title: Android problems with parsing json
body: <p>Hello I'm trying to parse json from my website. Te jsonString I get from te httpresponse is working fine but when I try to parse it in an JSONObject it gives a NPE.
  This is the json im testing with right now:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{ "galgjejson" :
          { "Nederlands" :  
                              { "length7" : [ 
                                                  { "word" : "android" }, 
                                                  { "word" : "camping" },
                                                  { "word" : "koekjes" }
                                              ]
                              }, 
                              { "length8" : [
                                                  { "word" : "androids" },    
                                                  { "word" : "campings" },
                                                  { "word" : "campings" },
                                                  { "word" : "campings" },
                                                  { "word" : "campings" },
                                                  { "word" : "campings" },
                                                  { "word" : "scheppen" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length9" : [
                                                  { "word" : "verslapen" },
                                                  { "word" : "versleten" },
                                                  { "word" : "verbrande" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length10" : [    
                                                  { "word" : "verslapend" },
                                                  { "word" : "versletend" },
                                                  { "word" : "verbranden" },
                                                  { "word" : "verbranden" },
                                                  { "word" : "verbranden" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length11" : [
                                                  { "word" : "verslapende" },
                                                  { "word" : "versletende" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length12" : [
                                                  { "word" : "verslapenden" }
                                              ]
                              }
          },
          { "English" : 
                              { "length7" : [ 
                                                  { "word" : "leavers" }, 
                                                  { "word" : "shoping" },
                                                  { "word" : "cooking" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length8" : [
                                                  { "word" : "stopping" },    
                                                  { "word" : "sleeping" },
                                                  { "word" : "starting" },
                                                  { "word" : "starting" },
                                                  { "word" : "starting" },
                                                  { "word" : "starting" },
                                                  { "word" : "starting" }
                                          ]
                              },
                              { "length9" : [
                                                  { "word" : "somewordd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordd" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length10" : [
                                                  { "word" : "someworddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "someworddd" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length11" : [
                                                  { "word" : "somewordddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "somewordddd" }
                                              ]
                              },
                              { "length12" : [
                                                  { "word" : "someworddddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "someworddddd" },
                                                  { "word" : "someworddddd" }
                                              ]
                              }
  
          }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The method I made:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public MikeyJSON(String jsonString) {
      Log.i("JSON", "jsonString: " + jsonString);
      try {
          JSONObject myObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
          Log.i("JSON", "myObject_Object: " + myObject.toString());
      } catch (JSONException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  
  }
  
  public String getResult(String lang, String length, int wordPos) {
      String word = "0";  
  
      try {
          langObject = myObject.getJSONObject(lang);
          Log.i("JSON", "Language_Object " + langObject.toString());
          lengthObject = langObject.getJSONObject(length);
          Log.i("JSON", "wordlength_Object " + lengthObject.toString());
          wordArray = lengthObject.getJSONArray(length);
          Log.i("JSON", "wordlength_Object " + wordArray.toString());
          if(wordPos&gt;wordArray.length()) {
              wordPos = 0;
          }
          for(i=0;i&lt;wordArray.length();i++){
              word = wordArray.getJSONObject(wordPos).toString();
          }
          Log.i("JSON", "word_Object " + word);
  
      } catch (JSONException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  
      return word;        
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I'm trying to retrieve is only one word of the given language and length. This is what I made after alot of research but i just don't get why it won't work. If my json is invalid pleas tell me what i'm doing wrong, becuase I get this error before the NPE:</p>
  
  <pre><code>03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464): org.json.JSONException: Names must be strings,     
  but {"length8":[{"word":"androids"},{"word":"campings"},{"word":"campings"},  
  {"word":"campings"},{"word":"campings"},{"word":"campings"},{"word":"scheppen"}]} is of   
  type org.json.JSONObject at character 514 of { "galgjejson" :
  03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464):             { "Nederlands" :  
  03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464):                                   { "length7" : [ 
  03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "android" }, 
  03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "camping" },
  03-18 09:17:40.052: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "koekjes" }
  03-18 09:17:40.062: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.062: W/System.err(1464):                                 }, 
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                 { "length8" : [
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "androids" },    
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "campings" },
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "campings" },
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "campings" },
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "campings" },
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "campings" },
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "scheppen" }
  03-18 09:17:40.072: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.082: W/System.err(1464):                                 },
  03-18 09:17:40.092: W/System.err(1464):                                 { "length9" : [
  03-18 09:17:40.092: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verslapen" },
  03-18 09:17:40.092: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "versleten" },
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verbrande" }
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                 },
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                  { "length10" : [   
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verslapend" },
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "versletend" },
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verbranden" },
  03-18 09:17:40.102: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verbranden" },
  03-18 09:17:40.112: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verbranden" }
  03-18 09:17:40.112: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.112: W/System.err(1464):                                 },
  03-18 09:17:40.122: W/System.err(1464):                                 { "length11" : [
  03-18 09:17:40.122: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verslapende" },
  03-18 09:17:40.122: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "versletende" }
  03-18 09:17:40.122: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.132: W/System.err(1464):                                 },
  03-18 09:17:40.132: W/System.err(1464):                                 { "length12" : [
  03-18 09:17:40.132: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "verslapenden" },
  03-18 09:17:40.132: W/System.err(1464):                                                 ]
  03-18 09:17:40.132: W/System.err(1464):                                 }
  03-18 09:17:40.142: W/System.err(1464):             },
  03-18 09:17:40.142: W/System.err(1464):             { "English" : 
  03-18 09:17:40.142: W/System.err(1464):                                 { "length7" : [ 
  03-18 09:17:40.152: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "leavers" }, 
  03-18 09:17:40.152: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "shoping" },
  03-18 09:17:40.152: W/System.err(1464):                                                     { "word" : "cooking" }
  </code></pre>