How to convert hashmap to JSON object in Java

Question

How to convert or cast hashmap to JSON object in Java, and again convert JSON object to JSON string?

Answer 1

This solution works with complex JSONs:

public Object toJSON(Object object) throws JSONException {
    if (object instanceof HashMap) {
        JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
        HashMap map = (HashMap) object;
        for (Object key : map.keySet()) {
            json.put(key.toString(), toJSON(map.get(key)));
        }
        return json;
    } else if (object instanceof Iterable) {
        JSONArray json = new JSONArray();
        for (Object value : ((Iterable) object)) {
            json.put(toJSON(value));
        }
        return json;
    }
    else {
        return object;
    }
}