java - Parse JSON data using JSONReader or JSONObject/JSONArray

Question

I have some JSON (shown below), I am trying to parse through the entire JSON, and each object will be a new instance of a class that declares the variables below. What is the best way to do this? Should I use a JSONReader or use JSONObject and JSONArray. Ive been reading some tutorials and asking some general questions, but I havent seen any examples of how to parse out data like this.

{
    "id": 356,
    "hassubcategories": true,
    "subcategories": [
        {
            "id": 3808,
            "CategoryName": "Current Products",
            "CategoryImage": null,
            "hassubcategories": true,
            "subcategories": [
                {
                    "id": 4106,
                    "CategoryName": "Architectural",
                    "CategoryImage": "2637",
                    "hassubcategories": true,
                    "subcategories": [
                        {
                            "id": 391,
                            "CategoryName": "Flooring",
                            "CategoryImage": "2745",
                            "hassubcategories": false
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": 3809,
            "CategoryName": "Non-Current Products",
            "CategoryImage": null,
            "hassubcategories": true,
            "subcategories": [
                {
                    "id": 4107,
                    "CategoryName": "Desk",
                    "CategoryImage": "2638",
                    "hassubcategories": true,
                    "subcategories": [
                        {
                            "id": 392,
                            "CategoryName": "Wood",
                            "CategoryImage": "2746",
                            "hassubcategories": false
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Answer 1

You can use JSON Object/ JSON Array only if the size of your json data is less than 1MB. Else you should go with JSONReader. JSONReader actually use streaming approach while JSONObject and JSONArray eventually load all the data on RAM at once which causes OutOfMemoryException in case of bigger json.