Parsing JSON array with objects in JSON format leads to invalid JSON

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Parsing the following JSON with the current version of quick-json:
(java sample: String reportsOutput)

["{\"outputMethod\":\"email\",\"emailAddress\":\"test@test.com\"}","{\"outputMet
hod\":\"ftp\",\"username\":\"\",\"password\":\"\",\"server\":\"\",\"port\":\"21\
"}","{\"outputMethod\":\"userDatabase\",\"username\":\"\",\"password\":\"\",\"se
rver\":\"\",\"port\":\"\",\"vendor\":\"Select a database 
vendor\"}","{\"outputMethod\":\"dacaaDatabase\",\"vendor\":\"Select a database 
vendor\"}"]

results in a array of Strings. The strings however loose their quotes and can 
not be parsed further:

{root=[{\outputMethod\:\email\,\emailAddress\:\test@test.com\}, 
{\outputMethod\:\ftp\,\username\:\\,\password\:\\,\server\:\\,\port\:\21\}, 
{\outputMethod\:\userDatabase\,\username\:\\,\password\:\\,\server\:\\,\port\:\\
,\vendor\:\Select a database vendor\}, 
{\outputMethod\:\dacaaDatabase\,\vendor\:\Select a database vendor\}]}

Java code snippet:

public void testFunction(String reportsOutput) {
parser=factory.newJsonParser();
Map jsonData=parser.parseJson(reportsOutput);
System.out.println("reportsOutput: "+jsonData);
ArrayList rootJson;
String reportId=null;
try {
    rootJson=(ArrayList)jsonData.get("root");
    System.out.println("rootJson: "+rootJson);
    for(int i=0;i<rootJson.size();i++) {
        String tempString=(String)rootJson.get(i);
        System.out.println("tempString: "+tempString);

        jsonData=parser.parseJson(tempString); // Exception: Invalid JSON
        System.out.println("jsonData: "+jsonData);
        processSendReportFunction(jsonData,filename);
    }
} catch(Exception exp) {System.out.println("ReportFunctions.sendReport: 
Exception occurred: "+exp); }
}

Expected intermediate String:
{"outputMethod":"email","emailAddress":"test@test.com"}

So essentially the removing/replacing of the quotes fails.

Result is that quick-json can not be used on more complex objects generated 
with javascript json functionality.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by norb...@vnitconsultancy.nl on 4 Apr 2015 at 11:41