How do I parse JSON into an int?

Question

I have Parsed some JSON data and its working fine as long as I store it in String variables.

My problem is that I need the ID in an int varibable and not in String. i have tried to make a cast int id = (int) jsonObj.get("");

But it gives an error message that I cannot convert an object to an int. So I tried to convert by using:

String id = (String) jsonObj.get("id"); int value = Integer.parseInt(id); 

But also that is not working. What is wrong. How is JSON working with int? My strings are working just fine its only when I try to make them as an int I get problems.

Here is my code :

public void parseJsonData() throws ParseException {          JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();         Object obj = parser.parse(jsonData);         JSONObject topObject = (JSONObject) obj;         JSONObject locationList = (JSONObject) topObject.get("LocationList");         JSONArray array = (JSONArray) locationList.get("StopLocation");         Iterator<JSONObject> iterator = array.iterator();          while (iterator.hasNext()) {              JSONObject jsonObj = (JSONObject) iterator.next();             String name  =(String) jsonObj.get("name");             String id = (String) jsonObj.get("id");             Planner.getPlanner().setLocationName(name);             Planner.getPlanner().setArrayID(id);           }      } 

Answer 1

You may use parseInt :

int id = Integer.parseInt(jsonObj.get("id")); 

or better and more directly the getInt method :

int id = jsonObj.getInt("id");