java - How to parse a JSON Input stream

Question

I am using java to call a url that returns a JSON object:

url = new URL("my URl");
urlInputStream = url.openConnection().getInputStream();

How can I convert the response into string form and parse it?

Answer 1

I would suggest you have to use a Reader to convert your InputStream in.

BufferedReader streamReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF-8")); 
StringBuilder responseStrBuilder = new StringBuilder();

String inputStr;
while ((inputStr = streamReader.readLine()) != null)
    responseStrBuilder.append(inputStr);
new JSONObject(responseStrBuilder.toString());

I tried in.toString() but it returns:

getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

(like documentation says it derives to toString from Object)