XML (JSON in Java 20180130 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.json.XML

```
public class XML
extends java.lang.Object
```
This provides static methods to convert an XML text into a JSONObject, and to covert a JSONObject into an XML text.

Version:

2016-08-10

Author:

JSON.org

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static java.lang.Character`	`AMP`	The Character '&'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`APOS`	The Character '''.
`static java.lang.Character`	`BANG`	The Character '!'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`EQ`	The Character '='.
`static java.lang.Character`	`GT`	The Character '>'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`LT`	The Character '<'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`QUEST`	The Character '?'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`QUOT`	The Character '"'.
`static java.lang.Character`	`SLASH`	The Character '/'.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

XML()

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`XML()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`escape(java.lang.String string)`	Replace special characters with XML escapes:
`static void`	`noSpace(java.lang.String string)`	Throw an exception if the string contains whitespace.
`static java.lang.Object`	`stringToValue(java.lang.String string)`	This method is the same as `JSONObject.stringToValue(String)`.
`static JSONObject`	`toJSONObject(java.lang.String string)`	Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject.
`static JSONObject`	`toJSONObject(java.lang.String string, boolean keepStrings)`	Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.lang.Object object)`	Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
`static java.lang.String`	`toString(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String tagName)`	Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
`static java.lang.String`	`unescape(java.lang.String string)`	Removes XML escapes from the string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - AMP
```
public static final java.lang.Character AMP
```
    The Character '&'.
  - APOS
```
public static final java.lang.Character APOS
```
    The Character '''.
  - BANG
```
public static final java.lang.Character BANG
```
    The Character '!'.
  - EQ
```
public static final java.lang.Character EQ
```
    The Character '='.
  - GT
```
public static final java.lang.Character GT
```
    The Character '>'.
  - LT
```
public static final java.lang.Character LT
```
    The Character '<'.
  - QUEST
```
public static final java.lang.Character QUEST
```
    The Character '?'.
  - QUOT
```
public static final java.lang.Character QUOT
```
    The Character '"'.
  - SLASH
```
public static final java.lang.Character SLASH
```
    The Character '/'.
- Constructor Detail
  - XML
```
public XML()
```
- Method Detail
  - escape
```
public static java.lang.String escape(java.lang.String string)
```
    Replace special characters with XML escapes:
```
 & (ampersand) is replaced by &amp;
 < (less than) is replaced by &lt;
 > (greater than) is replaced by &gt;
 " (double quote) is replaced by &quot;
 ' (single quote / apostrophe) is replaced by &apos;
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    string - The string to be escaped.
    
    Returns:
    
    The escaped string.
  - unescape
```
public static java.lang.String unescape(java.lang.String string)
```
    Removes XML escapes from the string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - string to remove escapes from
    
    Returns:
    
    string with converted entities
  - noSpace
```
public static void noSpace(java.lang.String string)
                    throws JSONException
```
    Throw an exception if the string contains whitespace. Whitespace is not allowed in tagNames and attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - A string.
    
    Throws:
    
    JSONException - Thrown if the string contains whitespace or is empty.
  - stringToValue
```
public static java.lang.Object stringToValue(java.lang.String string)
```
    This method is the same as JSONObject.stringToValue(String).
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - String to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    JSON value of this string or the string
  - toJSONObject
```
public static JSONObject toJSONObject(java.lang.String string)
                               throws JSONException
```
    Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject. Some information may be lost in this transformation because JSON is a data format and XML is a document format. XML uses elements, attributes, and content text, while JSON uses unordered collections of name/value pairs and arrays of values. JSON does not does not like to distinguish between elements and attributes. Sequences of similar elements are represented as JSONArrays. Content text may be placed in a "content" member. Comments, prologs, DTDs, and <[ [ ]]> are ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - The source string.
    
    Returns:
    
    A JSONObject containing the structured data from the XML string.
    
    Throws:
    
    JSONException - Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
  - toJSONObject
```
public static JSONObject toJSONObject(java.lang.String string,
                                      boolean keepStrings)
                               throws JSONException
```
    Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a JSONObject. Some information may be lost in this transformation because JSON is a data format and XML is a document format. XML uses elements, attributes, and content text, while JSON uses unordered collections of name/value pairs and arrays of values. JSON does not does not like to distinguish between elements and attributes. Sequences of similar elements are represented as JSONArrays. Content text may be placed in a "content" member. Comments, prologs, DTDs, and <[ [ ]]> are ignored. All values are converted as strings, for 1, 01, 29.0 will not be coerced to numbers but will instead be the exact value as seen in the XML document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - The source string.
    
    keepStrings - If true, then values will not be coerced into boolean or numeric values and will instead be left as strings
    
    Returns:
    
    A JSONObject containing the structured data from the XML string.
    
    Throws:
    
    JSONException - Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object object)
                                 throws JSONException
```
    Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - A JSONObject.
    
    Returns:
    
    A string.
    
    Throws:
    
    JSONException - Thrown if there is an error parsing the string
  - toString
```
public static java.lang.String toString(java.lang.Object object,
                                        java.lang.String tagName)
                                 throws JSONException
```
    Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - A JSONObject.
    
    tagName - The optional name of the enclosing tag.
    
    Returns:
    
    A string.
    
    Throws:
    
    JSONException - Thrown if there is an error parsing the string

Class XML

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

AMP

APOS

BANG

EQ

GT

LT

QUEST

QUOT

SLASH

Constructor Detail

XML

Method Detail

escape

unescape

noSpace

stringToValue

toJSONObject

toJSONObject

toString

toString