/**
* Wrap an object, if necessary. If the object is null, return the NULL object. If it is an array
* or collection, wrap it in a JSONArray. If it is a map, wrap it in a JSONObject. If it is a
* standard property (Double, String, et al) then it is already wrapped. Otherwise, if it comes
* from one of the java packages, turn it into a string. And if it doesn't, try to wrap it in a
* JSONObject. If the wrapping fails, then null is returned.
*
* @param object The object to wrap
* @return The wrapped value
*/
public static Object wrap(Object object) {
try {
if (object == null) {
return JSONObject.NULL;
}
if ((object instanceof JSONObject)
|| (object instanceof JSONArray)
|| JSONObject.NULL.equals(object)
|| (object instanceof JSONString)
|| (object instanceof Byte)
|| (object instanceof Character)
|| (object instanceof Short)
|| (object instanceof Integer)
|| (object instanceof Long)
|| (object instanceof Boolean)
|| (object instanceof Float)
|| (object instanceof Double)
|| (object instanceof String)) {
return object;
}
if (object instanceof Collection) {
return new JSONArray((Collection) object);
}
if (object.getClass().isArray()) {
return new JSONArray(object);
}
if (object instanceof Map) {
return new JSONObject((Map) object);
}
final Package objectPackage = object.getClass().getPackage();
final String objectPackageName = (objectPackage != null ? objectPackage.getName() : "");
if (objectPackageName.startsWith("java.")
|| objectPackageName.startsWith("javax.")
|| (object.getClass().getClassLoader() == null)) {
return object.toString();
}
return new JSONObject(object);
} catch (final Exception exception) {
return null;
}
}
/**
* Determine if the value associated with the key is null or if there is no value.
*
* @param key A key string.
* @return true if there is no value associated with the key or if the value is the
* JSONObject.NULL object.
*/
public boolean isNull(String key) {
return JSONObject.NULL.equals(this.opt(key));
}
/**
* Get an optional string associated with a key. It returns the defaultValue if there is no such
* key.
*
* @param key A key string.
* @param defaultValue The default.
* @return A string which is the value.
*/
public String optString(String key, String defaultValue) {
final Object object = this.opt(key);
return JSONObject.NULL.equals(object) ? defaultValue : object.toString();
}