JSON.simple is a simple Java toolkit for JSON. You can use JSON.simple to encode or decode JSON text. Features¶

* Full compliance with JSON specification (RFC4627) and reliable (see compliance testing) 

* Provides multiple functionalities such as encode, decode/parse and escape JSON text while keeping the library lightweight 

* Flexible, simple and easy to use by reusing Map and List interfaces 

* Supports streaming output of JSON text 

* Stoppable SAX-like interface for streaming input of JSON text (learn more) 

* Heap based parser 

* High performance (see performance testing) 

* No dependency on external libraries 

* Both of the source code and the binary are JDK1.2 compatible