Method stringToValue

src/main/java/com/mcbans/plugin/org/json/XML.java:304–346

Try to convert a string into a number, boolean, or null. If the string can't be converted, return the string. This is much less ambitious than JSONObject.stringToValue, especially because it does not attempt to convert plus forms, octal forms, hex forms, or E forms lacking decimal points. @param str

(String string)

     * @return A simple JSON value.
     */
    public static Object stringToValue(String string) {
        if (string.equals("")) {
            return string;
        }
        if (string.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
            return Boolean.TRUE;
        }
        if (string.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }
        if (string.equalsIgnoreCase("null")) {
            return JSONObject.NULL;
        }

        // If it might be a number, try converting it. If that doesn't work, 
        // return the string.

        try {
            char initial = string.charAt(0);
            boolean negative = false;
            if (initial == '-') {
                initial = string.charAt(1);
                negative = true;
            }
            if (initial == '0' && string.charAt(negative ? 2 : 1) == '0') {
                return string;
            }
            if ((initial >= '0' && initial <= '9')) {
                if (string.indexOf('.') >= 0) {
                    return Double.valueOf(string);
                } else if (string.indexOf('e') < 0 && string.indexOf('E') < 0) {
                    Long myLong = new Long(string);
                    if (myLong.longValue() == myLong.intValue()) {
                        return new Integer(myLong.intValue());
                    } else {
                        return myLong;
                    }
                }
            }
        }  catch (Exception ignore) {
        }
        return string;
    }


    /**