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POCan a malformed JSON string be parsed successfully?
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copied!<p>Here's a sample string: </p> <pre><code>String s = "{\"source\": \"another \"quote inside\" text\"}"; </code></pre> <p>What's the best way to parse this? I've already tried 4 parsers: <strong>json-lib</strong>, <strong>json-simple</strong>, <strong>gson</strong>, and <strong>Grails built-in JSON parser</strong>.</p> <p>I'm using Java and I want to know if there's a way to fix the string after catching a MalformedJsonException or something.</p> <p>Note: Or is this might be a bug in Twitter API? Here's a sample response string:</p> <pre><code>{ "coordinates": null, "user": { "is_translator": false, "show_all_inline_media": false, "following": null, "geo_enabled": false, "profile_background_color": "C0DEED", "listed_count": 11, "profile_background_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/a/1298064126/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", "favourites_count": 4, "followers_count": 66, "contributors_enabled": false, "statuses_count": 1078, "time_zone": "Tokyo", "profile_text_color": "333333", "friends_count": 51, "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "DDEEF6", "id_str": "107723125", "profile_background_tile": false, "created_at": "Sat Jan 23 14:16:03 +0000 2010", "profile_image_url": "http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/652140488/--------------_normal.jpg", "description": "Mu8ecdu56e3u306eu56e3u9577u3068u30eau30fcu30c0u30fcu3067u3059u3002u8da3u5473u306fu7af6u99acu306eu4e88u60f3u3068u30b0u30e9u30c3u30d7u30eau30f3u30b0u3068u6253u6483u3092u30e1u30a4u30f3u3068u3057u3066u3044u307eu3059u3063uff01", "location": "u5bccu5c71u770c", "notifications": null, "profile_link_color": "0084B4", "protected": false, "screen_name": "mattsun0209", "follow_request_sent": null, "lang": "ja", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "C0DEED", "name": "u307eu3063u3064u3093", "verified": false, "id": 107723125, "profile_use_background_image": true, "utc_offset": 32400, "url": null }, "in_reply_to_screen_name": null, "in_reply_to_status_id": null, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null, "in_reply_to_user_id": null, "text": "u3042u30fcu3001u7d50u819cu708eu306bu306au3063u3066u3057u307eu3063u305fu3002", "contributors": null, "retweeted": false, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null, "retweet_count": 0, "source": "u003Ca href="http: //twtr.jp" rel="nofollow"u003EKeitai Webu003C/au003E", "id_str": "42128197566861312", "created_at": "Mon Feb 28 07:45:19 +0000 2011", "geo": null, "entities": { "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [], "urls": [] }, "truncated": false, "place": null, "id": 42128197566861312, "favorited": false } </code></pre> <p>Take note of the <code>source</code> property:</p> <pre><code>"source": "u003Ca href="http: //twtr.jp" rel="nofollow"u003EKeitai Webu003C/au003E" </code></pre>

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