PLATFORM\":\"IOS\",\"CONTENT\":\"{\\\"FROM_JID\\\":\\\"6bc24cac4eaf304ce1731bd5aebe9b0419052701\\\",\\\"FROM_HOST\\\":\\\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\\\",\\\"FROM_JNAME\\\":\\\"test1\\\",\\\"TO_JID\\\":\\\"dfc8d53f402373a1d3622dde50e180b388b36bc1\\\",\\\"TO_HOST\\\":\\\"ssdevim.mtouche-mobile.com\\\",\\\"MESSAGE_ID\\\":\\\"LiYaU-39\\\",\\\"MESSAGE_TYPE\\\":\\\"enc\\\",\\\"MESSAGE\\\":\\\"test1 has sent you an encrypted message.\\\",\\\"STAMP\\\":\\\"2015-11-12 12:04:54.252241\\\",\\\"BADGE\\\":3,\\\"CONTENT-AVAILABLE\\\":1,\\\"SOUND\\\":\\\"dafault\\\"}\",\"DEVICE_ID\":\"AC53D4F0-DAAA-475E-9668-5E9E7485797C\",\"PUSH_ID\":\"c9544c8db2117f02f3edc8af9058b3d54c15500302bf6f47c487193876f6dc23\",\"CREATE_DATE\":\"2015-11-12\",\"CREATE_TIME\":\"04:04:54\"}";

Second, if you already have a String and you want to convert it to byte[], why do you deserialize it? Just convert it to byte array:

byte[] bytes = json.getBytes();

edited Nov 12, 2015 at 9:44

answered Nov 12, 2015 at 9:21

Yeldar Kurmangaliyev

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naveen Over a year ago

above string json if i validate through jsonlint.com its showing errors,its not a proper json format

Yeldar Kurmangaliyev Over a year ago

@naveen Of course, you will have errors, if you paste a Java escaped string to Jsonlint. Please, read some documentation on characters escaping: wikipedia, Programmers SE or MSDN. It is not about Java, but the principles are the same in all languages.

naveen Over a year ago

if i use above string with valid format i got theese errors Exception in thread "main" Unexpected character (F) at position 151. at org.json.simple.parser.Yylex.yylex(Unknown Source) at org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser.nextToken(Unknown Source)

Yeldar Kurmangaliyev Over a year ago

@naveen Oh, you have a nested JSON object...Then, you need to escape a backslash as well. I have updated my answer.

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