How do I access a JSONObject subfield?

Question

I feel dumb but I\'ve been looking around for this for a while. I\'m working with the google geocoder API and I need a bit of help with the json responses. Here is a JSONObje

Answer 1

you can extend the JSONObject class and override the public Object get(String key) throws JSONException with the following:

public Object get(String key) throws JSONException {
    if (key == null) {
        throw new JSONException("Null key.");
    }

    Object object = this.opt(key);
    if (object == null) {
        if(key.contains(".")){
            object = this.getWithDotNotation(key);
        }
        else
            throw new JSONException("JSONObject[" + quote(key) + "] not found.");
    }
    return object;
}


private Object getWithDotNotation(String key) throws JSONException {
    if(key.contains(".")){
        int indexOfDot = key.indexOf(".");
        String subKey = key.substring(0, indexOfDot);
        JSONObject jsonObject = (JSONObject)this.get(subKey);
        if(jsonObject == null){
            throw new JSONException(subKey + " is null");
        }
        try{
            return jsonObject.getWithDotNotation(key.substring(indexOfDot + 1));                
        }catch(JSONException e){
            throw new JSONException(subKey + "." + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
    else
        return this.get(key);
}

Please feel free to better handle the exceptions.. im sure it's not handled correctly. Thanks