title: Java Built-in data parser for JSON or XML or else
body: <p>I want to read data that's stored in a file. I haven't decide yet what format to store it, but I'm looking for a format that's easy to parse. Initially I thought I'd go with JSON, but it seems Java doesn't have a built-in parser for JSON. </p>
  
  <p>The data stored will be a bunch of records, each record composed of a set of fields. So it's not simple enough to be stored in a text file that can be read line by line. This is why I think I need something like JSON. But I don't want to add external libraries just to parse the format. Any suggestions? I'm new to Java.</p>