How to check whether the given object is object or Array in JSON string

Question

I am getting JSON string from website. I have data which looks like this (JSON Array)

 myconf= {URL:[blah,blah]}

but some times this data c

Answer 1

Quite a few ways.

This one is less recommended if you are concerned with system resource issues / misuse of using Java exceptions to determine an array or object.

try{
 // codes to get JSON object
} catch (JSONException e){
 // codes to get JSON array
}

Or

This is recommended.

if (json instanceof Array) {
    // get JSON array
} else {
    // get JSON object
}