
JSON.simple maps entities from the left side to the right side while decoding or parsing, and maps entities from the right to the left while encoding.
| JSON | Java |
|---|---|
| string | java.lang.String |
| number | java.lang.Number |
| true|false | java.lang.Boolean |
| null | null |
| array | java.util.List |
| object | java.util.Map |
On decoding, the default concrete class of java.util.List is org.json.simple.JSONArray and the default concrete class of java.util.Map is org.json.simple.JSONObject.