JSON values that I get from server:
{
"Status":0,
"Message":"",
"Result":{"0B":"S.C. Blue Air","0Y":"FlyYeti","1X":"Branson Air"}
}
Getting the result as 'response' after connection and I am able to show my JSON string results on the screen.
JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response);
String status = json.getString("Status");
String message = json.getString("Message");
String result = json.getString("Result");
responseView.setText("Status" + status+ "Message" + message" + Result" + result);
I am okay the results of "Status" and "Message" but not with "Result" because want to separate "Result" objects as and able use each of them as objects.
For example:
When I type OB in my app, I will get the result S.C. Blue Air
Instead of :
String result = json.getString("Result");
use
if(json.get("Result") instanceof JSONObject){
JSONObject object = (JSONObject) json.get("Result");
//do what you want with JSONObject
String ob = object.get("0B");
}
If you want to store it some way you can put it to Map or create object if always it is same data
You can use some libraries such as Gson (Google) or Moshi (Square)
Those libraries allows you to declare your model as a plain java class (commonly called POJOS) annotated in some way that this libraries bind your properties in the JSON to your java properties.
In your case:
JSON:
{
"Status":0,
"Message":"",
"Result":{"0B":"S.C. Blue Air","0Y":"FlyYeti","1X":"Branson Air"}
}
MODEL:
public class MyCallResponse {
#SerializedName("Status")
int status;
#SerializedName("Message")
String message;
#SerializedName("Result")
Result result;
}
public class Result {
#SerializedName("0B")
String b;
#SerializedName("0Y")
String y;
#SerializedName("0X")
String x;
}
In this case, with Gson you can do:
MyCallResponse response = new Gson().fromJson(json, MyCallResponse.class);
Log.i("Response b", response.result.b);
Look at the documentation for more information about both libraries.
try this :
JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response);
JSONObject resultObj = json.getJSONObject("Result");
String OB = resultObj.getString("OB");
Try this
String base = ""; //Your json string;
JSONObject json = new JSONObject(base);
JSONOBject resultJson = json.getJSONObject("Result");
// Get all json keys "OB", "OY", "1X" etc in Result, so that we can get values against each key.
Set<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> entrySet = resultJson.entrySet();
Iterator iterator = entrySet.iterator();
for (int j = 0; j < entrySet.size(); j++) {
String key = null; //key = "OB", "OY", "1X" etc
try {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iterator.next ();
key = entry.getKey ().toString ();
//key = "OB", "OY", "1X" etc
}
catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
e.printStackTrace ();
}
if (!TextUtils.isEmpty (key)) {
Log.d ("JSON_KEY", key);
String value = resultJson.getString(key);
//for key = "0B", value = "S.C. Blue Air"
//for key = "0Y", value = "FlyYeti"
//for key = "1X", value = "Branson Air"
}
}
It works with any array with dynamic json key.
Don't forget to accept the answer & upvote if it works.
I am looking to test if my json input contains a specific key with a specific value. I used org.joson lib to parse it and test it. I followed a recursive approach.
Is it the best approach to use? or is there a simpler one?
public boolean isJsonContains(String dataKey, String dataValue) {
logger.systemWriteOutput("is JSON data key "+ dataKey + " contains value: " +dataValue,3);
JSONObject jsonObject = null;
if (jsonInput!=null){
jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonInput);
return isJSONObjectContainsKeyAndValue(dataKey, dataValue,jsonObject );
}
else{
return false;
}
}
private boolean isJSONObjectContainsKeyAndValue (String dataKey, String dataValue, JSONObject object){
String[] keys = JSONObject.getNames(object);
logger.systemWriteOutput("JSONObject is: "+object.toString(),3);
for (String key : keys)
{
boolean result = isJSONKeyContainsValue(key, dataValue, object);
if(result)
return true;
}
logger.systemWriteOutput("no value : "+ dataValue +" has been found for id: " +dataKey,3);
return false;
}
private boolean isJSONKeyContainsValue (String dataKey, String dataValue, JSONObject object){
Object value = object.get(dataKey);
if(dataKey.equals(dataKey) && value.toString().equals(dataValue)){
logger.systemWriteOutput("value of id: " +dataKey+" is: "+value.toString(),3);
return true;
}
else{
logger.systemWriteOutput("value of id: " +dataKey+" is: "+value.toString(),3);
//see if that the nested element contains the id
if (value instanceof JSONArray){
logger.systemWriteOutput("key array is: "+dataKey,3);
JSONArray jsonArray = (JSONArray) object.getJSONArray(dataKey);
logger.systemWriteOutput("key array lenbgth is: "+jsonArray.length(),3);
return isJSONArrayContainsKeyAndValue(dataKey,dataValue, jsonArray);
}
else if (value instanceof JSONObject){
return isJSONObjectContainsKeyAndValue(dataKey, dataValue, object.getJSONObject(dataKey));
}
}
return false;
}
private boolean isJSONArrayContainsKeyAndValue(String dataKey, String dataValue, JSONArray jsonArray) {
boolean result;
logger.systemWriteOutput("jsonArray is: "+jsonArray.toString(),3);
logger.systemWriteOutput("jsonArray length is: "+jsonArray.length(),3);
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jsonobject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
result= isJSONObjectContainsKeyAndValue(dataKey, dataValue ,jsonobject);
if( result)
return result;
}
return false;
}
Thanks in advance for your help!
The best way to parse JSON is to actually use an existing library, like GSON or JSON. For example, you could use the has method (doc) to find if a given key is present.
If you really want to build your own system, then an iterative approach will allow you to use add parallelism to your system. Other than that, it very usually depends on the problem and the implementation which one is "better". Check this lecture.
This is my JSON string,
{
"listmain":{
"16":[{"brandid":"186"},{"brandid":"146"},{"brandid":"15"}],
"17":[{"brandid":"1"}],
"18":[{"brandid":"12"},{"brandid":"186"}],
}
}
I need to get values in "16","17","18" tag and add values and ids("16","17","18") to two ArrayList.
What i meant is,
when we take "16", the following process should happen,
List<String> lsubid = new ArrayList<String>();
List<String> lbrandid = new ArrayList<String>();
for(int i=0;i<number of elements in "16";i++) {
lsubid.add("16");
lbrandid.add("ith value in tag "16" ");
}
finally the values in lsubid will be---> [16,16,16]
the values in lbrandid will be---> [186,146,15]
Can anyone please help me to complete this.
Use JSONObject keys() to get the key and then iterate each key to get to the dynamic value.
You can parse the JSON like this
JSONObject responseDataObj = new JSONObject(responseData);
JSONObject listMainObj = responseDataObj.getJSONObject("listmain");
Iterator keys = listMainObj.keys();
while(keys.hasNext()) {
// loop to get the dynamic key
String currentDynamicKey = (String)keys.next();
//store key in an arraylist which is 16,17,...
// get the value of the dynamic key
JSONArray currentDynamicValue = listMainObj.getJSONArray(currentDynamicKey);
int jsonrraySize = currentDynamicValue.length();
if(jsonrraySize > 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < jsonrraySize; i++) {
JSONObject brandidObj = currentDynamicValue.getJSONObject(i);
String brandid = brandidObj.getString("brandid");
System.out.print("Brandid = " + brandid);
//store brandid in an arraylist
}
}
}
Source of this answer
I have a JSON string that I get from a database which contains repeated keys. I want to remove the repeated keys by combining their values into an array.
For example
Input
{
"a":"b",
"c":"d",
"c":"e",
"f":"g"
}
Output
{
"a":"b",
"c":["d","e"],
"f":"g"
}
The actual data is a large file that may be nested. I will not know ahead of time what or how many pairs there are.
I need to use Java for this. org.json throws an exception because of the repeated keys, gson can parse the string but each repeated key overwrites the last one. I need to keep all the data.
If possible, I'd like to do this without editing any library code
As of today the org.json library version 20170516 provides accumulate() method that stores the duplicate key entries into JSONArray
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
jsonObject.accumulate("a", "b");
jsonObject.accumulate("c", "d");
jsonObject.accumulate("c", "e");
jsonObject.accumulate("f", "g");
System.out.println(jsonObject);
Output:
{
"a":"b",
"c":["d","e"],
"f":"g"
}
I want to remove the repeated keys by combining their values into an array.
Think other than JSON parsing library. It's very simple Java Program using String.split() method that convert Json String into Map<String, List<String>> without using any library.
Sample code:
String jsonString = ...
// remove enclosing braces and double quotes
jsonString = jsonString.substring(2, jsonString.length() - 2);
Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
for (String values : jsonString.split("\",\"")) {
String[] keyValue = values.split("\":\"");
String key = keyValue[0];
String value = keyValue[1];
if (!map.containsKey(key)) {
map.put(key, new ArrayList<String>());
}
map.get(key).add(value);
}
output:
{
"f": ["g"],
"c": ["d","e"],
"a": ["b"]
}
In order to accomplish what you want, you need to create some sort of custom class since JSON cannot technically have 2 values at one key. Below is an example:
public class SomeClass {
Map<String, List<Object>> values = new HashMap<String, List<Object>>();
public void add(String key, Object o) {
List<Object> value = new ArrayList<Object>();
if (values.containsKey(key)) {
value = values.get(key);
}
value.add(o);
values.put(key, value);
}
public JSONObject toJson() throws JSONException {
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
JSONArray tempArray = null;
for (Entry<String, List<Object>> en : values.entrySet()) {
tempArray = new JSONArray();
for (Object o : en.getValue()) {
tempArray.add(o);
}
json.put(en.getKey(), tempArray);
}
return json;
}
}
You can then retrieve the values from the database, call the .add(String key, Object o) function with the column name from the database, and the value (as the Object param). Then call .toJson() when you are finished.
Thanks to Mike Elofson and Braj for helping me in the right direction. I only wanted to have the keys with multiple values become arrays so I had to modify the code a bit. Eventually I want it to work for nested JSON as well, as it currently assumes it is flat. However, the following code works for what I need it for at the moment.
public static String repeatedKeysToArrays(String jsonIn) throws JSONException
{
//This assumes that the json is flat
String jsonString = jsonIn.substring(2, jsonIn.length() - 2);
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
for (String values : jsonString.split("\",\"")) {
String[] keyValue = values.split("\":\"");
String key = keyValue[0];
String value = "";
if (keyValue.length>1) value = keyValue[1];
if (!obj.has(key)) {
obj.put(key, value);
} else {
Object Oold = obj.get(key);
ArrayList<String> newlist = new ArrayList<String>();
//Try to cast as JSONArray. Otherwise, assume it is a String
if (Oold.getClass().equals(JSONArray.class)) {
JSONArray old = (JSONArray)Oold;
//Build replacement value
for (int i=0; i<old.length(); i++) {
newlist.add( old.getString(i) );
}
}
else if (Oold.getClass().equals(String.class)) newlist = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(new String[] {(String)Oold}));
newlist.add(value);
JSONArray newarr = new JSONArray( newlist );
obj.put(key,newarr);
}
}
return obj.toString();
}
I am consuming some JSON from two different sources, I end up with two JSONObjects and I'd like to combine them into one.
Data:
"Object1": {
"Stringkey":"StringVal",
"ArrayKey": [Data0, Data1]
}
"Object2": {
"Stringkey":"StringVal",
"Stringkey":"StringVal",
"Stringkey":"StringVal",
}
Code, using http://json.org/java/ library:
// jso1 and jso2 are some JSONObjects already instantiated
JSONObject Obj1 = (JSONObject) jso.get("Object1");
JSONObject Obj2 = (JSONObject) jso.get("Object2");
So in this situation I'd like to combine Obj1 and Obj2, either to make a totally new JSONObject or concat one to the other. Any ideas besides pulling them all apart and individually adding in by puts?
If you want a new object with two keys, Object1 and Object2, you can do:
JSONObject Obj1 = (JSONObject) jso1.get("Object1");
JSONObject Obj2 = (JSONObject) jso2.get("Object2");
JSONObject combined = new JSONObject();
combined.put("Object1", Obj1);
combined.put("Object2", Obj2);
If you want to merge them, so e.g. a top level object has 5 keys (Stringkey1, ArrayKey, StringKey2, StringKey3, StringKey4), I think you have to do that manually:
JSONObject merged = new JSONObject(Obj1, JSONObject.getNames(Obj1));
for(String key : JSONObject.getNames(Obj2))
{
merged.put(key, Obj2.get(key));
}
This would be a lot easier if JSONObject implemented Map, and supported putAll.
In some cases you need a deep merge, i.e., merge the contents of fields with identical names (just like when copying folders in Windows). This function may be helpful:
/**
* Merge "source" into "target". If fields have equal name, merge them recursively.
* #return the merged object (target).
*/
public static JSONObject deepMerge(JSONObject source, JSONObject target) throws JSONException {
for (String key: JSONObject.getNames(source)) {
Object value = source.get(key);
if (!target.has(key)) {
// new value for "key":
target.put(key, value);
} else {
// existing value for "key" - recursively deep merge:
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
JSONObject valueJson = (JSONObject)value;
deepMerge(valueJson, target.getJSONObject(key));
} else {
target.put(key, value);
}
}
}
return target;
}
/**
* demo program
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws JSONException {
JSONObject a = new JSONObject("{offer: {issue1: value1}, accept: true}");
JSONObject b = new JSONObject("{offer: {issue2: value2}, reject: false}");
System.out.println(a+ " + " + b+" = "+JsonUtils.deepMerge(a,b));
// prints:
// {"accept":true,"offer":{"issue1":"value1"}} + {"reject":false,"offer":{"issue2":"value2"}} = {"reject":false,"accept":true,"offer":{"issue1":"value1","issue2":"value2"}}
}
You can create a new JSONObject like this:
JSONObject merged = new JSONObject();
JSONObject[] objs = new JSONObject[] { Obj1, Obj2 };
for (JSONObject obj : objs) {
Iterator it = obj.keys();
while (it.hasNext()) {
String key = (String)it.next();
merged.put(key, obj.get(key));
}
}
With this code, if you have any repeated keys between Obj1 and Obj2 the value in Obj2 will remain. If you want the values in Obj1 to be kept you should invert the order of the array in line 2.
This wrapper method will help :
private static JSONObject merge(JSONObject... jsonObjects) throws JSONException {
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
for(JSONObject temp : jsonObjects){
Iterator<String> keys = temp.keys();
while(keys.hasNext()){
String key = keys.next();
jsonObject.put(key, temp.get(key));
}
}
return jsonObject;
}
Thanks to Erel. Here is a Gson version.
/**
* Merge "source" into "target". If fields have equal name, merge them recursively.
* Null values in source will remove the field from the target.
* Override target values with source values
* Keys not supplied in source will remain unchanged in target
*
* #return the merged object (target).
*/
public static JsonObject deepMerge(JsonObject source, JsonObject target) throws Exception {
for (Map.Entry<String,JsonElement> sourceEntry : source.entrySet()) {
String key = sourceEntry.getKey();
JsonElement value = sourceEntry.getValue();
if (!target.has(key)) {
//target does not have the same key, so perhaps it should be added to target
if (!value.isJsonNull()) //well, only add if the source value is not null
target.add(key, value);
} else {
if (!value.isJsonNull()) {
if (value.isJsonObject()) {
//source value is json object, start deep merge
deepMerge(value.getAsJsonObject(), target.get(key).getAsJsonObject());
} else {
target.add(key,value);
}
} else {
target.remove(key);
}
}
}
return target;
}
/**
* simple test
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
JsonObject a = null;
JsonObject b = null;
a = parser.parse("{offer: {issue1: null, issue2: null}, accept: true, reject: null}").getAsJsonObject();
b = parser.parse("{offer: {issue2: value2}, reject: false}").getAsJsonObject();
System.out.println(deepMerge(a,b));
// prints:
// {"offer":{},"accept":true}
a = parser.parse("{offer: {issue1: value1}, accept: true, reject: null}").getAsJsonObject();
b = parser.parse("{offer: {issue2: value2}, reject: false}").getAsJsonObject();
System.out.println(deepMerge(a,b));
// prints:
// {"offer":{"issue2":"value2","issue1":"value1"},"accept":true}
}
A ready method to merge any number of JSONObjects:
/**
* Merges given JSONObjects. Values for identical key names are merged
* if they are objects, otherwise replaced by the latest occurence.
*
* #param jsons JSONObjects to merge.
*
* #return Merged JSONObject.
*/
public static JSONObject merge(
JSONObject[] jsons) {
JSONObject merged = new JSONObject();
Object parameter;
for (JSONObject added : jsons) {
for (String key : toStringArrayList(added.names())) {
try {
parameter = added.get(key);
if (merged.has(key)) {
// Duplicate key found:
if (added.get(key) instanceof JSONObject) {
// Object - allowed to merge:
parameter =
merge(
new JSONObject[]{
(JSONObject) merged.get(key),
(JSONObject) added.get(key)});
}
}
// Add or update value on duplicate key:
merged.put(
key,
parameter);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
return merged;
}
/**
* Convert JSONArray to ArrayList<String>.
*
* #param jsonArray Source JSONArray.
*
* #return Target ArrayList<String>.
*/
public static ArrayList<String> toStringArrayList(JSONArray jsonArray) {
ArrayList<String> stringArray = new ArrayList<String>();
int arrayIndex;
for (
arrayIndex = 0;
arrayIndex < jsonArray.length();
arrayIndex++) {
try {
stringArray.add(
jsonArray.getString(arrayIndex));
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return stringArray;
}
This is what I do
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
/**
* This class has all static functions to merge 2 objects into one
*/
public class MergeHelper {
private static ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
/**
* return a merge JsonNode, merge newJson into oldJson; override or insert
* fields from newJson into oldJson
*
* #param oldJson
* #param newJson
* #return
*/
public static JsonNode mergeJsonObject(JsonNode oldJson, JsonNode newJson) {
ObjectNode merged = objectMapper.createObjectNode();
merged.setAll((ObjectNode) oldJson);
merged.setAll((ObjectNode) newJson);
return merged;
}
}
For me that function worked:
private static JSONObject concatJSONS(JSONObject json, JSONObject obj) {
JSONObject result = new JSONObject();
for(Object key: json.keySet()) {
System.out.println("adding " + key + " to result json");
result.put(key, json.get(key));
}
for(Object key: obj.keySet()) {
System.out.println("adding " + key + " to result json");
result.put(key, obj.get(key));
}
return result;
}
(notice) - this implementation of concataion of json is for import
org.json.simple.JSONObject;
It's a while from the question but now JSONObject implements "toMap" method so you can try this way:
Map<String, Object> map = Obj1.toMap(); //making an HashMap from obj1
map.putAll(Obj2.toMap()); //moving all the stuff from obj2 to map
JSONObject combined = new JSONObject( map ); //new json from map
In addition to #erel's answer, I had to make this edit (I'm using org.json.simple) to the outer else for dealing with JSONArray's:
// existing value for "key" - recursively deep merge:
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
JSONObject valueJson = (JSONObject)value;
deepMerge(valueJson, (JSONObject) target.get(key));
}
// insert each JSONArray's JSONObject in place
if (value instanceof JSONArray) {
((JSONArray) value).forEach(
jsonobj ->
((JSONArray) target.get(key)).add(jsonobj));
}
else {
target.put(key, value);
}
I used string to concatenate new object to an existing object.
private static void concatJSON() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
Object obj = parser.parse(new FileReader(new File(Main.class.getResource("/file/user.json").toURI())));
JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) obj; //usernameJsonObj
String [] values = {"0.9" , Date.from(Calendar.getInstance().toInstant()).toLocaleString()},
innermost = {"Accomplished", "LatestDate"},
inner = {"Lesson1", "Lesson2", "Lesson3", "Lesson4"};
String in = "Jayvee Villa";
JSONObject jo1 = new JSONObject();
for (int i = 0; i < innermost.length; i++)
jo1.put(innermost[i], values[i]);
JSONObject jo2 = new JSONObject();
for (int i = 0; i < inner.length; i++)
jo2.put(inner[i], jo1);
JSONObject jo3 = new JSONObject();
jo3.put(in, jo2);
String merger = jsonObj.toString().substring(0, jsonObj.toString().length()-1) + "," +jo3.toString().substring(1);
System.out.println(merger);
FileWriter pr = new FileWriter(file);
pr.write(merger);
pr.flush();
pr.close();
}
Merging typed data structure trees is not trivial, you need to define the precedence, handle incompatible types, define how they will be casted and merged...
So in my opinion, you won't avoid
... pulling them all apart and individually adding in by puts`.
If your question is: Has someone done it for me yet?
Then I think you can have a look at this YAML merging library/tool I revived. (YAML is a superset of JSON), and the principles are applicable to both.
(However, this particular code returns YAML objects, not JSON. Feel free to extend the project and send a PR.)
Today, I was also struggling to merge JSON objects and came with following solution (uses Gson library).
private JsonObject mergeJsons(List<JsonObject> jsonObjs) {
JsonObject mergedJson = new JsonObject();
jsonObjs.forEach((JsonObject jsonObj) -> {
Set<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> entrySet = jsonObj.entrySet();
entrySet.forEach((next) -> {
mergedJson.add(next.getKey(), next.getValue());
});
});
return mergedJson;
}
Somebody already mentioned above. I'll just post a short version.
To merge two JSONObject json1 & json2 You could simply deal it with String like this:
String merged = json1.toString().substring(0, json1.length() - 1) + "," +
json2.toString().substring(1);
JSONObject mergedJson = new JSONObject(merged);
Of course, do not forget deal with JSONException. :)
Hope this could help you.
An improved version of merge on Gson's JsonObjects - can go any level of nested structure
/**
* Merge "source" into "target".
*
* <pre>
* An improved version of merge on Gson's JsonObjects - can go any level of nested structure:
* 1. merge root & nested attributes.
* 2. replace list of strings. For. eg.
* source -> "listOfStrings": ["A!"]
* dest -> "listOfStrings": ["A", "B"]
* merged -> "listOfStrings": ["A!", "B"]
* 3. can merge nested objects inside list. For. eg.
* source -> "listOfObjects": [{"key2": "B"}]
* dest -> "listOfObjects": [{"key1": "A"}]
* merged -> "listOfObjects": [{"key1": "A"}, {"key2": "B"}]
* </pre>
* #return the merged object (target).
*/
public static JsonObject deepMerge(JsonObject source, JsonObject target) {
for (String key: source.keySet()) {
JsonElement srcValue = source.get(key);
if (!target.has(key)) {
target.add(key, srcValue);
} else {
if (srcValue instanceof JsonArray) {
JsonArray srcArray = (JsonArray)srcValue;
JsonArray destArray = target.getAsJsonArray(key);
if (destArray == null || destArray.size() == 0) {
target.add(key, srcArray);
continue;
} else {
IntStream.range(0, srcArray.size()).forEach(index -> {
JsonElement srcElem = srcArray.get(index);
JsonElement destElem = null;
if (index < destArray.size()) {
destElem = destArray.get(index);
}
if (srcElem instanceof JsonObject) {
if (destElem == null) {
destElem = new JsonObject();
}
deepMerge((JsonObject) srcElem, (JsonObject) destElem);
} else {
destArray.set(index, srcElem);
}
});
}
} else if (srcValue instanceof JsonObject) {
JsonObject valueJson = (JsonObject)srcValue;
deepMerge(valueJson, target.getAsJsonObject(key));
} else {
target.add(key, srcValue);
}
}
}
return target;
}
Here is a version of https://stackoverflow.com/a/15070484/9897317 including JSONArrays :
/**
* Merge "source" into "target". If fields have equal name, merge them recursively.
* #return the merged object (target).
*/
public static JSONObject deepMerge(JSONObject source, JSONObject target) throws JSONException {
for (String key: JSONObject.getNames(source)) {
Object value = source.get(key);
if (value != null) {
if (!target.has(key)) {
// new value for "key":
target.put(key, value);
} else {
// existing value for "key" - recursively deep merge:
if (value instanceof JSONObject) {
JSONObject valueJson = (JSONObject)value;
deepMerge(valueJson, target.getJSONObject(key));
} else if (value instanceof JSONArray) {
JSONArray arr = (JSONArray) value;
JSONArray newArr = new JSONArray();
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length(); i++) {
newArr.put(deepMerge(arr.getJSONObject(i), target.getJSONArray(key).getJSONObject(i)));
}
target.put(key, newArr);
} else {
target.put(key, value);
}
}
}
}
return target;
}