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Shaon Hasan
Shaon Hasan

Reputation: 740

How to check JSON object and array

I have 2 links; which gives json data. I am trying to get the values from the urls from the same activity in android using asynTask. did the coding till converting the data to string(stored it in jsonStr1). But now comes the problem. Because,among the 2 urls: one starts with JSON object- 

{    "contacts": [     {"id": "c200", "name": "Ravi Tamada"  },

                       { "id": "c201", "name": "Johnny Depp" }
                ]
 }

another start with JSON array-

 [{"appeId":"1","survId":"1"}, 
   {"appeId":"2","survId":"32"}
  ]

Now how am i going to give a condition for them whether to know its a JSON array or Object? JSON array are object that i know but cant find how to separate them. i have tried the below:

JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(jsonStr1);
   if(jsonObj instanceof JSONArray){}

but if condition is showing error- incompatible conditional operand types JSONObject and JSONArray

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2877

Answers (4)

Alessandro Roaro
Alessandro Roaro

Reputation: 4733

You could use the method has(String) to check if the JSONObject contains or not the key contacts.

if(jsonOjbect.has("contacts") {
   ...
}
else {
   ...
}

Upvotes: 0

Solution
Solution

Reputation: 602

You can use JSONTokener class for that, here is a sample code for that.

Object json = new JSONTokener(response).nextValue();
if (json instanceof JSONObject){
  JSONObject result = new JSONObject(response);
}
else if (json instanceof JSONArray){
    JSONArray resultArray = new JSONArray(response);
}

Upvotes: 1

Lalit Poptani
Lalit Poptani

Reputation: 67286

You can simply use startsWith for String to check where the String starts with { or [

boolean isJsonArray = jsonResponse.startsWith("[");
if(isJsonArray){
   // Its a json array
}
else{
   // Its a json object
}

Upvotes: 5

Amitsharma
Amitsharma

Reputation: 1578

make jsonobject and call which place u want to calling 

                    jsonobject = JSONfunctions
                    .getJSONfromURL("http://ampndesigntest.com/androidapi/CURRENTPROJECTDATA/textfiles/hotels");

        try {
            // Locate the array name in JSON
            jsonarray = jsonobject.getJSONArray("worldpopulation");

            for (int i = 0; i < jsonarray.length(); i++) {
                HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
                jsonobject = jsonarray.getJSONObject(i);
                // Retrive JSON Objects
                map.put("rank", jsonobject.getString("rank"));
                map.put("country", jsonobject.getString("country"));
                map.put("population", jsonobject.getString("population"));
                map.put("flag", jsonobject.getString("flag"));
            //    map.put("latlongitude", jsonobject.getString("latlongitude"));


                // Set the JSON Objects into the array
                arraylist.add(map);
            }
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;

Upvotes: 0

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