Convert JSON to Map

Question

What is the best way to convert a JSON code as this:

{ 
    \"data\" : 
    { 
        \"field1\" : \"value1\", 
        \"field2\" : \"value2\"
    }
}
         


        

Answer 1

One more alternative is json-simple which can be found in Maven Central:

(JSONObject)JSONValue.parse(someString); //JSONObject is actually a Map.

The artifact is 24kbytes, doesn't have other runtime dependencies.