(Java) JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    String s = "{ \"example\": \"\\u05d1\\u05d3\\u05d9\\u05e7\" }";

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();

    boolean success = json.Load(s);

    // When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
    System.out.println("member data: " + json.stringOf("example"));

    // Output:
    // member data: בדיק

    // When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
    System.out.println("full JSON: " + json.emit());

    // Output:
    // full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

    // To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sb);
    // The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
    sb.Decode("json","utf-8");

    System.out.println(sb.getAsString());

    // Output:
    // {"example":"בדיק"}
  }
}