Merge pull request #929 from stleary/restore-moditect-pom.xml

restore-moditect-pom.xml restore plugin
2026-01-24 00:03:17 -05:00 · 2025-01-07 15:24:21 -06:00 · 2025-01-07 07:47:46 -06:00 · 2024-12-24 08:27:15 -06:00 · 2024-12-24 08:19:27 -06:00 · 2024-12-21 10:11:03 -06:00
41 changed files with 6294 additions and 1172 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# For more information see:
-#  * https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions
-#  * https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
-#  * https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/v3.13.0/docs/advanced-usage.md#Publishing-using-Apache-Maven
-#
-
-name: Deployment workflow
-
-on:
-    release:
-      types: [published]
-  
-jobs:
-  # old-school build and jar method. No tests run or compiled.
-  publish-1_6: 
-    name: Publish Java 1.6 to GitHub Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-        with:
-          java-version: 1.6
-      - name: Compile Java 1.6
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p target/classes
-          javac -version
-          javac -source 1.6 -target 1.6 -d target/classes/ src/main/java/org/json/*.java
-      - name: Create JAR 1.6
-        run: |
-          jar cvf "target/org.json-1.6-${{ github.ref_name }}.jar" -C target/classes .
-      - name: Add 1.6 Jar To Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          append_body: true
-          files: |
-            target/*.jar
-  publish:
-    name: Publish Java 8 to Maven Central and GitHub Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Java for publishing to Maven Central Repository
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          # Use lowest supported LTS Java version
-          java-version: '8'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          server-id: ossrh  # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
-          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD # env variable for token in deploy
-          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
-          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
-  
-      - name: Publish to the Maven Central Repository
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
-        env:
-          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
-          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          
-      - name: Add Jar To Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          append_body: true
-          files: |
-            target/*.jar
-      # - name: Set up Java for publishing to GitHub Packages
-      #   uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      #   with:
-      #     # Use lowest supported LTS Java version
-      #     java-version: '8'
-      #     distribution: 'temurin'
-      # - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
-      #   run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
-      #   env:
-      #     GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -34,14 +34,159 @@ jobs:
        with:
          name: Create java 1.6 JAR
          path: target/*.jar
-  build:
+
+  build-8:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 2
+      max-parallel: 1
      matrix:
        # build against supported Java LTS versions:
-        java: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
+        java: [ 8 ]
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Compile Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean compile -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true -D maven.javadoc.skip=true
+      - name: Run Tests ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: |
+          mvn test -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Build Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          mvn surefire-report:report-only -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+          mvn site -D generateReports=false -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Upload Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/surefire-reports/
+      - name: Upload Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/site/
+      - name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean package -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true
+      - name: Upload Package Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/*.jar
+
+  build-11:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        # build against supported Java LTS versions:
+        java: [ 11 ]
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Compile Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean compile -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true -D maven.javadoc.skip=true
+      - name: Run Tests ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: |
+          mvn test -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Build Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          mvn surefire-report:report-only -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+          mvn site -D generateReports=false -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Upload Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/surefire-reports/
+      - name: Upload Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/site/
+      - name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean package -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true
+      - name: Upload Package Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/*.jar
+
+  build-17:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        # build against supported Java LTS versions:
+        java: [ 17 ]
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Compile Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean compile -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true -D maven.javadoc.skip=true
+      - name: Run Tests ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: |
+          mvn test -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Build Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          mvn surefire-report:report-only -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+          mvn site -D generateReports=false -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Upload Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/surefire-reports/
+      - name: Upload Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Test Report ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/site/
+      - name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+        run: mvn clean package -D maven.compiler.source=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.compiler.target=${{ matrix.java }} -D maven.test.skip=true -D maven.site.skip=true
+      - name: Upload Package Results ${{ matrix.java }}
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: Package Jar ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: target/*.jar
+
+  build-21:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        # build against supported Java LTS versions:
+        java: [ 21 ]
    name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ JSON in Java [package org.json]
 [![Java CI with Maven](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/pipeline.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/pipeline.yml)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)

-**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20240205/json-20240205.jar)**
+**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20241224/json-20241224.jar)**


 # Overview
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {

 dependencies {
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-    testImplementation 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.4.0'
+    testImplementation 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0'
    testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:4.2.0'
 }

--- a/docs/RELEASES.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ and artifactId "json". For example:
 [https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav)

 ~~~
+20241224....Strict mode opt-in feature, and recent commits.
+
+20240303    Revert optLong/getLong changes, and recent commits.
+
 20240205    Recent commits.

 20231013    First release with minimum Java version 1.8. Recent commits, including fixes for CVE-2023-5072.
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

    <groupId>org.json</groupId>
    <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-    <version>20240205</version>
+    <version>20241224</version>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>

    <name>JSON in Java</name>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
            <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
@@ -193,6 +193,30 @@
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
+                <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-module-infos</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-module-info</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <jvmVersion>9</jvmVersion>
+                            <module>
+                                <moduleInfoSource>
+                                    module org.json {
+                                    exports org.json;
+                                    }
+                                </moduleInfoSource>
+                            </module>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ Public Domain.
 */

 /**
- * This provides static methods to convert comma delimited text into a
- * JSONArray, and to convert a JSONArray into comma delimited text. Comma
+ * This provides static methods to convert comma (or otherwise) delimited text into a
+ * JSONArray, and to convert a JSONArray into comma (or otherwise) delimited text. Comma
 * delimited text is a very popular format for data interchange. It is
 * understood by most database, spreadsheet, and organizer programs.
 * <p>
 * Each row of text represents a row in a table or a data record. Each row
 * ends with a NEWLINE character. Each row contains one or more values.
 * Values are separated by commas. A value can contain any character except
- * for comma, unless is is wrapped in single quotes or double quotes.
+ * for comma, unless it is wrapped in single quotes or double quotes.
 * <p>
 * The first row usually contains the names of the columns.
 * <p>
@@ -25,25 +25,30 @@ Public Domain.
 */
 public class CDL {

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new CDL object.
+     */
+    public CDL() {
+    }
+
    /**
     * Get the next value. The value can be wrapped in quotes. The value can
     * be empty.
     * @param x A JSONTokener of the source text.
+     * @param delimiter used in the file
     * @return The value string, or null if empty.
     * @throws JSONException if the quoted string is badly formed.
     */
-    private static String getValue(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+    private static String getValue(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
        char c;
        char q;
        StringBuilder sb;
        do {
            c = x.next();
        } while (c == ' ' || c == '\t');
-        switch (c) {
-        case 0:
+        if (c == 0) {
            return null;
-        case '"':
-        case '\'':
+        } else if (c == '"' || c == '\'') {
            q = c;
            sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (;;) {
@@ -51,9 +56,9 @@ public class CDL {
                if (c == q) {
                    //Handle escaped double-quote
                    char nextC = x.next();
-                    if(nextC != '\"') {
+                    if (nextC != '\"') {
                        // if our quote was the end of the file, don't step
-                        if(nextC > 0) {
+                        if (nextC > 0) {
                            x.back();
                        }
                        break;
@@ -65,13 +70,12 @@ public class CDL {
                sb.append(c);
            }
            return sb.toString();
-        case ',':
+        } else if (c == delimiter) {
            x.back();
            return "";
-        default:
-            x.back();
-            return x.nextTo(',');
        }
+        x.back();
+        return x.nextTo(delimiter);
    }

    /**
@@ -81,17 +85,28 @@ public class CDL {
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
    public static JSONArray rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return rowToJSONArray(x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONArray of strings from a row of comma delimited values.
+     * @param x A JSONTokener of the source text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONArray of strings.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONArray rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
        JSONArray ja = new JSONArray();
        for (;;) {
-            String value = getValue(x);
+            String value = getValue(x,delimiter);
            char c = x.next();
            if (value == null ||
-                    (ja.length() == 0 && value.length() == 0 && c != ',')) {
+                    (ja.length() == 0 && value.length() == 0 && c != delimiter)) {
                return null;
            }
            ja.put(value);
            for (;;) {
-                if (c == ',') {
+                if (c == delimiter) {
                    break;
                }
                if (c != ' ') {
@@ -116,9 +131,23 @@ public class CDL {
     * @return A JSONObject combining the names and values.
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
-    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x)
-            throws JSONException {
-        JSONArray ja = rowToJSONArray(x);
+    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return rowToJSONObject(names, x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONObject from a row of comma delimited text, using a
+     * parallel JSONArray of strings to provides the names of the elements.
+     * @param names A JSONArray of names. This is commonly obtained from the
+     *  first row of a comma delimited text file using the rowToJSONArray
+     *  method.
+     * @param x A JSONTokener of the source text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONObject combining the names and values.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        JSONArray ja = rowToJSONArray(x, delimiter);
        return ja != null ? ja.toJSONObject(names) :  null;
    }

@@ -130,15 +159,27 @@ public class CDL {
     * @return A string ending in NEWLINE.
     */
    public static String rowToString(JSONArray ja) {
+        return rowToString(ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a comma delimited text row from a JSONArray. Values containing
+     * the comma character will be quoted. Troublesome characters may be
+     * removed.
+     * @param ja A JSONArray of strings.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A string ending in NEWLINE.
+     */
+    public static String rowToString(JSONArray ja, char delimiter) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i += 1) {
            if (i > 0) {
-                sb.append(',');
+                sb.append(delimiter);
            }
            Object object = ja.opt(i);
            if (object != null) {
                String string = object.toString();
-                if (string.length() > 0 && (string.indexOf(',') >= 0 ||
+                if (string.length() > 0 && (string.indexOf(delimiter) >= 0 ||
                        string.indexOf('\n') >= 0 || string.indexOf('\r') >= 0 ||
                        string.indexOf(0) >= 0 || string.charAt(0) == '"')) {
                    sb.append('"');
@@ -167,7 +208,19 @@ public class CDL {
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(String string) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(new JSONTokener(string));
+        return toJSONArray(string, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONArray of JSONObjects from a comma delimited text string,
+     * using the first row as a source of names.
+     * @param string The comma delimited text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(String string, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(new JSONTokener(string), delimiter);
    }

    /**
@@ -178,7 +231,19 @@ public class CDL {
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(rowToJSONArray(x), x);
+        return toJSONArray(x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONArray of JSONObjects from a comma delimited text string,
+     * using the first row as a source of names.
+     * @param x The JSONTokener containing the comma delimited text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(rowToJSONArray(x, delimiter), x, delimiter);
    }

    /**
@@ -189,9 +254,21 @@ public class CDL {
     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
-    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string)
-            throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(names, new JSONTokener(string));
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, string, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONArray of JSONObjects from a comma delimited text string
+     * using a supplied JSONArray as the source of element names.
+     * @param names A JSONArray of strings.
+     * @param string The comma delimited text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, new JSONTokener(string), delimiter);
    }

    /**
@@ -202,14 +279,26 @@ public class CDL {
     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
-    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x)
-            throws JSONException {
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a JSONArray of JSONObjects from a comma delimited text string
+     * using a supplied JSONArray as the source of element names.
+     * @param names A JSONArray of strings.
+     * @param x A JSONTokener of the source text.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
        if (names == null || names.length() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        JSONArray ja = new JSONArray();
        for (;;) {
-            JSONObject jo = rowToJSONObject(names, x);
+            JSONObject jo = rowToJSONObject(names, x, delimiter);
            if (jo == null) {
                break;
            }
@@ -231,11 +320,24 @@ public class CDL {
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
    public static String toString(JSONArray ja) throws JSONException {
+        return toString(ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a comma delimited text from a JSONArray of JSONObjects. The
+     * first row will be a list of names obtained by inspecting the first
+     * JSONObject.
+     * @param ja A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A comma delimited text.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static String toString(JSONArray ja, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
        JSONObject jo = ja.optJSONObject(0);
        if (jo != null) {
            JSONArray names = jo.names();
            if (names != null) {
-                return rowToString(names) + toString(names, ja);
+                return rowToString(names, delimiter) + toString(names, ja, delimiter);
            }
        }
        return null;
@@ -250,8 +352,21 @@ public class CDL {
     * @return A comma delimited text.
     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
     */
-    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja)
-            throws JSONException {
+    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja) throws JSONException {
+        return toString(names, ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produce a comma delimited text from a JSONArray of JSONObjects using
+     * a provided list of names. The list of names is not included in the
+     * output.
+     * @param names A JSONArray of strings.
+     * @param ja A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
+     * @param delimiter custom delimiter char
+     * @return A comma delimited text.
+     * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
+     */
+    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
        if (names == null || names.length() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
@@ -259,7 +374,7 @@ public class CDL {
        for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i += 1) {
            JSONObject jo = ja.optJSONObject(i);
            if (jo != null) {
-                sb.append(rowToString(jo.toJSONArray(names)));
+                sb.append(rowToString(jo.toJSONArray(names), delimiter));
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/Cookie.java
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ Public Domain.
 */
 public class Cookie {

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new Cookie object.
+     */
+    public Cookie() {
+    }
+
    /**
     * Produce a copy of a string in which the characters '+', '%', '=', ';'
     * and control characters are replaced with "%hh". This is a gentle form
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/CookieList.java
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Public Domain.
 */
 public class CookieList {

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new CookieList object.
+     */
+    public CookieList() {
+    }
+ 
    /**
     * Convert a cookie list into a JSONObject. A cookie list is a sequence
     * of name/value pairs. The names are separated from the values by '='.
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/HTTP.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/HTTP.java
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 */
 public class HTTP {

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new HTTP object.
+     */
+    public HTTP() {
+    }
+
    /** Carriage return/line feed. */
    public static final String CRLF = "\r\n";

--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONArray.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Public Domain.
 */

 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -68,6 +67,12 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
     */
    private final ArrayList<Object> myArrayList;

+    // strict mode checks after constructor require access to this object
+    private JSONTokener jsonTokener;
+
+    // strict mode checks after constructor require access to this object
+    private JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration;
+
    /**
     * Construct an empty JSONArray.
     */
@@ -84,11 +89,31 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
     *             If there is a syntax error.
     */
    public JSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        this(x, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a JSONArray from a JSONTokener and a JSONParserConfiguration.
+     *
+     * @param x                       A JSONTokener instance from which the JSONArray is constructed.
+     * @param jsonParserConfiguration A JSONParserConfiguration instance that controls the behavior of the parser.
+     * @throws JSONException If a syntax error occurs during the construction of the JSONArray.
+     */
+    public JSONArray(JSONTokener x, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) throws JSONException {
        this();
+
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration == null) {
+            this.jsonParserConfiguration = jsonParserConfiguration;
+        }
+        if (this.jsonTokener == null) {
+            this.jsonTokener = x;
+            this.jsonTokener.setJsonParserConfiguration(this.jsonParserConfiguration);
+        }
+
        if (x.nextClean() != '[') {
            throw x.syntaxError("A JSONArray text must start with '['");
        }
-        
+
        char nextChar = x.nextClean();
        if (nextChar == 0) {
            // array is unclosed. No ']' found, instead EOF
@@ -115,6 +140,17 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
                        throw x.syntaxError("Expected a ',' or ']'");
                    }
                    if (nextChar == ']') {
+                        // trailing commas are not allowed in strict mode
+                        if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+                            throw x.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Expected another array element");
+                        }
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    if (nextChar == ',') {
+                        // consecutive commas are not allowed in strict mode
+                        if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+                            throw x.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Expected a valid array element");
+                        }
                        return;
                    }
                    x.back();
@@ -139,7 +175,32 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
     *             If there is a syntax error.
     */
    public JSONArray(String source) throws JSONException {
-        this(new JSONTokener(source));
+        this(source, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+        // Strict mode does not allow trailing chars
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                this.jsonTokener.nextClean() != 0) {
+                    throw jsonTokener.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a JSONArray from a source JSON text.
+     *
+     * @param source
+     *            A string that begins with <code>[</code>&nbsp;<small>(left
+     *            bracket)</small> and ends with <code>]</code>
+     *            &nbsp;<small>(right bracket)</small>.
+     * @param jsonParserConfiguration the parser config object
+     * @throws JSONException
+     *             If there is a syntax error.
+     */
+    public JSONArray(String source, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) throws JSONException {
+        this(new JSONTokener(source), jsonParserConfiguration);
+        // Strict mode does not allow trailing chars
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                this.jsonTokener.nextClean() != 0) {
+                    throw jsonTokener.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text");
+        }
    }

    /**
@@ -360,7 +421,7 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
            if (object instanceof Number) {
                return (Number)object;
            }
-            return NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber(object.toString());
+            return JSONObject.stringToNumber(object.toString());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw wrongValueFormatException(index, "number", object, e);
        }
@@ -1107,7 +1168,7 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
        
        if (val instanceof String) {
            try {
-                return NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber((String) val);
+                return JSONObject.stringToNumber((String) val);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return defaultValue;
            }
@@ -1695,7 +1756,10 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
    public String toString(int indentFactor) throws JSONException {
-        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        // each value requires a comma, so multiply the count by 2
+        // We don't want to oversize the initial capacity
+        int initialSize = myArrayList.size() * 2;
+        Writer sw = new StringBuilderWriter(Math.max(initialSize, 16));
        return this.write(sw, indentFactor, 0).toString();
    }

@@ -1937,7 +2001,7 @@ public class JSONArray implements Iterable<Object> {
            // JSONArray
            this.myArrayList.addAll(((JSONArray)array).myArrayList);
        } else if (array instanceof Collection) {
-            this.addAll((Collection<?>)array, wrap, recursionDepth);
+            this.addAll((Collection<?>)array, wrap, recursionDepth, jsonParserConfiguration);
        } else if (array instanceof Iterable) {
            this.addAll((Iterable<?>)array, wrap);
        } else {
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONML.java
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ Public Domain.
 * @version 2016-01-30
 */
 public class JSONML {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new JSONML object.
+     */
+    public JSONML() {
+    }
+
    /**
     * Parse XML values and store them in a JSONArray.
     * @param x       The XMLTokener containing the source string.
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONObject.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Public Domain.

 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -15,22 +14,10 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.ResourceBundle;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;

-import static org.json.NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber;
-import static org.json.NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber;
-
 /**
 * A JSONObject is an unordered collection of name/value pairs. Its external
 * form is a string wrapped in curly braces with colons between the names and
@@ -148,6 +135,11 @@ public class JSONObject {
     */
    private final Map<String, Object> map;

+    /**
+     * Retrieves the type of the underlying Map in this class.
+     *
+     * @return The class object representing the type of the underlying Map.
+     */
    public Class<? extends Map> getMapType() {
        return map.getClass();
    }
@@ -160,6 +152,12 @@ public class JSONObject {
     */
    public static final Object NULL = new Null();

+    // strict mode checks after constructor require access to this object
+    private JSONTokener jsonTokener;
+
+    // strict mode checks after constructor require access to this object
+    private JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration;
+
    /**
     * Construct an empty JSONObject.
     */
@@ -203,7 +201,31 @@ public class JSONObject {
     *             duplicated key.
     */
    public JSONObject(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        this(x, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a JSONObject from a JSONTokener with custom json parse configurations.
+     *
+     * @param x
+     *            A JSONTokener object containing the source string.
+     * @param jsonParserConfiguration
+     *            Variable to pass parser custom configuration for json parsing.
+     * @throws JSONException
+     *             If there is a syntax error in the source string or a
+     *             duplicated key.
+     */
+    public JSONObject(JSONTokener x, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) throws JSONException {
        this();
+
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration == null) {
+            this.jsonParserConfiguration = jsonParserConfiguration;
+        }
+        if (this.jsonTokener == null) {
+            this.jsonTokener = x;
+            this.jsonTokener.setJsonParserConfiguration(this.jsonParserConfiguration);
+        }
+
        char c;
        String key;

@@ -232,13 +254,14 @@ public class JSONObject {

            if (key != null) {
                // Check if key exists
-                if (this.opt(key) != null) {
-                    // key already exists
+                boolean keyExists = this.opt(key) != null;
+                if (keyExists && !jsonParserConfiguration.isOverwriteDuplicateKey()) {
                    throw x.syntaxError("Duplicate key \"" + key + "\"");
                }
-                // Only add value if non-null
+
                Object value = x.nextValue();
-                if (value!=null) {
+                // Only add value if non-null
+                if (value != null) {
                    this.put(key, value);
                }
            }
@@ -247,8 +270,16 @@ public class JSONObject {

            switch (x.nextClean()) {
            case ';':
+                // In strict mode semicolon is not a valid separator
+                if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+                    throw x.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Invalid character ';' found");
+                }
            case ',':
                if (x.nextClean() == '}') {
+                    // trailing commas are not allowed in strict mode
+                    if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+                        throw x.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Expected another object element");
+                    }
                    return;
                }
                if (x.end()) {
@@ -294,7 +325,6 @@ public class JSONObject {

    /**
     * Construct a JSONObject from a map with recursion depth.
-     *
     */
    private JSONObject(Map<?, ?> m, int recursionDepth, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) {
        if (recursionDepth > jsonParserConfiguration.getMaxNestingDepth()) {
@@ -369,7 +399,6 @@ public class JSONObject {
     * &#64;JSONPropertyIgnore
     * public String getName() { return this.name; }
     * </pre>
-     * <p>
     *
     * @param bean
     *            An object that has getter methods that should be used to make
@@ -426,7 +455,35 @@ public class JSONObject {
     *                duplicated key.
     */
    public JSONObject(String source) throws JSONException {
-        this(new JSONTokener(source));
+        this(source, new JSONParserConfiguration());
+        // Strict mode does not allow trailing chars
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                this.jsonTokener.nextClean() != 0) {
+            throw new JSONException("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Construct a JSONObject from a source JSON text string with custom json parse configurations.
+     * This is the most commonly used JSONObject constructor.
+     *
+     * @param source
+     *            A string beginning with <code>{</code>&nbsp;<small>(left
+     *            brace)</small> and ending with <code>}</code>
+     *            &nbsp;<small>(right brace)</small>.
+     * @param jsonParserConfiguration
+     *            Variable to pass parser custom configuration for json parsing.
+     * @exception JSONException
+     *                If there is a syntax error in the source string or a
+     *                duplicated key.
+     */
+    public JSONObject(String source, JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) throws JSONException {
+        this(new JSONTokener(source), jsonParserConfiguration);
+        // Strict mode does not allow trailing chars
+        if (this.jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                this.jsonTokener.nextClean() != 0) {
+            throw new JSONException("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text");
+        }
    }

    /**
@@ -2223,7 +2280,10 @@ public class JSONObject {
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
    public static String quote(String string) {
-        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) {
+            return "\"\"";
+        }
+        Writer sw = new StringBuilderWriter(string.length() + 2);
        try {
            return quote(string, sw).toString();
        } catch (IOException ignored) {
@@ -2232,6 +2292,14 @@ public class JSONObject {
        }
    }

+    /**
+     * Quotes a string and appends the result to a given Writer.
+     *
+     * @param string The input string to be quoted.
+     * @param w      The Writer to which the quoted string will be appended.
+     * @return The same Writer instance after appending the quoted string.
+     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs while writing to the Writer.
+     */
    public static Writer quote(String string, Writer w) throws IOException {
        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) {
            w.write("\"\"");
@@ -2448,7 +2516,8 @@ public class JSONObject {
         * produced, then the value will just be a string.
         */

-        if (potentialNumber(string)) {
+        char initial = string.charAt(0);
+        if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9') || initial == '-') {
            try {
                return stringToNumber(string);
            } catch (Exception ignore) {
@@ -2457,8 +2526,75 @@ public class JSONObject {
        return string;
    }

+    /**
+     * Converts a string to a number using the narrowest possible type. Possible
+     * returns for this function are BigDecimal, Double, BigInteger, Long, and Integer.
+     * When a Double is returned, it should always be a valid Double and not NaN or +-infinity.
+     *
+     * @param val value to convert
+     * @return Number representation of the value.
+     * @throws NumberFormatException thrown if the value is not a valid number. A public
+     *      caller should catch this and wrap it in a {@link JSONException} if applicable.
+     */
+    protected static Number stringToNumber(final String val) throws NumberFormatException {
+        char initial = val.charAt(0);
+        if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9') || initial == '-') {
+            // decimal representation
+            if (isDecimalNotation(val)) {
+                // Use a BigDecimal all the time so we keep the original
+                // representation. BigDecimal doesn't support -0.0, ensure we
+                // keep that by forcing a decimal.
+                try {
+                    BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(val);
+                    if(initial == '-' && BigDecimal.ZERO.compareTo(bd)==0) {
+                        return Double.valueOf(-0.0);
+                    }
+                    return bd;
+                } catch (NumberFormatException retryAsDouble) {
+                    // this is to support "Hex Floats" like this: 0x1.0P-1074
+                    try {
+                        Double d = Double.valueOf(val);
+                        if(d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite()) {
+                            throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                        }
+                        return d;
+                    } catch (NumberFormatException ignore) {
+                        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // block items like 00 01 etc. Java number parsers treat these as Octal.
+            if(initial == '0' && val.length() > 1) {
+                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
+                if(at1 >= '0' && at1 <= '9') {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                }
+            } else if (initial == '-' && val.length() > 2) {
+                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
+                char at2 = val.charAt(2);
+                if(at1 == '0' && at2 >= '0' && at2 <= '9') {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                }
+            }
+            // integer representation.
+            // This will narrow any values to the smallest reasonable Object representation
+            // (Integer, Long, or BigInteger)

-
+            // BigInteger down conversion: We use a similar bitLength compare as
+            // BigInteger#intValueExact uses. Increases GC, but objects hold
+            // only what they need. i.e. Less runtime overhead if the value is
+            // long lived.
+            BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(val);
+            if(bi.bitLength() <= 31){
+                return Integer.valueOf(bi.intValue());
+            }
+            if(bi.bitLength() <= 63){
+                return Long.valueOf(bi.longValue());
+            }
+            return bi;
+        }
+        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+    }

    /**
     * Throw an exception if the object is a NaN or infinite number.
@@ -2546,7 +2682,10 @@ public class JSONObject {
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
    public String toString(int indentFactor) throws JSONException {
-        StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
+        // 6 characters are the minimum to serialise a key value pair e.g.: "k":1,
+        // and we don't want to oversize the initial capacity
+        int initialSize = map.size() * 6;
+        Writer w = new StringBuilderWriter(Math.max(initialSize, 16));
        return this.write(w, indentFactor, 0).toString();
    }

@@ -2689,6 +2828,7 @@ public class JSONObject {
        if (value == null || value.equals(null)) {
            writer.write("null");
        } else if (value instanceof JSONString) {
+            // JSONString must be checked first, so it can overwrite behaviour of other types below
            Object o;
            try {
                o = ((JSONString) value).toJSONString();
@@ -2696,6 +2836,10 @@ public class JSONObject {
                throw new JSONException(e);
            }
            writer.write(o != null ? o.toString() : quote(value.toString()));
+        } else if (value instanceof String) {
+            // assuming most values are Strings, so testing it early
+            quote(value.toString(), writer);
+            return writer;
        } else if (value instanceof Number) {
            // not all Numbers may match actual JSON Numbers. i.e. fractions or Imaginary
            final String numberAsString = numberToString((Number) value);
@@ -2884,5 +3028,23 @@ public class JSONObject {
        );
    }

-
+    /**
+     * For a prospective number, remove the leading zeros
+     * @param value prospective number
+     * @return number without leading zeros
+     */
+    private static String removeLeadingZerosOfNumber(String value){
+        if (value.equals("-")){return value;}
+        boolean negativeFirstChar = (value.charAt(0) == '-');
+        int counter = negativeFirstChar ? 1:0;
+        while (counter < value.length()){
+            if (value.charAt(counter) != '0'){
+                if (negativeFirstChar) {return "-".concat(value.substring(counter));}
+                return value.substring(counter);
+            }
+            ++counter;
+        }
+        if (negativeFirstChar) {return "-0";}
+        return "0";
+    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
@@ -4,23 +4,109 @@ package org.json;
 * Configuration object for the JSON parser. The configuration is immutable.
 */
 public class JSONParserConfiguration extends ParserConfiguration {
+    /**
+     * Used to indicate whether to overwrite duplicate key or not.
+     */
+    private boolean overwriteDuplicateKey;

-  /**
-   * Configuration with the default values.
-   */
-  public JSONParserConfiguration() {
-    super();
-  }
+    /**
+     * Configuration with the default values.
+     */
+    public JSONParserConfiguration() {
+        super();
+        this.overwriteDuplicateKey = false;
+    }

-  @Override
-  protected JSONParserConfiguration clone() {
-    return new JSONParserConfiguration();
-  }
+    /**
+     * This flag, when set to true, instructs the parser to enforce strict mode when parsing JSON text.
+     * Garbage chars at the end of the doc, unquoted string, and single-quoted strings are all disallowed.
+     */
+    private boolean strictMode;

-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  @Override
-  public JSONParserConfiguration withMaxNestingDepth(final int maxNestingDepth) {
-    return super.withMaxNestingDepth(maxNestingDepth);
-  }
+    @Override
+    protected JSONParserConfiguration clone() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration clone = new JSONParserConfiguration();
+        clone.overwriteDuplicateKey = overwriteDuplicateKey;
+        clone.maxNestingDepth = maxNestingDepth;
+        return clone;
+    }

+    /**
+     * Defines the maximum nesting depth that the parser will descend before throwing an exception
+     * when parsing a map into JSONObject or parsing a {@link java.util.Collection} instance into
+     * JSONArray. The default max nesting depth is 512, which means the parser will throw a JsonException
+     * if the maximum depth is reached.
+     *
+     * @param maxNestingDepth the maximum nesting depth allowed to the JSON parser
+     * @return The existing configuration will not be modified. A new configuration is returned.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public JSONParserConfiguration withMaxNestingDepth(final int maxNestingDepth) {
+        JSONParserConfiguration clone = this.clone();
+        clone.maxNestingDepth = maxNestingDepth;
+
+        return clone;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Controls the parser's behavior when meeting duplicate keys.
+     * If set to false, the parser will throw a JSONException when meeting a duplicate key.
+     * Or the duplicate key's value will be overwritten.
+     *
+     * @param overwriteDuplicateKey defines should the parser overwrite duplicate keys.
+     * @return The existing configuration will not be modified. A new configuration is returned.
+     */
+    public JSONParserConfiguration withOverwriteDuplicateKey(final boolean overwriteDuplicateKey) {
+        JSONParserConfiguration clone = this.clone();
+        clone.overwriteDuplicateKey = overwriteDuplicateKey;
+
+        return clone;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the strict mode configuration for the JSON parser with default true value
+     * <p>
+     * When strict mode is enabled, the parser will throw a JSONException if it encounters an invalid character
+     * immediately following the final ']' character in the input. This is useful for ensuring strict adherence to the
+     * JSON syntax, as any characters after the final closing bracket of a JSON array are considered invalid.
+     * @return a new JSONParserConfiguration instance with the updated strict mode setting
+     */
+    public JSONParserConfiguration withStrictMode() {
+        return withStrictMode(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the strict mode configuration for the JSON parser.
+     * <p>
+     * When strict mode is enabled, the parser will throw a JSONException if it encounters an invalid character
+     * immediately following the final ']' character in the input. This is useful for ensuring strict adherence to the
+     * JSON syntax, as any characters after the final closing bracket of a JSON array are considered invalid.
+     *
+     * @param mode a boolean value indicating whether strict mode should be enabled or not
+     * @return a new JSONParserConfiguration instance with the updated strict mode setting
+     */
+    public JSONParserConfiguration withStrictMode(final boolean mode) {
+        JSONParserConfiguration clone = this.clone();
+        clone.strictMode = mode;
+
+        return clone;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The parser's behavior when meeting duplicate keys, controls whether the parser should
+     * overwrite duplicate keys or not.
+     *
+     * @return The <code>overwriteDuplicateKey</code> configuration value.
+     */
+    public boolean isOverwriteDuplicateKey() {
+        return this.overwriteDuplicateKey;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the current strict mode setting.
+     */
+    public boolean isStrictMode() {
+        return this.strictMode;
+    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPointer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPointer.java
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ public class JSONPointer {
     */
    public static class Builder {

+        /**
+         * Constructs a new Builder object.
+         */
+        public Builder() {
+        }
+
        // Segments for the eventual JSONPointer string
        private final List<String> refTokens = new ArrayList<String>();

@@ -163,6 +169,12 @@ public class JSONPointer {
        //}
    }

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new JSONPointer instance with the provided list of reference tokens.
+     *
+     * @param refTokens A list of strings representing the reference tokens for the JSON Pointer.
+     *                  Each token identifies a step in the path to the targeted value.
+     */
    public JSONPointer(List<String> refTokens) {
        this.refTokens = new ArrayList<String>(refTokens);
    }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPointerException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPointerException.java
@@ -14,10 +14,21 @@ Public Domain.
 public class JSONPointerException extends JSONException {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8872944667561856751L;

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new JSONPointerException with the specified error message.
+     *
+     * @param message The detail message describing the reason for the exception.
+     */
    public JSONPointerException(String message) {
        super(message);
    }

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new JSONPointerException with the specified error message and cause.
+     *
+     * @param message The detail message describing the reason for the exception.
+     * @param cause   The cause of the exception.
+     */
    public JSONPointerException(String message, Throwable cause) {
        super(message, cause);
    }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPropertyName.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONPropertyName.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
@Target({METHOD})
 public @interface JSONPropertyName {
    /**
+     * The value of the JSON property.
     * @return The name of the property as to be used in the JSON Object.
     */
    String value();
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class JSONTokener {
    /** the number of characters read in the previous line. */
    private long characterPreviousLine;

+    // access to this object is required for strict mode checking
+    private JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration;

    /**
     * Construct a JSONTokener from a Reader. The caller must close the Reader.
@@ -70,6 +72,21 @@ public class JSONTokener {
        this(new StringReader(s));
    }

+    /**
+     * Getter
+     * @return jsonParserConfiguration
+     */
+    public JSONParserConfiguration getJsonParserConfiguration() {
+        return jsonParserConfiguration;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Setter
+     * @param jsonParserConfiguration new value for jsonParserConfiguration
+     */
+    public void setJsonParserConfiguration(JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration) {
+        this.jsonParserConfiguration = jsonParserConfiguration;
+    }

    /**
     * Back up one character. This provides a sort of lookahead capability,
@@ -299,7 +316,8 @@ public class JSONTokener {
            case 0:
            case '\n':
            case '\r':
-                throw this.syntaxError("Unterminated string");
+                throw this.syntaxError("Unterminated string. " +
+                        "Character with int code " + (int) c + " is not allowed within a quoted string.");
            case '\\':
                c = this.next();
                switch (c) {
@@ -319,10 +337,12 @@ public class JSONTokener {
                    sb.append('\r');
                    break;
                case 'u':
+                    String next = this.next(4);
                    try {
-                        sb.append((char)Integer.parseInt(this.next(4), 16));
+                        sb.append((char)Integer.parseInt(next, 16));
                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                        throw this.syntaxError("Illegal escape.", e);
+                        throw this.syntaxError("Illegal escape. " +
+                                "\\u must be followed by a 4 digit hexadecimal number. \\" + next + " is not valid.", e);
                    }
                    break;
                case '"':
@@ -332,7 +352,7 @@ public class JSONTokener {
                    sb.append(c);
                    break;
                default:
-                    throw this.syntaxError("Illegal escape.");
+                    throw this.syntaxError("Illegal escape. Escape sequence  \\" + c + " is not valid.");
                }
                break;
            default:
@@ -406,14 +426,14 @@ public class JSONTokener {
        case '{':
            this.back();
            try {
-                return new JSONObject(this);
+                return new JSONObject(this, jsonParserConfiguration);
            } catch (StackOverflowError e) {
                throw new JSONException("JSON Array or Object depth too large to process.", e);
            }
        case '[':
            this.back();
            try {
-                return new JSONArray(this);
+                return new JSONArray(this, jsonParserConfiguration);
            } catch (StackOverflowError e) {
                throw new JSONException("JSON Array or Object depth too large to process.", e);
            }
@@ -424,6 +444,12 @@ public class JSONTokener {
    Object nextSimpleValue(char c) {
        String string;

+        // Strict mode only allows strings with explicit double quotes
+        if (jsonParserConfiguration != null &&
+                jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                c == '\'') {
+            throw this.syntaxError("Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed");
+        }
        switch (c) {
        case '"':
        case '\'':
@@ -452,7 +478,14 @@ public class JSONTokener {
        if ("".equals(string)) {
            throw this.syntaxError("Missing value");
        }
-        return JSONObject.stringToValue(string);
+        Object obj = JSONObject.stringToValue(string);
+        // Strict mode only allows strings with explicit double quotes
+        if (jsonParserConfiguration != null &&
+                jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode() &&
+                obj instanceof String) {
+            throw this.syntaxError(String.format("Strict mode error: Value '%s' is not surrounded by quotes", obj));
+        }
+        return obj;
    }


@@ -525,6 +558,11 @@ public class JSONTokener {
                this.line + "]";
    }

+    /**
+     * Closes the underlying reader, releasing any resources associated with it.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs while closing the reader.
+     */
    public void close() throws IOException {
        if(reader!=null){
            reader.close();
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/NumberConversionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/NumberConversionUtil.java
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-package org.json;
-
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-
-class NumberConversionUtil {
-
-    /**
-     * Converts a string to a number using the narrowest possible type. Possible
-     * returns for this function are BigDecimal, Double, BigInteger, Long, and Integer.
-     * When a Double is returned, it should always be a valid Double and not NaN or +-infinity.
-     *
-     * @param input value to convert
-     * @return Number representation of the value.
-     * @throws NumberFormatException thrown if the value is not a valid number. A public
-     *      caller should catch this and wrap it in a {@link JSONException} if applicable.
-     */
-    static Number stringToNumber(final String input) throws NumberFormatException {
-        String val = input;
-        if (val.startsWith(".")){
-            val = "0"+val;
-        }
-        if (val.startsWith("-.")){
-            val = "-0."+val.substring(2);
-        }
-        char initial = val.charAt(0);
-        if ( isNumericChar(initial) || initial == '-' ) {
-            // decimal representation
-            if (isDecimalNotation(val)) {
-                // Use a BigDecimal all the time so we keep the original
-                // representation. BigDecimal doesn't support -0.0, ensure we
-                // keep that by forcing a decimal.
-                try {
-                    BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(val);
-                    if(initial == '-' && BigDecimal.ZERO.compareTo(bd)==0) {
-                        return Double.valueOf(-0.0);
-                    }
-                    return bd;
-                } catch (NumberFormatException retryAsDouble) {
-                    // this is to support "Hex Floats" like this: 0x1.0P-1074
-                    try {
-                        Double d = Double.valueOf(val);
-                        if(d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite()) {
-                            throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+input+"] is not a valid number.");
-                        }
-                        return d;
-                    } catch (NumberFormatException ignore) {
-                        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+input+"] is not a valid number.");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            val = removeLeadingZerosOfNumber(input);
-            initial = val.charAt(0);
-            if(initial == '0' && val.length() > 1) {
-                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
-                if(isNumericChar(at1)) {
-                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+input+"] is not a valid number.");
-                }
-            } else if (initial == '-' && val.length() > 2) {
-                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
-                char at2 = val.charAt(2);
-                if(at1 == '0' && isNumericChar(at2)) {
-                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+input+"] is not a valid number.");
-                }
-            }
-            // integer representation.
-            // This will narrow any values to the smallest reasonable Object representation
-            // (Integer, Long, or BigInteger)
-
-            // BigInteger down conversion: We use a similar bitLength compare as
-            // BigInteger#intValueExact uses. Increases GC, but objects hold
-            // only what they need. i.e. Less runtime overhead if the value is
-            // long lived.
-            BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(val);
-            if(bi.bitLength() <= 31){
-                return Integer.valueOf(bi.intValue());
-            }
-            if(bi.bitLength() <= 63){
-                return Long.valueOf(bi.longValue());
-            }
-            return bi;
-        }
-        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+input+"] is not a valid number.");
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the character is a numeric digit ('0' to '9').
-     *
-     * @param c The character to be checked.
-     * @return true if the character is a numeric digit, false otherwise.
-     */
-    private static boolean isNumericChar(char c) {
-        return (c <= '9' && c >= '0');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the value could be considered a number in decimal number system.
-     * @param value
-     * @return
-     */
-    static boolean potentialNumber(String value){
-        if (value == null || value.isEmpty()){
-            return false;
-        }
-        return potentialPositiveNumberStartingAtIndex(value, (value.charAt(0)=='-'?1:0));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tests if the value should be tried as a decimal. It makes no test if there are actual digits.
-     *
-     * @param val value to test
-     * @return true if the string is "-0" or if it contains '.', 'e', or 'E', false otherwise.
-     */
-    private static boolean isDecimalNotation(final String val) {
-        return val.indexOf('.') > -1 || val.indexOf('e') > -1
-                || val.indexOf('E') > -1 || "-0".equals(val);
-    }
-
-    private static boolean potentialPositiveNumberStartingAtIndex(String value,int index){
-        if (index >= value.length()){
-            return false;
-        }
-        return digitAtIndex(value, (value.charAt(index)=='.'?index+1:index));
-    }
-
-    private static boolean digitAtIndex(String value, int index){
-        if (index >= value.length()){
-            return false;
-        }
-        return value.charAt(index) >= '0' && value.charAt(index) <= '9';
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * For a prospective number, remove the leading zeros
-     * @param value prospective number
-     * @return number without leading zeros
-     */
-    private static String removeLeadingZerosOfNumber(String value){
-        if (value.equals("-")){return value;}
-        boolean negativeFirstChar = (value.charAt(0) == '-');
-        int counter = negativeFirstChar ? 1:0;
-        while (counter < value.length()){
-            if (value.charAt(counter) != '0'){
-                if (negativeFirstChar) {return "-".concat(value.substring(counter));}
-                return value.substring(counter);
-            }
-            ++counter;
-        }
-        if (negativeFirstChar) {return "-0";}
-        return "0";
-    }
-}
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/ParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/ParserConfiguration.java
@@ -20,20 +20,29 @@ public class ParserConfiguration {

    /**
     * Specifies if values should be kept as strings (<code>true</code>), or if
-     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string)
+     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string).
     */
    protected boolean keepStrings;

    /**
-     * The maximum nesting depth when parsing a document.
+     * The maximum nesting depth when parsing an object.
     */
    protected int maxNestingDepth;

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new ParserConfiguration with default settings.
+     */
    public ParserConfiguration() {
        this.keepStrings = false;
        this.maxNestingDepth = DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_NESTING_DEPTH;
    }

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new ParserConfiguration with the specified settings.
+     *
+     * @param keepStrings     A boolean indicating whether to preserve strings during parsing.
+     * @param maxNestingDepth An integer representing the maximum allowed nesting depth.
+     */
    protected ParserConfiguration(final boolean keepStrings, final int maxNestingDepth) {
        this.keepStrings = keepStrings;
        this.maxNestingDepth = maxNestingDepth;
@@ -50,14 +59,14 @@ public class ParserConfiguration {
        // map should be cloned as well. If the values of the map are known to also
        // be immutable, then a shallow clone of the map is acceptable.
        return new ParserConfiguration(
-            this.keepStrings,
-            this.maxNestingDepth
+                this.keepStrings,
+                this.maxNestingDepth
        );
    }

    /**
     * When parsing the XML into JSONML, specifies if values should be kept as strings (<code>true</code>), or if
-     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string)
+     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string).
     *
     * @return The <code>keepStrings</code> configuration value.
     */
@@ -69,22 +78,21 @@ public class ParserConfiguration {
     * When parsing the XML into JSONML, specifies if values should be kept as strings (<code>true</code>), or if
     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string)
     *
-     * @param newVal
-     *      new value to use for the <code>keepStrings</code> configuration option.
-     * @param <T> the type of the configuration object
-     * 
+     * @param newVal new value to use for the <code>keepStrings</code> configuration option.
+     * @param <T>    the type of the configuration object
     * @return The existing configuration will not be modified. A new configuration is returned.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <T extends ParserConfiguration> T withKeepStrings(final boolean newVal) {
-        T newConfig = (T)this.clone();
+        T newConfig = (T) this.clone();
        newConfig.keepStrings = newVal;
        return newConfig;
    }

    /**
     * The maximum nesting depth that the parser will descend before throwing an exception
-     * when parsing the XML into JSONML.
+     * when parsing an object (e.g. Map, Collection) into JSON-related objects.
+     *
     * @return the maximum nesting depth set for this configuration
     */
    public int getMaxNestingDepth() {
@@ -93,18 +101,19 @@ public class ParserConfiguration {

    /**
     * Defines the maximum nesting depth that the parser will descend before throwing an exception
-     * when parsing the XML into JSONML. The default max nesting depth is 512, which means the parser
-     * will throw a JsonException if the maximum depth is reached.
+     * when parsing an object (e.g. Map, Collection) into JSON-related objects.
+     * The default max nesting depth is 512, which means the parser will throw a JsonException if
+     * the maximum depth is reached.
     * Using any negative value as a parameter is equivalent to setting no limit to the nesting depth,
     * which means the parses will go as deep as the maximum call stack size allows.
+     *
     * @param maxNestingDepth the maximum nesting depth allowed to the XML parser
-     * @param <T> the type of the configuration object
-     * 
+     * @param <T>             the type of the configuration object
     * @return The existing configuration will not be modified. A new configuration is returned.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public <T extends ParserConfiguration> T withMaxNestingDepth(int maxNestingDepth) {
-        T newConfig = (T)this.clone();
+        T newConfig = (T) this.clone();

        if (maxNestingDepth > UNDEFINED_MAXIMUM_NESTING_DEPTH) {
            newConfig.maxNestingDepth = maxNestingDepth;
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/Property.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/Property.java
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 * @version 2015-05-05
 */
 public class Property {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new Property object.
+     */
+    public Property() {
+    }
+
    /**
     * Converts a property file object into a JSONObject. The property file object is a table of name value pairs.
     * @param properties java.util.Properties
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/StringBuilderWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/StringBuilderWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package org.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+/**
+ * Performance optimised alternative for {@link java.io.StringWriter}
+ * using internally a {@link StringBuilder} instead of a {@link StringBuffer}.
+ */
+public class StringBuilderWriter extends Writer {
+    private final StringBuilder builder;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new string builder writer using the default initial string-builder buffer size.
+     */
+    public StringBuilderWriter() {
+        builder = new StringBuilder();
+        lock = builder;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new string builder writer using the specified initial string-builder buffer size.
+     *
+     * @param initialSize The number of {@code char} values that will fit into this buffer
+     *                    before it is automatically expanded
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If {@code initialSize} is negative
+     */
+    public StringBuilderWriter(int initialSize) {
+        builder = new StringBuilder(initialSize);
+        lock = builder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(int c) {
+        builder.append((char) c);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(char[] cbuf, int offset, int length) {
+        if ((offset < 0) || (offset > cbuf.length) || (length < 0) ||
+                ((offset + length) > cbuf.length) || ((offset + length) < 0)) {
+            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+        } else if (length == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        builder.append(cbuf, offset, length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(String str) {
+        builder.append(str);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(String str, int offset, int length) {
+        builder.append(str, offset, offset + length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public StringBuilderWriter append(CharSequence csq) {
+        write(String.valueOf(csq));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public StringBuilderWriter append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) {
+        if (csq == null) {
+            csq = "null";
+        }
+        return append(csq.subSequence(start, end));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public StringBuilderWriter append(char c) {
+        write(c);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void flush() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Iterator;

-import static org.json.NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber;
-import static org.json.NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber;
-
-
 /**
 * This provides static methods to convert an XML text into a JSONObject, and to
 * covert a JSONObject into an XML text.
@@ -24,6 +20,12 @@ import static org.json.NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber;
@SuppressWarnings("boxing")
 public class XML {

+    /**
+     * Constructs a new XML object.
+     */
+    public XML() {
+    }
+
    /** The Character '&amp;'. */
    public static final Character AMP = '&';

@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ public class XML {
     */
    public static final String NULL_ATTR = "xsi:nil";

+    /**
+     * Represents the XML attribute name for specifying type information.
+     */
    public static final String TYPE_ATTR = "xsi:type";

    /**
@@ -490,6 +495,76 @@ public class XML {
        return true;
    }

+    /**
+     * direct copy of {@link JSONObject#stringToNumber(String)} to maintain Android support.
+     */
+    private static Number stringToNumber(final String val) throws NumberFormatException {
+        char initial = val.charAt(0);
+        if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9') || initial == '-') {
+            // decimal representation
+            if (isDecimalNotation(val)) {
+                // Use a BigDecimal all the time so we keep the original
+                // representation. BigDecimal doesn't support -0.0, ensure we
+                // keep that by forcing a decimal.
+                try {
+                    BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(val);
+                    if(initial == '-' && BigDecimal.ZERO.compareTo(bd)==0) {
+                        return Double.valueOf(-0.0);
+                    }
+                    return bd;
+                } catch (NumberFormatException retryAsDouble) {
+                    // this is to support "Hex Floats" like this: 0x1.0P-1074
+                    try {
+                        Double d = Double.valueOf(val);
+                        if(d.isNaN() || d.isInfinite()) {
+                            throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                        }
+                        return d;
+                    } catch (NumberFormatException ignore) {
+                        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // block items like 00 01 etc. Java number parsers treat these as Octal.
+            if(initial == '0' && val.length() > 1) {
+                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
+                if(at1 >= '0' && at1 <= '9') {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                }
+            } else if (initial == '-' && val.length() > 2) {
+                char at1 = val.charAt(1);
+                char at2 = val.charAt(2);
+                if(at1 == '0' && at2 >= '0' && at2 <= '9') {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+                }
+            }
+            // integer representation.
+            // This will narrow any values to the smallest reasonable Object representation
+            // (Integer, Long, or BigInteger)
+
+            // BigInteger down conversion: We use a similar bitLength compare as
+            // BigInteger#intValueExact uses. Increases GC, but objects hold
+            // only what they need. i.e. Less runtime overhead if the value is
+            // long lived.
+            BigInteger bi = new BigInteger(val);
+            if(bi.bitLength() <= 31){
+                return Integer.valueOf(bi.intValue());
+            }
+            if(bi.bitLength() <= 63){
+                return Long.valueOf(bi.longValue());
+            }
+            return bi;
+        }
+        throw new NumberFormatException("val ["+val+"] is not a valid number.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * direct copy of {@link JSONObject#isDecimalNotation(String)} to maintain Android support.
+     */
+    private static boolean isDecimalNotation(final String val) {
+        return val.indexOf('.') > -1 || val.indexOf('e') > -1
+                || val.indexOf('E') > -1 || "-0".equals(val);
+    }

    /**
     * This method tries to convert the given string value to the target object
@@ -534,7 +609,8 @@ public class XML {
         * produced, then the value will just be a string.
         */

-        if (potentialNumber(string)) {
+        char initial = string.charAt(0);
+        if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9') || initial == '-') {
            try {
                return stringToNumber(string);
            } catch (Exception ignore) {
@@ -543,11 +619,6 @@ public class XML {
        return string;
    }

-
-
-
-
-
    /**
     * Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a
     * JSONObject. Some information may be lost in this transformation because
@@ -966,5 +1037,4 @@ public class XML {
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
-
 }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/XMLParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/XMLParserConfiguration.java
@@ -352,9 +352,20 @@ public class XMLParserConfiguration extends ParserConfiguration {
        return clonedConfiguration;
    }

+    /**
+     * Checks if the parser should automatically close empty XML tags.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if empty XML tags should be automatically closed, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
    public boolean isCloseEmptyTag() {
        return this.closeEmptyTag;
    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the parser should trim white spaces from XML content.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if white spaces should be trimmed, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
    public boolean shouldTrimWhiteSpace() {
        return this.shouldTrimWhiteSpace;
    }
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/XMLXsiTypeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/XMLXsiTypeConverter.java
@@ -42,5 +42,12 @@ Public Domain.
 * @param <T> return type of convert method
 */
 public interface XMLXsiTypeConverter<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an XML xsi:type attribute value to the specified type {@code T}.
+     *
+     * @param value The string representation of the XML xsi:type attribute value to be converted.
+     * @return An object of type {@code T} representing the converted value.
+     */
    T convert(String value);
 }
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/NumberConversionUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/NumberConversionUtilTest.java
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-package org.json;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-public class NumberConversionUtilTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseDecimalFractionNumbersWithMultipleLeadingZeros(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("00.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseDecimalFractionNumbersWithSingleLeadingZero(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("0.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseDecimalFractionNumbersWithZerosAfterDecimalPoint(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("0.010d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.010d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0.010f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithMultipleLeadingZeros(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("00200.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithoutLeadingZero(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("200.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithZerosAfterDecimalPoint(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("200.010d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.010d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200.010f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeDecimalFractionNumbersWithMultipleLeadingZeros(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-00.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeDecimalFractionNumbersWithSingleLeadingZero(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-0.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeDecimalFractionNumbersWithZerosAfterDecimalPoint(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-0.010d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.010d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0.010f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -0, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithMultipleLeadingZeros(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-00200.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithoutLeadingZero(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-200.10d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.10d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.10f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeMixedDecimalFractionNumbersWithZerosAfterDecimalPoint(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-200.010d");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.010d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200.010f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -200, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNumbersWithExponents(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("23.45e7");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  23.45e7d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  23.45e7f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  2.345E8, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  2.345E8, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeNumbersWithExponents(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("-23.45e7");
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -23.45e7d, number.doubleValue(),0.0d);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -23.45e7f, number.floatValue(),0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -2.345E8, number.longValue(),0);
-        assertEquals("Do not match",  -2.345E8, number.intValue(),0);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseBigDecimal(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("19007199254740993.35481234487103587486413587843213584");
-        assertTrue(number instanceof BigDecimal);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseBigInteger(){
-        Number number = NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("1900719925474099335481234487103587486413587843213584");
-        assertTrue(number instanceof BigInteger);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldIdentifyPotentialNumber(){
-        assertTrue("Does not identify as number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("112.123"));
-        assertTrue("Does not identify as number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("112e123"));
-        assertTrue("Does not identify as number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("-112.123"));
-        assertTrue("Does not identify as number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("-112e23"));
-        assertFalse("Does not identify as not number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("--112.123"));
-        assertFalse("Does not identify as not number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("-a112.123"));
-        assertFalse("Does not identify as not number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("a112.123"));
-        assertFalse("Does not identify as not number", NumberConversionUtil.potentialNumber("e112.123"));
-    }
-
-    @Test(expected = NumberFormatException.class)
-    public void shouldExpectExceptionWhenNumberIsNotFormatted(){
-        NumberConversionUtil.stringToNumber("112.aa123");
-    }
-
-
-}
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ public class CDLTest {
     * String of lines where the column names are in the first row,
     * and all subsequent rows are values. All keys and values should be legal.
     */
-    String lines = new String(
-            "Col 1, Col 2,  \tCol 3, Col 4, Col 5, Col 6, Col 7\n" +
-            "val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7\n" +
-            "1, 2, 3, 4\t, 5, 6, 7\n" +
-            "true, false, true, true, false, false, false\n" +
-            "0.23, 57.42, 5e27, -234.879, 2.34e5, 0.0, 9e-3\n" +
-            "\"va\tl1\", \"v\bal2\", \"val3\", \"val\f4\", \"val5\", va\'l6, val7\n"
-    );
+    private static final String LINES = "Col 1, Col 2,  \tCol 3, Col 4, Col 5, Col 6, Col 7\n" +
+			"val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7\n" +
+			"1, 2, 3, 4\t, 5, 6, 7\n" +
+			"true, false, true, true, false, false, false\n" +
+			"0.23, 57.42, 5e27, -234.879, 2.34e5, 0.0, 9e-3\n" +
+			"\"va\tl1\", \"v\bal2\", \"val3\", \"val\f4\", \"val5\", \"va'l6\", val7\n";
+

    /**
     * CDL.toJSONArray() adds all values as strings, with no filtering or 
@@ -39,12 +38,54 @@ public class CDLTest {
     * values all must be quoted in the cases where the JSONObject parsing 
     * might normally convert the value into a non-string. 
     */
-    String expectedLines = new String(
-            "[{Col 1:val1, Col 2:val2, Col 3:val3, Col 4:val4, Col 5:val5, Col 6:val6, Col 7:val7}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"1\", Col 2:\"2\", Col 3:\"3\", Col 4:\"4\", Col 5:\"5\", Col 6:\"6\", Col 7:\"7\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"true\", Col 2:\"false\", Col 3:\"true\", Col 4:\"true\", Col 5:\"false\", Col 6:\"false\", Col 7:\"false\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"0.23\", Col 2:\"57.42\", Col 3:\"5e27\", Col 4:\"-234.879\", Col 5:\"2.34e5\", Col 6:\"0.0\", Col 7:\"9e-3\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"va\tl1\", Col 2:\"v\bal2\", Col 3:val3, Col 4:\"val\f4\", Col 5:val5, Col 6:va\'l6, Col 7:val7}]");
+    private static final String EXPECTED_LINES =
+            "[  " +
+                "{" +
+                    "\"Col 1\":\"val1\", " +
+                    "\"Col 2\":\"val2\", " +
+                    "\"Col 3\":\"val3\", " +
+                    "\"Col 4\":\"val4\", " +
+                    "\"Col 5\":\"val5\", " +
+                    "\"Col 6\":\"val6\", " +
+                    "\"Col 7\":\"val7\"" +
+                "}, " +
+			"   {" +
+                    "\"Col 1\":\"1\", " +
+                    "\"Col 2\":\"2\", " +
+                    "\"Col 3\":\"3\", " +
+                    "\"Col 4\":\"4\", " +
+                    "\"Col 5\":\"5\", " +
+                    "\"Col 6\":\"6\", " +
+                    "\"Col 7\":\"7\"" +
+                "}, " +
+			"   {" +
+                    "\"Col 1\":\"true\", " +
+                    "\"Col 2\":\"false\", " +
+                    "\"Col 3\":\"true\", " +
+                    "\"Col 4\":\"true\", " +
+                    "\"Col 5\":\"false\", " +
+                    "\"Col 6\":\"false\", " +
+                    "\"Col 7\":\"false\"" +
+                "}, " +
+			    "{" +
+                    "\"Col 1\":\"0.23\", " +
+                    "\"Col 2\":\"57.42\", " +
+                    "\"Col 3\":\"5e27\", " +
+                    "\"Col 4\":\"-234.879\", " +
+                    "\"Col 5\":\"2.34e5\", " +
+                    "\"Col 6\":\"0.0\", " +
+                    "\"Col 7\":\"9e-3\"" +
+                "}, " +
+			    "{" +
+                    "\"Col 1\":\"va\tl1\", " +
+                    "\"Col 2\":\"v\bal2\", " +
+                    "\"Col 3\":\"val3\", " +
+                    "\"Col 4\":\"val\f4\", " +
+                    "\"Col 5\":\"val5\", " +
+                    "\"Col 6\":\"va'l6\", " +
+                    "\"Col 7\":\"val7\"" +
+                "}" +
+            "]";

    /**
     * Attempts to create a JSONArray from a null string.
@@ -194,8 +235,7 @@ public class CDLTest {
    public void emptyString() {
        String emptyStr = "";
        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(emptyStr);
-        assertTrue("CDL should return null when the input string is empty",
-                jsonArray == null);
+		assertNull("CDL should return null when the input string is empty", jsonArray);
    }

    /**
@@ -254,7 +294,7 @@ public class CDLTest {
        jsonObject.put("Col \r1", "V1");
        // \r will be filtered from value
        jsonObject.put("Col 2", "V2\r");
-        assertTrue("expected length should be 1",jsonArray.length() == 1);
+		assertEquals("expected length should be 1", 1, jsonArray.length());
        String cdlStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
        jsonObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(0);
        assertTrue(cdlStr.contains("\"Col 1\""));
@@ -268,8 +308,15 @@ public class CDLTest {
     */
    @Test
    public void textToJSONArray() {
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(this.lines);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(this.expectedLines);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(jsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void textToJSONArrayPipeDelimited() {
+        char delimiter = '|';
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES.replaceAll(",", String.valueOf(delimiter)), delimiter);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(jsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
    }

@@ -279,11 +326,11 @@ public class CDLTest {
     */
    @Test
    public void jsonArrayToJSONArray() {
-        String nameArrayStr = "[Col1, Col2]";
+        String nameArrayStr = "[\"Col1\", \"Col2\"]";
        String values = "V1, V2";
        JSONArray nameJSONArray = new JSONArray(nameArrayStr);
        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(nameJSONArray, values);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray("[{Col1:V1,Col2:V2}]");
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray("[{\"Col1\":\"V1\",\"Col2\":\"V2\"}]");
        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(jsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
    }

@@ -293,10 +340,24 @@ public class CDLTest {
     */
    @Test
    public void textToJSONArrayAndBackToString() {
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(this.lines);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES);
        String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
        JSONArray finalJsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(jsonStr);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(this.expectedLines);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(finalJsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a JSONArray from a string of lines,
+     * then convert to string and then back to JSONArray
+     * with a custom delimiter
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void textToJSONArrayAndBackToStringCustomDelimiter() {
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES, ',');
+        String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray, ';');
+        JSONArray finalJsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(jsonStr, ';');
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(finalJsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
    }
    
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONArrayTest.java
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ public class JSONArrayTest {
                     jsonArray.length(),
                     len);

+	// collection as object
+        @SuppressWarnings("RedundantCast")
+        Object myListAsObject = (Object) myList;
+        jsonArray.putAll(myListAsObject);
+	    
        for (int i = 0; i < myList.size(); i++) {
            assertEquals("collection elements should be equal",
                         myList.get(i),
@@ -471,10 +476,15 @@ public class JSONArrayTest {
     */
    @Test
    public void unquotedText() {
-        String str = "[value1, something!, (parens), foo@bar.com, 23, 23+45]";
-        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(str);
-        List<Object> expected = Arrays.asList("value1", "something!", "(parens)", "foo@bar.com", 23, "23+45");
-        assertEquals(expected, jsonArray.toList());
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration();
+        if (jsonParserConfiguration.isStrictMode()) {
+            System.out.println("Skipping JSONArrayTest unquotedText() when strictMode default is true");
+        } else {
+            String str = "[value1, something!, (parens), foo@bar.com, 23, 23+45]";
+                JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(str);
+            List<Object> expected = Arrays.asList("value1", "something!", "(parens)", "foo@bar.com", 23, "23+45");
+            assertEquals(expected, jsonArray.toList());
+        }
    }

    /**
@@ -685,8 +695,8 @@ public class JSONArrayTest {

        String jsonArrayStr =
            "["+
-                "hello,"+
-                "world"+
+                "\"hello\","+
+                "\"world\""+
            "]";
        // 2
        jsonArray.put(new JSONArray(jsonArrayStr));
@@ -763,8 +773,8 @@ public class JSONArrayTest {

        String jsonArrayStr =
            "["+
-                "hello,"+
-                "world"+
+                "\"hello\","+
+                "\"world\""+
            "]";
        // 2
        jsonArray.put(2, new JSONArray(jsonArrayStr));
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONMLTest.java
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ public class JSONMLTest {
                                "\"subValue\","+
                                "{\"svAttr\":\"svValue\"},"+
                                "\"abc\""+
-                            "],"+
+                            "]"+
                        "],"+
                        "[\"value\",3],"+
                        "[\"value\",4.1],"+
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ public class JSONMLTest {
    @Test
    public void testToJSONArray_jsonOutput() {
        final String originalXml = "<root><id>01</id><id>1</id><id>00</id><id>0</id><item id=\"01\"/><title>True</title></root>";
-        final String expectedJsonString = "[\"root\",[\"id\",1],[\"id\",1],[\"id\",0],[\"id\",0],[\"item\",{\"id\":1}],[\"title\",true]]";
+        final String expectedJsonString = "[\"root\",[\"id\",\"01\"],[\"id\",1],[\"id\",\"00\"],[\"id\",0],[\"item\",{\"id\":\"01\"}],[\"title\",true]]";
        final JSONArray actualJsonOutput = JSONML.toJSONArray(originalXml, false);
        assertEquals(expectedJsonString, actualJsonOutput.toString());
    }
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDecimalTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectDecimalTest.java
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-package org.json.junit;
-
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-public class JSONObjectDecimalTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseDecimalNumberThatStartsWithDecimalPoint(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:0.50}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.5f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.5f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.5f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.5d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.5d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.5d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(.5).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeDecimalNumberThatStartsWithDecimalPoint(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:-.50}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.5f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.5f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.5f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.5d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.5d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.5d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(-.5).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseDecimalNumberThatHasZeroBeforeWithDecimalPoint(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:00.050}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.05f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.05f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0.05f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.05d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.05d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.05d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(.05).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeDecimalNumberThatHasZeroBeforeWithDecimalPoint(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:-00.050}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.05f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.05f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0.05f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.05d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.05d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.05d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(-.05).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-
-}
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectNumberTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectNumberTest.java
@@ -23,22 +23,18 @@ public class JSONObjectNumberTest {
    @Parameters(name = "{index}: {0}")
    public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
        return Arrays.asList(new Object[][]{
-            {"{value:0050}", 1},
-            {"{value:0050.0000}", 1},
-            {"{value:-0050}", -1},
-            {"{value:-0050.0000}", -1},
-            {"{value:50.0}", 1},
-            {"{value:5e1}", 1},
-            {"{value:5E1}", 1},
-            {"{value:5e1}", 1},
-            {"{value:'50'}", 1},
-            {"{value:-50}", -1},
-            {"{value:-50.0}", -1},
-            {"{value:-5e1}", -1},
-            {"{value:-0005e1}", -1},
-            {"{value:-5E1}", -1},
-            {"{value:-5e1}", -1},
-            {"{value:'-50'}", -1}
+            {"{\"value\":50}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":50.0}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":5e1}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":5E1}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":5e1}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":\"50\"}", 1},
+            {"{\"value\":-50}", -1},
+            {"{\"value\":-50.0}", -1},
+            {"{\"value\":-5e1}", -1},
+            {"{\"value\":-5E1}", -1},
+            {"{\"value\":-5e1}", -1},
+            {"{\"value\":\"-50\"}", -1}
            // JSON does not support octal or hex numbers;
            // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/52671839/6323312
            // "{value:062}", // octal 50
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+package org.json.junit;
+
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONParserConfiguration;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class JSONParserConfigurationTest {
+    private static final String TEST_SOURCE = "{\"key\": \"value1\", \"key\": \"value2\"}";
+
+    @Test(expected = JSONException.class)
+    public void testThrowException() {
+        new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOverwrite() {
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(TEST_SOURCE,
+                new JSONParserConfiguration().withOverwriteDuplicateKey(true));
+
+        assertEquals("duplicate key should be overwritten", "value2", jsonObject.getString("key"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyDuplicateKeyThenMaxDepth() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withOverwriteDuplicateKey(true)
+                .withMaxNestingDepth(42);
+
+        assertEquals(42, jsonParserConfiguration.getMaxNestingDepth());
+        assertTrue(jsonParserConfiguration.isOverwriteDuplicateKey());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyMaxDepthThenDuplicateKey() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withMaxNestingDepth(42)
+                .withOverwriteDuplicateKey(true);
+
+        assertTrue(jsonParserConfiguration.isOverwriteDuplicateKey());
+        assertEquals(42, jsonParserConfiguration.getMaxNestingDepth());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInput_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        List<String> strictModeInputTestCases = getNonCompliantJSONArrayList();
+        // this is a lot easier to debug when things stop working
+        for (int i = 0; i < strictModeInputTestCases.size(); ++i) {
+            String testCase = strictModeInputTestCases.get(i);
+            try {
+                JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+                String s = jsonArray.toString();
+                String msg = "Expected an exception, but got: " + s + " Noncompliant Array index: " + i;
+                fail(msg);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // its all good
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObjects_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        List<String> strictModeInputTestCases = getNonCompliantJSONObjectList();
+        // this is a lot easier to debug when things stop working
+        for (int i = 0; i < strictModeInputTestCases.size(); ++i) {
+            String testCase = strictModeInputTestCases.get(i);
+            try {
+                JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+                String s = jsonObject.toString();
+                String msg = "Expected an exception, but got: " + s + " Noncompliant Array index: " + i;
+                fail(msg);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // its all good
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonArray.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenEmptyObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{}";
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidNestedArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "[[\"c\"], [10.2], [true, false, true]]";
+
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainStringAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(0);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainNumberAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(1);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(2);
+
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainStringAt0.get(0) instanceof String);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainNumberAt0.get(0) instanceof Number);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0.get(0) instanceof Boolean);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidNestedObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":[\"c\"], \"a1\":[10.2], \"a2\":[true, false, true]}";
+
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainStringAt0 = jsonObject.getJSONArray("a0");
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainNumberAt0 = jsonObject.getJSONArray("a1");
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0 = jsonObject.getJSONArray("a2");
+
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainStringAt0.get(0) instanceof String);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainNumberAt0.get(0) instanceof Number);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0.get(0) instanceof Boolean);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidEmptyArrayInsideArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[[]]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonArray.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidEmptyArrayInsideObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":[]}";
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidEmptyArrayInsideArray_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowJsonException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+        String testCase = "[[]]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonArray.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValidEmptyArrayInsideObject_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowJsonException(){
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":[]}";
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        assertEquals(testCase, jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidStringArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[badString]";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'badString' is not surrounded by quotes at 10 [character 11 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidStringObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":badString}";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'badString' is not surrounded by quotes at 15 [character 16 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void allowNullArrayInStrictMode() {
+        String expected = "[null]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(expected, new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode(true));
+        assertEquals(expected, jsonArray.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void allowNullObjectInStrictMode() {
+        String expected = "{\"a0\":null}";
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(expected, new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode(true));
+        assertEquals(expected, jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHandleNumericArray() {
+        String expected = "[10]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(expected, new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode(true));
+        assertEquals(expected, jsonArray.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHandleNumericObject() {
+        String expected = "{\"a0\":10}";
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(expected, new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode(true));
+        assertEquals(expected, jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void givenCompliantJSONArrayFile_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowAnyException() throws IOException {
+        try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get("src/test/resources/compliantJsonArray.json"))) {
+            String compliantJsonArrayAsString = lines.collect(Collectors.joining());
+            JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                    .withStrictMode(true);
+            new JSONArray(compliantJsonArrayAsString, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCompliantJSONObjectFile_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowAnyException() throws IOException {
+        try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get("src/test/resources/compliantJsonObject.json"))) {
+            String compliantJsonObjectAsString = lines.collect(Collectors.joining());
+            JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                    .withStrictMode(true);
+
+            new JSONObject(compliantJsonObjectAsString, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArrays_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowAnyException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+
+        List<String> strictModeInputTestCases = getNonCompliantJSONArrayList();
+
+        // this is a lot easier to debug when things stop working
+        for (int i = 0; i < strictModeInputTestCases.size(); ++i) {
+            String testCase = strictModeInputTestCases.get(i);
+            try {
+                JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.out.println("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage() + " Noncompliant Array index: " + i);
+                fail(String.format("Noncompliant array index: %d", i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObjects_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowAnyException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+
+        List<String> strictModeInputTestCases = getNonCompliantJSONObjectList();
+
+        // this is a lot easier to debug when things stop working
+        for (int i = 0; i < strictModeInputTestCases.size(); ++i) {
+            String testCase = strictModeInputTestCases.get(i);
+            try {
+                JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.out.println("Unexpected exception: " + e.getMessage() + " Noncompliant Array index: " + i);
+                fail(String.format("Noncompliant array index: %d", i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowInvalidCharacterErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[1,2];[3,4]";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text at 6 [character 7 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowInvalidCharacterErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":[1,2];\"a1\":[3,4]}";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Invalid character ';' found at 12 [character 13 line 1]", je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArrayWithNumericStrings_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowInvalidCharacterErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[\"1\",\"2\"];[3,4]";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Unparsed characters found at end of input text at 10 [character 11 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObjectWithNumericStrings_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowInvalidCharacterErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":[\"1\",\"2\"];\"a1\":[3,4]}";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Invalid character ';' found at 16 [character 17 line 1]", je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowValueNotSurroundedByQuotesErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "[{\"test\": implied}]";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'implied' is not surrounded by quotes at 17 [character 18 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowValueNotSurroundedByQuotesErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":{\"test\": implied}]}";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'implied' is not surrounded by quotes at 22 [character 23 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArray_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowAnyException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+        String testCase = "[{\"test\": implied}]";
+        new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObject_testStrictModeFalse_shouldNotThrowAnyException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+        String testCase = "{\"a0\":{\"test\": implied}}";
+        new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNonCompliantQuotesArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonExceptionWithConcreteErrorDescription() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCaseOne = "[\"abc', \"test\"]";
+        String testCaseTwo = "['abc\", \"test\"]";
+        String testCaseThree = "['abc']";
+        String testCaseFour = "[{'testField': \"testValue\"}]";
+
+        JSONException jeOne = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseOne, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeTwo = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseTwo, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeThree = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseThree, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeFour = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseFour, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "Expected a ',' or ']' at 10 [character 11 line 1]",
+                jeOne.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 2 [character 3 line 1]",
+                jeTwo.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 2 [character 3 line 1]",
+                jeThree.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 3 [character 4 line 1]",
+                jeFour.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNonCompliantQuotesObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonExceptionWithConcreteErrorDescription() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCaseOne = "{\"abc': \"test\"}";
+        String testCaseTwo = "{'abc\": \"test\"}";
+        String testCaseThree = "{\"a\":'abc'}";
+        String testCaseFour = "{'testField': \"testValue\"}";
+
+        JSONException jeOne = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseOne, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeTwo = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseTwo, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeThree = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseThree, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeFour = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseFour, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "Expected a ':' after a key at 10 [character 11 line 1]",
+                jeOne.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 2 [character 3 line 1]",
+                jeTwo.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 6 [character 7 line 1]",
+                jeThree.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Strict mode error: Single quoted strings are not allowed at 2 [character 3 line 1]",
+                jeFour.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnbalancedQuotesArray_testStrictModeFalse_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+
+        String testCaseOne = "[\"abc', \"test\"]";
+        String testCaseTwo = "['abc\", \"test\"]";
+
+        JSONException jeOne = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseOne, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeTwo = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONArray(testCaseTwo, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals("Expected a ',' or ']' at 10 [character 11 line 1]", jeOne.getMessage());
+        assertEquals("Unterminated string. Character with int code 0 is not allowed within a quoted string. at 15 [character 16 line 1]", jeTwo.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUnbalancedQuotesObject_testStrictModeFalse_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(false);
+
+        String testCaseOne = "{\"abc': \"test\"}";
+        String testCaseTwo = "{'abc\": \"test\"}";
+
+        JSONException jeOne = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseOne, jsonParserConfiguration));
+        JSONException jeTwo = assertThrows(JSONException.class,
+                () -> new JSONObject(testCaseTwo, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals("Expected a ':' after a key at 10 [character 11 line 1]", jeOne.getMessage());
+        assertEquals("Unterminated string. Character with int code 0 is not allowed within a quoted string. at 15 [character 16 line 1]", jeTwo.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowKeyNotSurroundedByQuotesErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "[{test: implied}]";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant array but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'test' is not surrounded by quotes at 6 [character 7 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidInputObject_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowKeyNotSurroundedByQuotesErrorMessage() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+                .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "{test: implied}";
+        JSONException je = assertThrows("expected non-compliant json but got instead: " + testCase,
+                JSONException.class, () -> new JSONObject(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals("Strict mode error: Value 'test' is not surrounded by quotes at 5 [character 6 line 1]",
+                je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method contains short but focused use-case samples and is exclusively used to test strictMode unit tests in
+     * this class.
+     *
+     * @return List with JSON strings.
+     */
+    private List<String> getNonCompliantJSONArrayList() {
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                "[1],",
+                "[1,]",
+                "[,]",
+                "[,,]",
+                "[[1],\"sa\",[2]]a",
+                "[1],\"dsa\": \"test\"",
+                "[[a]]",
+                "[]asdf",
+                "[]]",
+                "[]}",
+                "[][",
+                "[]{",
+                "[],",
+                "[]:",
+                "[],[",
+                "[],{",
+                "[1,2];[3,4]",
+                "[test]",
+                "[{'testSingleQuote': 'testSingleQuote'}]",
+                "[1, 2,3]:[4,5]",
+                "[{test: implied}]",
+                "[{\"test\": implied}]",
+                "[{\"number\":\"7990154836330\",\"color\":'c'},{\"number\":8784148854580,\"color\":RosyBrown},{\"number\":\"5875770107113\",\"color\":\"DarkSeaGreen\"}]",
+                "[{test: \"implied\"}]");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method contains short but focused use-case samples and is exclusively used to test strictMode unit tests in
+     * this class.
+     *
+     * @return List with JSON strings.
+     */
+    private List<String> getNonCompliantJSONObjectList() {
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                "{\"a\":1},",
+                "{\"a\":1,}",
+                "{\"a0\":[1],\"a1\":\"sa\",\"a2\":[2]}a",
+                "{\"a\":1},\"dsa\": \"test\"",
+                "{\"a\":[a]}",
+                "{}asdf",
+                "{}}",
+                "{}]",
+                "{}{",
+                "{}[",
+                "{},",
+                "{}:",
+                "{},{",
+                "{},[",
+                "{\"a0\":[1,2];\"a1\":[3,4]}",
+                "{\"a\":test}",
+                "{a:{'testSingleQuote': 'testSingleQuote'}}",
+                "{\"a0\":1, \"a1\":2,\"a2\":3}:{\"a3\":4,\"a4\":5}",
+                "{\"a\":{test: implied}}",
+                "{a:{\"test\": implied}}",
+                "{a:[{\"number\":\"7990154836330\",\"color\":'c'},{\"number\":8784148854580,\"color\":RosyBrown},{\"number\":\"5875770107113\",\"color\":\"DarkSeaGreen\"}]}",
+                "{a:{test: \"implied\"}}"
+        );
+    }
+
+}
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONPointerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONPointerTest.java
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@ public class JSONPointerTest {
    	String str = "{"+
                "\"string\\\\\\\\Key\":\"hello world!\","+

-                "\"\\\\\":\"slash test\"," + 
-                "}"+
+                "\"\\\\\":\"slash test\"" +
                "}";
            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(str);
            //Summary of issue: When a KEY in the jsonObject is "\\\\" --> it's held
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONStringTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONStringTest.java
@@ -319,6 +319,22 @@ public class JSONStringTest {
        }
    }

+    @Test
+    public void testEnumJSONString() {
+        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
+        jsonObject.put("key", MyEnum.MY_ENUM);
+        assertEquals("{\"key\":\"myJsonString\"}", jsonObject.toString());
+    }
+
+    private enum MyEnum implements JSONString {
+        MY_ENUM;
+
+        @Override
+        public String toJSONString() {
+            return "\"myJsonString\"";
+        }
+    }
+
    /**
     * A JSONString that returns a valid JSON string value.
     */
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JsonNumberZeroTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JsonNumberZeroTest.java
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package org.json.junit;
-
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-public class JsonNumberZeroTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseNegativeZeroValueWithMultipleZeroDigit(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:-0000}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", -0f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.0d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", -0.0d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(-0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldParseZeroValueWithMultipleZeroDigit(){
-        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("{value:0000}");
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0f, jsonObject.getFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0f, jsonObject.optFloat("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Float not recognized", 0f, jsonObject.optFloatObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0d, jsonObject.optDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.0d, jsonObject.optDoubleObject("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Double not recognized", 0.0d, jsonObject.getDouble("value"), 0.0f);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getLong("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Long not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optLongObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getInt("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Integer not recognized", 0, jsonObject.optIntegerObject("value"), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").intValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("Number not recognized", 0, jsonObject.getNumber("value").longValue(), 0);
-        assertEquals("BigDecimal not recognized", 0, BigDecimal.valueOf(-0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigDecimal("value")));
-        assertEquals("BigInteger not recognized",0, BigInteger.valueOf(0).compareTo(jsonObject.getBigInteger("value")));
-    }
-
-}
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/StringBuilderWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/StringBuilderWriterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package org.json.junit;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.json.StringBuilderWriter;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class StringBuilderWriterTest {
+    private StringBuilderWriter writer;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        writer = new StringBuilderWriter();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteChar() {
+        writer.write('a');
+        assertEquals("a", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteCharArray() {
+        char[] chars = {'a', 'b', 'c'};
+        writer.write(chars, 0, 3);
+        assertEquals("abc", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteString() {
+        writer.write("hello");
+        assertEquals("hello", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteStringWithOffsetAndLength() {
+        writer.write("hello world", 6, 5);
+        assertEquals("world", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAppendCharSequence() {
+        writer.append("hello");
+        assertEquals("hello", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAppendCharSequenceWithStartAndEnd() {
+        CharSequence csq = "hello world";
+        writer.append(csq, 6, 11);
+        assertEquals("world", writer.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAppendChar() {
+        writer.append('a');
+        assertEquals("a", writer.toString());
+    }
+}
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ public class XMLConfigurationTest {

        String expectedStr = 
            "{\"addresses\":{\"address\":{\"street\":\"[CDATA[Baker street 5]\","+
-            "\"name\":\"Joe Tester\",\"NothingHere\":\"\",TrueValue:true,\n"+
+            "\"name\":\"Joe Tester\",\"NothingHere\":\"\",\"TrueValue\":true,\n"+
            "\"FalseValue\":false,\"NullValue\":null,\"PositiveValue\":42,\n"+
-            "\"NegativeValue\":-23,\"DoubleValue\":-23.45,\"Nan\":-23x.45,\n"+
+            "\"NegativeValue\":-23,\"DoubleValue\":-23.45,\"Nan\":\"-23x.45\",\n"+
            "\"ArrayOfNum\":\"1, 2, 3, 4.1, 5.2\"\n"+
            "},\"xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation\":"+
            "\"test.xsd\",\"xmlns:xsi\":\"http://www.w3.org/2001/"+
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ public class XMLConfigurationTest {
    @Test
    public void testToJSONArray_jsonOutput() {
        final String originalXml = "<root><id>01</id><id>1</id><id>00</id><id>0</id><item id=\"01\"/><title>True</title></root>";
-        final JSONObject expected = new JSONObject("{\"root\":{\"item\":{\"id\":1},\"id\":[1,1,0,0],\"title\":true}}");
+        final JSONObject expected = new JSONObject("{\"root\":{\"item\":{\"id\":\"01\"},\"id\":[\"01\",1,\"00\",0],\"title\":true}}");
        final JSONObject actualJsonOutput = XML.toJSONObject(originalXml, 
                new XMLParserConfiguration().withKeepStrings(false));
        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(actualJsonOutput,expected);
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ public class XMLTest {

        String expectedStr = 
            "{\"addresses\":{\"address\":{\"street\":\"[CDATA[Baker street 5]\","+
-            "\"name\":\"Joe Tester\",\"NothingHere\":\"\",TrueValue:true,\n"+
+            "\"name\":\"Joe Tester\",\"NothingHere\":\"\",\"TrueValue\":true,\n"+
            "\"FalseValue\":false,\"NullValue\":null,\"PositiveValue\":42,\n"+
-            "\"NegativeValue\":-23,\"DoubleValue\":-23.45,\"Nan\":-23x.45,\n"+
+            "\"NegativeValue\":-23,\"DoubleValue\":-23.45,\"Nan\":\"-23x.45\",\n"+
            "\"ArrayOfNum\":\"1, 2, 3, 4.1, 5.2\"\n"+
            "},\"xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation\":"+
            "\"test.xsd\",\"xmlns:xsi\":\"http://www.w3.org/2001/"+
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ public class XMLTest {
    @Test
    public void testToJSONArray_jsonOutput() {
        final String originalXml = "<root><id>01</id><id>1</id><id>00</id><id>0</id><item id=\"01\"/><title>True</title></root>";
-        final JSONObject expectedJson = new JSONObject("{\"root\":{\"item\":{\"id\":1},\"id\":[1,1,0,0],\"title\":true}}");
+        final JSONObject expectedJson = new JSONObject("{\"root\":{\"item\":{\"id\":\"01\"},\"id\":[\"01\",1,\"00\",0],\"title\":true}}");
        final JSONObject actualJsonOutput = XML.toJSONObject(originalXml, false);

        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(actualJsonOutput,expectedJson);
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ public class XMLTest {

    @Test
    public void shouldCreateExplicitEndTagWithEmptyValueWhenConfigured(){
-        String jsonString = "{outer:{innerOne:\"\", innerTwo:\"two\"}}";
+        String jsonString = "{\"outer\":{\"innerOne\":\"\", \"innerTwo\":\"two\"}}";
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
        String expectedXmlString = "<encloser><outer><innerOne></innerOne><innerTwo>two</innerTwo></outer></encloser>";
        String xmlForm = XML.toString(jsonObject,"encloser", new XMLParserConfiguration().withCloseEmptyTag(true));
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ public class XMLTest {

    @Test
    public void shouldNotCreateExplicitEndTagWithEmptyValueWhenNotConfigured(){
-        String jsonString = "{outer:{innerOne:\"\", innerTwo:\"two\"}}";
+        String jsonString = "{\"outer\":{\"innerOne\":\"\", \"innerTwo\":\"two\"}}";
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonString);
        String expectedXmlString = "<encloser><outer><innerOne/><innerTwo>two</innerTwo></outer></encloser>";
        String xmlForm = XML.toString(jsonObject,"encloser", new XMLParserConfiguration().withCloseEmptyTag(false));
@@ -1397,6 +1397,35 @@ public class XMLTest {
        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(actualJson,expectedJson);
    }

+    @Test
+    public void clarifyCurrentBehavior() {
+
+        // Behavior documented in #826
+        // After reverting the code, amount is stored as numeric, and phone is stored as string
+        String str1 =
+                "    <datatypes>\n" +
+                "        <telephone>0123456789</telephone>\n" +
+                "        <amount>0.1230</amount>\n" +
+                "        <boolean>true</boolean>\n" +
+                "    </datatypes>";
+        JSONObject jsonObject1 = XML.toJSONObject(str1,
+                new XMLParserConfiguration().withKeepStrings(false));
+        assertEquals(jsonObject1.getJSONObject("datatypes").getFloat("amount"), 0.123, .1);
+        assertEquals(jsonObject1.getJSONObject("datatypes").getString("telephone"), "0123456789");
+
+
+        // Behavior documented in #852
+        // After reverting the code, value is still stored as a number. This is due to how XML.isDecimalNotation() works
+        // and is probably a bug. JSONObject has a similar problem.
+        String str2 = "<color> <color_type>primary</color_type> <value>008E97</value> </color>";
+        JSONObject jsonObject2 = XML.toJSONObject(str2);
+        assertEquals(jsonObject2.getJSONObject("color").getLong("value"), 0e897, .1);
+
+        // Workaround for now is to use keepStrings
+        JSONObject jsonObject3 = XML.toJSONObject(str2, new XMLParserConfiguration().withKeepStrings(true));
+        assertEquals(jsonObject3.getJSONObject("color").getString("value"), "008E97");
+    }
+
 }


--- a/src/test/resources/compliantJsonArray.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/compliantJsonArray.json
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+[
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27d2ab4a0102d49420a",
+    "index": 0,
+    "guid": "441331fb-84d1-4873-a649-3814621a0370",
+    "isActive": true,
+    "balance": "$2,691.63",
+    "picture": "http://example.abc/32x32",
+    "age": 26,
+    "eyeColor": "blue",
+    "name": "abc",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "example",
+    "email": "abc@def.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (123) 456-7890",
+    "address": "123 Main St",
+    "about": "Laborum magna tempor officia irure cillum nulla incididunt Lorem dolor veniam elit cupidatat amet. Veniam veniam exercitation nulla consectetur officia esse ex sunt nulla nisi ea cillum nisi reprehenderit. Qui aliquip reprehenderit aliqua aliquip aliquip anim sit magna nostrud dolore veniam velit elit aliquip.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2016-07-22T03:18:11 -01:00",
+    "latitude": -21.544934,
+    "longitude": 72.765495,
+    "tags": [
+      "consectetur",
+      "minim",
+      "sunt",
+      "in",
+      "ut",
+      "velit",
+      "anim"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "abc def"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "ghi jkl"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "mno pqr"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, abc! You have 10 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "banana"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27d0a45df5121fb765f",
+    "index": 1,
+    "guid": "fd774715-de85-44b9-b498-c214d8f68d9f",
+    "isActive": true,
+    "balance": "$2,713.96",
+    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
+    "age": 27,
+    "eyeColor": "green",
+    "name": "def",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "sample",
+    "email": "def@abc.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (123) 456-78910",
+    "address": "1234 Main St",
+    "about": "Ea id cupidatat eiusmod culpa. Nulla consequat esse elit enim et pariatur eiusmod ipsum. Consequat eu non reprehenderit in.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2015-04-06T07:54:22 -01:00",
+    "latitude": 83.512347,
+    "longitude": -9.368739,
+    "tags": [
+      "excepteur",
+      "non",
+      "nostrud",
+      "laboris",
+      "laboris",
+      "qui",
+      "aute"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "sample example"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "test name"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "aaa aaaa"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, test! You have 7 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27dfb3a0e4e7e7183d3",
+    "index": 2,
+    "guid": "688b0c36-98e0-4ee7-86b8-863638d79b5f",
+    "isActive": false,
+    "balance": "$3,514.35",
+    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
+    "age": 32,
+    "eyeColor": "green",
+    "name": "test",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "test",
+    "email": "test@test.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (123) 456-7890",
+    "address": "123 Main St",
+    "about": "Mollit officia adipisicing ex nisi non Lorem sunt quis est. Irure exercitation duis ipsum qui ullamco eu ea commodo occaecat minim proident. Incididunt nostrud ex cupidatat eiusmod mollit anim irure culpa. Labore voluptate voluptate labore nisi sit eu. Dolor sit proident velit dolor deserunt labore sit ipsum incididunt eiusmod reprehenderit voluptate. Duis anim velit officia laboris consequat officia dolor sint dolor nisi ex.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2021-11-02T12:50:05 -00:00",
+    "latitude": -82.969939,
+    "longitude": 86.415645,
+    "tags": [
+      "aliquip",
+      "et",
+      "est",
+      "nulla",
+      "nulla",
+      "tempor",
+      "adipisicing"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "test"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "sample"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "example"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, test! You have 1 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "strawberry"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27d204bc2327fc9ba23",
+    "index": 3,
+    "guid": "be970cba-306e-4cbd-be08-c265a43a61fa",
+    "isActive": true,
+    "balance": "$3,691.63",
+    "picture": "http://placehold.it/32x32",
+    "age": 35,
+    "eyeColor": "brown",
+    "name": "another test",
+    "gender": "male",
+    "company": "TEST",
+    "email": "anothertest@anothertest.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (321) 987-6543",
+    "address": "123 Example Main St",
+    "about": "Do proident consectetur minim quis. In adipisicing culpa Lorem fugiat cillum exercitation velit velit. Non voluptate laboris deserunt veniam et sint consectetur irure aliqua quis eiusmod consectetur elit id. Ex sint do anim Lorem excepteur eu nulla.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2020-06-25T04:55:25 -01:00",
+    "latitude": 63.614955,
+    "longitude": -109.299405,
+    "tags": [
+      "irure",
+      "esse",
+      "non",
+      "mollit",
+      "laborum",
+      "adipisicing",
+      "ad"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "test"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "sample"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "example"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, another test! You have 5 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27df63eb5f390cb9989",
+    "index": 4,
+    "guid": "2c3e5115-758d-468e-99c5-c9afa26e1f9f",
+    "isActive": true,
+    "balance": "$1,047.20",
+    "picture": "http://test.it/32x32",
+    "age": 30,
+    "eyeColor": "green",
+    "name": "Test Name",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "test",
+    "email": "testname@testname.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (999) 999-9999",
+    "address": "999 Test Main St",
+    "about": "Voluptate exercitation tempor consectetur velit magna ea occaecat cupidatat consectetur anim aute. Aliquip est aute ipsum laboris non irure qui consectetur tempor quis do ea Lorem. Cupidatat exercitation ad culpa aliqua amet commodo mollit reprehenderit exercitation adipisicing amet et laborum pariatur.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2023-01-19T02:43:18 -00:00",
+    "latitude": 14.15208,
+    "longitude": 170.411535,
+    "tags": [
+      "dolor",
+      "qui",
+      "cupidatat",
+      "aliqua",
+      "laboris",
+      "reprehenderit",
+      "sint"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "test"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "sample"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "example"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, test! You have 6 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27d01d19fa29853d59c",
+    "index": 5,
+    "guid": "816cda74-5d4b-498f-9724-20f340d5f5bf",
+    "isActive": false,
+    "balance": "$2,628.74",
+    "picture": "http://testing.it/32x32",
+    "age": 28,
+    "eyeColor": "green",
+    "name": "Testing",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "test",
+    "email": "testing@testing.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (888) 888-8888",
+    "address": "123 Main St",
+    "about": "Cupidatat non ut nulla qui excepteur in minim non et nulla fugiat. Dolor quis laborum occaecat veniam dolor ullamco deserunt amet veniam dolor quis proident tempor laboris. In cillum duis ut quis. Aliqua cupidatat magna proident velit tempor veniam et consequat laborum ex dolore qui. Incididunt deserunt magna minim Lorem consectetur.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2017-10-14T11:14:08 -01:00",
+    "latitude": -5.345728,
+    "longitude": -9.706491,
+    "tags": [
+      "officia",
+      "velit",
+      "laboris",
+      "qui",
+      "cupidatat",
+      "cupidatat",
+      "ad"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "test"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "sample"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "example"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, testing! You have 2 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "strawberry"
+  },
+  {
+    "_id": "6606c27d803003cede1d6deb",
+    "index": 6,
+    "guid": "4ee550bc-0920-4104-b3ce-ebf9db6a803f",
+    "isActive": true,
+    "balance": "$1,709.31",
+    "picture": "http://sample.it/32x32",
+    "age": 31,
+    "eyeColor": "blue",
+    "name": "Sample Name",
+    "gender": "female",
+    "company": "Sample",
+    "email": "sample@sample.com",
+    "phone": "+1 (777) 777-7777",
+    "address": "123 Main St",
+    "about": "Lorem ex proident ipsum ullamco velit sit nisi eiusmod cillum. Id tempor irure culpa nisi sit non qui veniam non ut. Aliquip reprehenderit excepteur mollit quis excepteur ex sit. Quis do eu veniam do ullamco occaecat eu cupidatat nisi laborum tempor minim fugiat pariatur. Ex in nulla ex velit.\r\n",
+    "registered": "2019-04-08T03:54:36 -01:00",
+    "latitude": -70.660321,
+    "longitude": 71.547525,
+    "tags": [
+      "consequat",
+      "veniam",
+      "pariatur",
+      "aliqua",
+      "cillum",
+      "eu",
+      "officia"
+    ],
+    "friends": [
+      {
+        "id": 0,
+        "name": "Test"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "name": "Sample"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": 2,
+        "name": "Example"
+      }
+    ],
+    "greeting": "Hello, Sample! You have 6 unread messages.",
+    "favoriteFruit": "apple"
+  }
+]
--- a/src/test/resources/compliantJsonObject.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/compliantJsonObject.json
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Sean Leary	324090a876	Merge pull request #929 from stleary/restore-moditect-pom.xml restore-moditect-pom.xml restore plugin	2025-01-07 15:24:21 -06:00
Sean Leary	41c6e9e81e	restore-moditect-pom.xml restore plugin	2025-01-07 07:47:46 -06:00
Sean Leary	0e60592bdb	Merge pull request #924 from stleary/pre-release-20241224 pre-release-20241224: updates for next release	2024-12-24 08:27:15 -06:00
Sean Leary	4cd70cf9d9	pre-release-20241224: updates for next release	2024-12-24 08:19:27 -06:00
Sean Leary	ac40a6faa3	Merge pull request #921 from stleary/restore-jsonparserconfiguration Restore strict mode text parsing	2024-12-21 10:11:03 -06:00
Sean Leary	2dcef89a6f	Code review action items - add comments and consistent error messages for strict mode	2024-12-21 09:50:52 -06:00
Sean Leary	d3c7eaf17e	restore-jsonparserconfiguration: fix unit tests to work when strictMode default is true	2024-12-15 13:18:39 -06:00
Sean Leary	09536cd6c8	restore-jsonparserconfiguration: add jsonobject strict tests. Detect semicolon instead of colon separator in object	2024-12-15 10:38:54 -06:00
Sean Leary	1f0729cadb	restore-jsonparserconfiguration: strict mode initial attempt. Still missing all JSONObject test cases and strict mode sanity check. Might be able to simplify implementation a bit more	2024-12-14 14:40:40 -06:00
Sean Leary	80b2672f77	restore-jsonparserconfiguration: clean up some whitespace	2024-12-14 10:07:26 -06:00
Sean Leary	1f308db7c4	restore-jsonparserconfiguration: Restore methods to be used for strict mode	2024-12-14 10:01:27 -06:00
Sean Leary	2ee5bf13f4	Merge pull request #907 from hexetia/fix-901 Fix a bug when calling JSONArray.addAll() with Collection as Object	2024-11-13 16:29:34 -06:00
Sean Leary	e7e52dad82	Merge pull request #894 from stleary/update-jsonpath update-jsonpath: update jsonpath from 2.4.0 to 2.9.0	2024-11-10 17:43:33 -06:00
Sean Leary	39ee5e092f	Merge pull request #911 from stleary/revert-strict-mode-for-now Revert strict mode	2024-11-10 17:41:11 -06:00
Sean Leary	215ec9bb9c	Revert "Merge pull request #877 from rikkarth/feat/871-strictMode" This reverts commit `d02ac0f2a3`, reversing changes made to `cfd47615d0`.	2024-11-03 09:50:08 -06:00
Sean Leary	61dc2644d8	Revert "Merge pull request #886 from Simulant87/884-strictmode-javadoc" This reverts commit `8983ca6da1`, reversing changes made to `d02ac0f2a3`.	2024-11-03 09:49:50 -06:00
Sean Leary	ab1b9a3459	Revert "Merge pull request #888 from rikkarth/fix/887" This reverts commit `14f71274f7`, reversing changes made to `054786e300`.	2024-11-03 09:49:23 -06:00
Lucas Nascimento	14e9cdc485	fix(#901 ): add the jsonparserConfiguration param to avoid a stackoverflow error	2024-10-05 11:43:00 -03:00
Lucas Nascimento	0d71dcf713	test(#901 ): call JsonArray.putAll with a casted list as object	2024-10-05 11:39:26 -03:00
Sean Leary	14f71274f7	Merge pull request #888 from rikkarth/fix/887 fix(#887): complete strictMode for JSONArray	2024-05-20 20:18:49 -05:00
rikkarth	a8ab79e3f3	chore(#887 ): JSONParserConfiguration strictMode true flag cleanup	2024-05-19 14:41:16 +01:00
Sean Leary	783577be19	update-jsonpath: update jsonpath from 2.4.0 to 2.9.0	2024-05-14 20:48:33 -05:00
Sean Leary	054786e300	Merge pull request #889 from kaiyaok2/fix_nio_tests Fixed non-idempotent unit tests in `JSONObjectTest`	2024-05-03 12:15:52 -05:00
rikkarth	48dfeb84b0	fix(#887 ): unit tests, uncommented tests after fix	2024-04-28 23:52:53 +01:00
rikkarth	1ae43bdb90	fix(#887 ): regressions, unit tests - JSONArray now evaluates EOF accordingly for empty Array inputs. - JSONTokener fixed indentation - externalized two JSONMLTest cases	2024-04-28 23:30:05 +01:00
Sean Leary	cf00ef3e8a	fixes the broken JSONTokenerTest cases	2024-04-28 12:47:51 -05:00
Sean Leary	0180bd90f0	fixes the broken XMLTest cases	2024-04-28 12:41:58 -05:00
Sean Leary	fa2f3402d6	fixes the broken XMLConfigurationTest cases	2024-04-28 11:33:31 -05:00
Sean Leary	f4944fbf1e	fixes the broken JSONMLTest cases	2024-04-28 11:28:38 -05:00
Sean Leary	1881cbe91a	fixes the broken CDLTest cases	2024-04-28 11:23:01 -05:00
Sean Leary	209837357b	fixes the broken JSONObjectTest cases	2024-04-28 11:03:24 -05:00
Sean Leary	d1fd901bdb	fixes the JSONObjectNumberTest cases	2024-04-28 10:47:40 -05:00
Sean Leary	6529a7e536	fixes the broken JSONArrayTest cases	2024-04-28 10:45:23 -05:00
Sean Leary	4319b71934	force strict mode to expose failing tests	2024-04-28 10:37:36 -05:00
rikkarth	1e3f37be98	feat(#877 ): add additional validation, test case	2024-04-27 22:37:21 +01:00
rikkarth	7a8c21621c	fix(#877 ): adaptation for java 6 compatibility	2024-04-27 22:16:38 +01:00
rikkarth	9216a19366	feat(#877 ): improved JSONArray and JSONTokener logic JSONArray construction improved to recursive validation JSONTokener implemented smallCharMemory and array level for improved validation Added new test cases and minor test case adaption	2024-04-27 22:14:35 +01:00
Kaiyao Ke	b6e347d7f8	fixed non-idempotent unit tests	2024-04-26 01:01:21 -05:00
rikkarth	879579d3bb	chore(#887 ): signature minor edit	2024-04-23 20:54:20 +01:00
rikkarth	898dd5a39d	fix(#887 ): allow null value strict mode	2024-04-23 20:52:02 +01:00
rikkarth	ce13ebd5fe	chore(#887 ): clean up parsedUnquotedText implementation	2024-04-23 20:42:11 +01:00
rikkarth	7cc19483fb	fix(#887 ): regression parsing array with non-string and boolean values	2024-04-23 19:06:27 +01:00
rikkarth	0bace72ced	fix(#887 ): small typo	2024-04-21 22:09:05 +01:00
rikkarth	03def9c7fc	Merge branch 'master' of github.com:stleary/JSON-java into fix/887	2024-04-21 22:05:56 +01:00
rikkarth	3dcd5b2fab	fix(#887 ): double array breaking JSONTokener.nextValue change(#887): input validation	2024-04-21 11:03:15 +01:00
Sean Leary	8983ca6da1	Merge pull request #886 from Simulant87/884-strictmode-javadoc add javadoc for strictmode	2024-04-15 17:00:32 -05:00
rikkarth	ce074e9f9a	fix(#887 ): corrected small typo	2024-04-14 23:23:06 +01:00
rikkarth	fe597d296e	fix(#887 ): complete strictMode for JSONArray	2024-04-14 23:11:17 +01:00
Simulant87	5bd4257c54	add javadoc for strictmode	2024-04-12 15:30:41 +02:00
Sean Leary	d02ac0f2a3	Merge pull request #877 from rikkarth/feat/871-strictMode StrictMode Implementation for JSONArray	2024-04-10 10:27:09 -05:00
Sean Leary	cfd47615d0	Update README.md to fix the download-jar link This got accidentally left out in the last release	2024-04-07 12:33:33 -05:00
rikkarth	3200275881	change(stleary#871-strictMode): cleanup chore: removed PII from json sample chore: JSONParserConfiguration.java cleanup chore: JSONTokener.java nextValue partial rollback	2024-04-07 10:26:28 +01:00
rikkarth	d92d62afc2	Merge branch 'master' into feat/871-strictMode	2024-03-30 22:03:57 +00:00
rikkarth	46534b56ad	feat(#871-strictMode): removed allowSingleQuotes test(#871-strictMode): adjusted related tests, add more test cases for non-compliant quotes in strict mode	2024-03-30 18:44:51 +00:00
Sean Leary	87406e4db1	Merge pull request #879 from Simulant87/add-syntax-error-details extend syntax error information	2024-03-30 09:42:27 -05:00
rikkarth	c0918c2428	feat(#871-strictMode): add allowSingleQuote option, add enhancements and simplification	2024-03-30 11:06:30 +00:00
rikkarth	d2cb38dba7	feat(#871-strictMode): added ORIGINAL implementation to JSONParserConfiguration	2024-03-30 10:26:44 +00:00
rikkarth	4929fc99c1	test(#871-strictMode): added more test cases, improved existing ones	2024-03-30 10:15:47 +00:00
rikkarth	372f5caac4	feat(#871-strictMode): enhanced and simplified strictMode logic	2024-03-30 10:15:10 +00:00
Simulant	0fcf352848	Revert "explain position information numbers in syntax exception" This reverts commit `d69d5e284b`.	2024-03-27 20:36:35 +01:00
Simulant87	78cdb3d0d6	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:07:05 +01:00
Simulant87	7324cc0b26	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:06:20 +01:00
Simulant87	75a34a246f	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:05:51 +01:00
Simulant87	78151beea2	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:05:27 +01:00
Simulant87	ccb4a9b95f	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:04:53 +01:00
Simulant87	4e39d8ccf2	fix wrong comment update	2024-03-23 22:03:57 +01:00
Simulant	d69d5e284b	explain position information numbers in syntax exception	2024-03-23 22:02:54 +01:00
Simulant	f1c9d0787b	add test cases for extended syntax error exception messages	2024-03-23 21:49:58 +01:00
rikkarth	49de92224d	chore(#871-strictMode): fix small spacing typo	2024-03-22 18:42:49 +00:00
rikkarth	d335447ab4	test(#871-strictMode): add two more test which validate error correctness	2024-03-22 18:28:56 +00:00
Simulant	6c160b7d1a	leave JSONTokener.toString unchanged	2024-03-22 12:08:06 +01:00
Simulant	30dc22790c	extend syntax error information	2024-03-22 12:02:09 +01:00
rikkarth	8f66865e0a	Merge branch 'master' into feat/871-strictMode	2024-03-21 08:08:15 +00:00
Sean Leary	45dede448c	Merge pull request #867 from Simulant87/863-improve-toString-performance-StringBuilderWriter Improve toString Performance: Use StringBuilderWriter for toString methods	2024-03-20 16:56:33 -05:00
Simulant87	6aed1cfeb6	fix typo	2024-03-18 23:07:22 +01:00
rikkarth	3672b5e158	chore(#871-strictMode): reverted unrelated changes	2024-03-17 15:20:38 +00:00
rikkarth	f3b3491f4d	chore(#871-strictMode): reverted refactor in JSONTokener	2024-03-16 01:13:52 +00:00
rikkarth	e2fe14d951	fix(#871-strictMode): replaced stream with conventional loop for 1.6 compatibility	2024-03-16 00:48:58 +00:00
rikkarth	0ff368ca07	chore(#871-strictMode): corrected small syntax typo in unit test	2024-03-15 23:13:21 +00:00
rikkarth	c51efe8b08	docs(#871-strictMode): JSONArray constructor JavaDoc update	2024-03-15 22:55:09 +00:00
rikkarth	e67abb3842	feat(#871-strictMode): improved validation, strict mode for quotes implementation	2024-03-15 22:28:31 +00:00
rikkarth	c140e91bb8	test(#871-strictMode): strict mode false initial implementation	2024-03-15 01:23:20 +00:00
rikkarth	63e8314deb	feat(#871-strictMode): strictMode JSONArray initial implementation test(#871-strictMode): initial test implementation	2024-03-15 00:45:32 +00:00
rikkarth	dcbbccc76c	feat(#871-strictMode): strictMode configuration add to JSONParserConfiguration docs(#871-strictMode): add javadoc	2024-03-15 00:19:25 +00:00
Simulant	b75da07545	#863 move instanceof Enum check back to original position	2024-03-10 23:21:47 +01:00
Simulant	6c35b08ad6	#863 make StringBuilderWriter public and move test	2024-03-10 23:20:09 +01:00
Simulant	60090a7167	add a test case for an enum implementing JSONString (cherry picked from commit `d17bbbd417`)	2024-03-10 21:13:54 +01:00
Simulant	0c5cf18255	Revert "#863 improve performance of JSONTokener#nextString" This reverts commit `63625b3c62`.	2024-03-10 21:12:28 +01:00
Simulant	5974fc1a38	Merge branch 'master' into 863-improve-toString-performance-StringBuilderWriter	2024-03-10 21:10:21 +01:00
Simulant	a3f15e5883	Revert "#863 replace usage of back() method in JSONObject parsing" This reverts commit `5407423e43`.	2024-03-10 21:08:31 +01:00
Simulant	045324ab42	Revert "#863 replace short switch statements with if-else" This reverts commit `c010033591`.	2024-03-10 21:08:10 +01:00
Simulant	eda08415ca	Revert "#863 increase compiler stack size on build pipeline" This reverts commit `6660e40915`.	2024-03-10 21:05:22 +01:00
Sean Leary	48c092acfb	Merge pull request #876 from stleary/remove-jsonparserconfig-ctor remove-jsonparserconfig-ctor - just use withOverwriteDuplicateKey()	2024-03-09 09:22:39 -06:00
Sean Leary	dab29ec1d5	remove-jsonparserconfig-ctor - just use the withOverwriteDuplicateKey() method	2024-03-09 09:15:53 -06:00
Sean Leary	712859d771	Merge pull request #857 from XIAYM-gh/master Implemented custom duplicate key handling (#840)	2024-03-09 09:11:09 -06:00
XIAYM	05b0897f41	Merge branch 'stleary:master' into master	2024-03-09 22:19:30 +08:00
Simulant	c010033591	#863 replace short switch statements with if-else	2024-03-05 22:12:57 +01:00
Simulant	5407423e43	#863 replace usage of back() method in JSONObject parsing	2024-03-05 22:11:24 +01:00
Simulant	63625b3c62	#863 improve performance of JSONTokener#nextString replacing a switch-case statement with few branches by if-else cases	2024-03-05 09:43:54 +01:00
Sean Leary	f9b5587c87	Merge pull request #875 from stleary/20240303-pre-release-updates 20240303-pre-release-updates updates for release	2024-03-03 08:55:13 -06:00
Sean Leary	3d69990ab5	20240303-pre-release-updates updates for release	2024-03-03 08:47:53 -06:00
Sean Leary	ba05e1a98c	Merge pull request #874 from stleary/pipeline-updates Deployment and Pipeline action updates	2024-03-03 08:02:03 -06:00
Sean Leary	390d442054	pipeline-updates - remove deployment.yml for now, will restore after setting up secrets	2024-03-02 10:00:13 -06:00
Sean Leary	3eb8a62af6	pipeline-updates - space after # char?	2024-03-02 09:57:40 -06:00
Sean Leary	989cdb61bc	pipeline-updates - do not build in parallel	2024-03-02 09:15:32 -06:00
Sean Leary	8de0628bd1	pipeline-updates - disable deployment.yml workflow for now (it's not set up in secrets yet)	2024-03-02 08:55:24 -06:00
Sean Leary	569be9d19e	Merge branch 'master' into pipeline-updates	2024-03-02 08:34:10 -06:00
Sean Leary	3f97826462	Merge pull request #869 from stleary/revert-recent-objLong-getLong-changes Revert recent obj long get long changes	2024-02-28 09:52:04 -06:00
Sean Leary	d520210ea2	Added one more example to XMLTest clarifyCurrentBehavior()	2024-02-25 10:45:34 -06:00
Simulant	f38452a00c	add a comment explaining the ordering (cherry picked from commit `df0e3e9ab7`)	2024-02-25 09:50:26 +01:00
Simulant	4f456d9432	#863 fix changed behaviour of changing order in writeValue with JSONString	2024-02-25 09:42:06 +01:00
Sean Leary	898288810f	add unit tests to clarify current behavior for JSONObject and XML	2024-02-24 21:07:12 -06:00
Simulant	d878c38d40	#863 reorder instanceof checks by assumed frequency	2024-02-24 22:36:14 +01:00
Simulant	e2194bc190	#863 undo wrong optimisation, fixing failing test	2024-02-24 21:35:29 +01:00
Simulant	d672b44a25	#863 add StringBuilderWriter unit test	2024-02-24 21:29:28 +01:00
Simulant	06778bd2d9	#863 compute initial capacity for StringBuilderWriter	2024-02-24 21:21:06 +01:00
Sean Leary	771c82c4eb	backing out recent changes to optLong, getLong. See #868	2024-02-24 13:07:51 -06:00
Simulant	6660e40915	#863 increase compiler stack size on build pipeline	2024-02-23 22:02:35 +01:00
Simulant	0ff635c456	#863 improve formatting	2024-02-23 21:56:40 +01:00
Simulant	7c7a98da71	#863 use StringBuilderWriter to toString methods resulting in a faster toString generation.	2024-02-23 21:48:25 +01:00
Sean Leary	d36066cf82	Merge pull request #860 from jscrdev/fixed-javadocs2 Added missing Javadocs for Java 21	2024-02-22 20:18:34 -06:00
XIAYM-gh	af8cb376c2	Add tests (+ fix bugs) & missing javadoc	2024-02-19 18:58:25 +08:00
Sean Leary	c1107fa987	pipeline-updates: Java 11 intermittent fail - try separate build	2024-02-18 16:17:41 -06:00
Sean Leary	cd631d970e	pipeline-updates: Java 11 intermittent fail - try an earlier release (there is no later release	2024-02-18 15:54:29 -06:00
Sean Leary	f0289413d6	pipeline-updates: Java 11 intermittent fail - try increasing stack size	2024-02-18 15:45:13 -06:00
Sean Leary	b4b39bb441	pipeline-updates: Java 11 intermittent test failures, try not running in parallel	2024-02-18 15:29:44 -06:00
XIAYM	6dc1ed0a02	Merge branch 'stleary:master' into master	2024-02-18 11:07:09 +08:00
Valentyn Kolesnikov	86253211c2	Added missing Javadocs for Java 21	2024-02-18 04:20:33 +02:00
Sean Leary	77c899d325	Merge pull request #858 from stleary/cleanup-after-commit cleanup-after-commit for #854 and #856	2024-02-17 16:23:51 -06:00
XIAYM	b314611230	Merge branch 'stleary:master' into master	2024-02-15 09:51:56 +08:00
XIAYM-gh	cb2c8d3962	Revert some unnecessary changes (mentioned in #840 )	2024-02-14 17:53:58 +08:00
Sean Leary	f164b8c597	cleanup-after-commit reverted pom.xml version 8 change and tabs in cdl. Updated JavaDocs in cdl	2024-02-13 20:08:54 -06:00
Sean Leary	6358b7f681	Merge pull request #854 from jscrdev/fixed-javadocs Enhanced documentation for Java classes	2024-02-13 09:05:48 -06:00
XIAYM-gh	21a9fae7b0	Try making java 6 & old version javadoc generator compatible	2024-02-13 22:33:30 +08:00
Sean Leary	8550175556	Merge pull request #856 from michael-ameri/custom-delimiter add ability for custom delimiters	2024-02-13 08:21:43 -06:00
XIAYM-gh	10514e48cb	Implemented custom duplicate key handling - Supports: throw an exception (by default), ignore, overwrite & merge into a JSONArray - With tests, 4/4 passed.	2024-02-13 18:56:10 +08:00
mameri	72214f1b43	add ability for custom delimiters	2024-02-09 11:52:18 +01:00
Valentyn Kolesnikov	99c84fdf3a	Enhanced documentation for Java classes	2024-02-07 14:43:44 +02:00