Convert string to JSON array

Input String

[
   {
      "userName": "sandeep",
      "age": 30
   }, 
   {
      "userName": "vivan",
      "age": 5
   }
]

Simple Way to Convert String to JSON

public class Test
{

    public static void main(String[] args) throws JSONException
    {
        String data = "[{\"userName\": \"sandeep\",\"age\":30},{\"userName\": \"vivan\",\"age\":5}]  ";
        JSONArray jsonArr = new JSONArray(data);

        for (int i = 0; i < jsonArr.length(); i++)
        {
            JSONObject jsonObj = jsonArr.getJSONObject(i);

            System.out.println(jsonObj);
        }

    }
}

Output

{"userName":"sandeep","age":30}
{"userName":"vivan","age":5}

Here you get JSONObject so change this line:

JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(readlocationFeed); 

with following:

JSONObject jsnobject = new JSONObject(readlocationFeed);

and after

JSONArray jsonArray = jsnobject.getJSONArray("locations");
for (int i = 0; i < jsonArray.length(); i++) {
    JSONObject explrObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
}

Using json lib:-

String data="[{"A":"a","B":"b","C":"c","D":"d","E":"e","F":"f","G":"g"}]";
Object object=null;
JSONArray arrayObj=null;
JSONParser jsonParser=new JSONParser();
object=jsonParser.parse(data);
arrayObj=(JSONArray) object;
System.out.println("Json object :: "+arrayObj);

Using GSON lib:-

Gson gson = new Gson();
String data="[{\"A\":\"a\",\"B\":\"b\",\"C\":\"c\",\"D\":\"d\",\"E\":\"e\",\"F\":\"f\",\"G\":\"g\"}]";
JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonParser();
JsonArray jsonArray = (JsonArray) jsonParser.parse(data);