title: parse json data coming from webservice in java
body: <p>I am developing android app where I am getting web-service data as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"[{\"ID\":51,\"Text\":\"!! SAMPLE PROJECT !!\"},{\"ID\":58,\"Text\":\"01 Contracting Test Project\"},{\"ID\":64,\"Text\":\"1212\"},{\"ID\":45,\"Text\":\"CHEMICAL FACTORY PROJECT\"}]"
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  <p>Now I want to parse this data in json I used replaceAll() function to replace backslashes from the string like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code> String jsonFormattedString = line.replaceAll("\\\\", "");
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  <p>But I think this method isnot good to work with because it removes all the backslashes from the string which creates problems like I recieved json node like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"[{\"ID\":9617,\"Text\":\"1 1\/4\\\" PVC\/GI CLAMPS\"}]"
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  <p>where the string value for Text contains double quotes within string which creates problem for me. So my question is what is the best way to parse this json data in java.</p>
  
  <p>My full json data returned by webservice is as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"[{\"ID\":51,\"Text\":\"!! SAMPLE PROJECT !!\"},{\"ID\":58,\"Text\":\"01 Contracting Test Project\"},{\"ID\":64,\"Text\":\"1212\"},{\"ID\":45,\"Text\":\"CHEMICAL FACTORY PROJECT\"},{\"ID\":53,\"Text\":\"Kanix City\"},{\"ID\":54,\"Text\":\"KANIX DREAM CITY\"},{\"ID\":59,\"Text\":\"KANIX DREAM CITY -- PHASE II\"},{\"ID\":62,\"Text\":\"KANIX DREAM CITY PHASE I\"},{\"ID\":55,\"Text\":\"Kishor_TEST\"},{\"ID\":63,\"Text\":\"Next Generation Housing\"},{\"ID\":65,\"Text\":\"Nothing Job\"},{\"ID\":56,\"Text\":\"PAVAN_TEST\"},{\"ID\":46,\"Text\":\"PRODUCTION UNITS\"},{\"ID\":1,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-01(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":3,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-02(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":5,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-03(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":6,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-04(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":7,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-05(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":8,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-06(TYPE 1)\"},{\"ID\":2,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-07(TYPE 2)\"},{\"ID\":4,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-08(TYPE 2)\"},{\"ID\":9,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-09(TYPE 3)\"},{\"ID\":10,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-10(TYPE 3)\"},{\"ID\":11,\"Text\":\"PROJECT-11(TYPE 4)\"},{\"ID\":57,\"Text\":\"Reviera Classic\"},{\"ID\":43,\"Text\":\"ROAD PROJECT\"},{\"ID\":41,\"Text\":\"SAMPLE PROJECT 1\"},{\"ID\":42,\"Text\":\"SAMPLE PROJECT 2\"},{\"ID\":52,\"Text\":\"Shailesh Test project@1000\"},{\"ID\":61,\"Text\":\"VISHAL PARADISE\"},{\"ID\":60,\"Text\":\"WTC\"}]"
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  <p>my full code is like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Override
  protected List&lt;CItem&gt; doInBackground(String... params) {
      try {
      String line="";
      String ur = "http://"+ServerDetails.hostServer+"/appservices.svc/Projects?Keyword=" ;
  
         lstItm=new ArrayList&lt;CItem&gt;() ;
  
  
          // Replace it with your own WCF service path
          URL json = new URL(ur);
          URLConnection jc = json.openConnection();
          BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(jc.getInputStream()));
  
           line = reader.readLine();
           Log.d("LINE",line);
             JSONArray array=new JSONArray(line);
  
  
          Itm=new CItem( "-1", "Select Project" );
          lstItm.add(Itm);
          for(int i=0; i &lt; array.length(); i++) {
              JSONObject tmpJson=array.getJSONObject(i);
  
  
              Itm=new CItem(tmpJson.getString("ID"),tmpJson.getString("Text"));
              lstItm.add(Itm);
  
  
          }
  
  
          return  lstItm ;
  
  
  
  
  
  
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
          Log.d("ERRROR---&gt;",e.getMessage());
  
  
  
      }
  
  
  
  
  
      return  lstItm ;
  
  }
  </code></pre>