is it possible to proccess JSON responses with the JDK or HttpComponents only?

Question

we are upgrading our web app to use Facebook\'s Graph API, which returns JSON responses. However we don\'t want to add dependecy to a JSON library unless we have no other ch

Answer 1

It is possible. Because JSON is valid JavaScript syntax, you can use the built-in JavaScript interpreter via the scripting API to create and object graph, walk that (using the visitor pattern to push data into a Java object, for example).

However, you need to trust the data or you leave yourself open to code injection attacks. To me, this would not be an adequate substitute for a proper JSON parser.