JSONObject.element() method converts “null” string value to null

Question

When I try to put "null" string value to a JSONObject using the API JSONObject.element(key, value) , this API converts this "null" string value to null .

API used: net.sf.json.JSONObject, JAR version: json-lib-2.3-jdk15

JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject();
jObj.element("msg", null);

For the given code snippet, the output is

{"msg":null}

However, it should be

{"msg":"null"}

Answer 1

Never mind, I have handled this at the UI side. The JSONObject API doesn't support the requirement.