public String executeQuery(String queryString) {
    /*
    //System.out.println(queryString);
    Query query = QueryFactory.create(queryString);

    QueryExecution qe = QueryExecutionFactory.create(query, model);
    ResultSet results = qe.execSelect();

    ByteArrayOutputStream ostream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    ResultSetFormatter.out(ostream, results, query);
    //ResultSetFormatter.out(System.out, results, query);
    String r = "";
    try{
        r = new String(ostream.toByteArray(), "UTF-8");
        //System.out.println(r);
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
    qe.close();
    return r;
    */

    //// new added for test JSON output
    try {
      Query query = QueryFactory.create(queryString);

      QueryExecution qe = QueryExecutionFactory.create(query, model);
      ResultSet results = qe.execSelect();

      ByteArrayOutputStream ostream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      ResultSetFormatter.outputAsJSON(ostream, results);
      // ResultSetFormatter.out(ostream, results, query);
      // ResultSetFormatter.out(System.out, results, query);
      String r = "";
      try {
        r = new String(ostream.toByteArray(), "UTF-8");
        // System.out.println(r);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
      }
      qe.close();
      return r;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e.toString());
      return "";
    }
  }