Make JSONArray and JSONObject generic and add a getAsObject() and getAsArray() methods to JSONObject class

[SuperPat45]

Can you make JSONArray generic:, so we can write: JSONArray<JSONObject> array = new JSONArray<JSONObject>();

JSONObject can also be generic for the value: JSONObject<String> object = new JSONObject<String>();

To remove the need of castings when getting an object or an array, add, in the JSONObject class, two methods getAsObject() and getAsArray() methods:

function <T> JSONObject<T> getAsObject(String key) {
}
function <T> JSONArray<T> getAsArray(String key) {
}

If the map or the collection is not a JSONObject or JSONArray, the method will convert it.

This can be used easily without cast and throw an Exception if the value is not a map: JSONObject<String> object = jsonObjectParent.getAsObject("childObject");

Like for an array::

JSONArray<String> array = jsonObjectParent.getAsArray("childObject");
for (String item : array) {
}

[UrielCh]

Adding generic in JSONObject and JSONArray, will break old codes, in Java, generics cannot have default types.

I lost hope that one day this code will be valid in JAVA:

public class JSONArray<E = Object> extends ArrayList<E> implements List<E>, JSONAwareEx, JSONStreamAwareEx {
}

Or I need to add some new generics JSONTypedArray<E> and JSONTypedObject<E> and implements class JSONArray by class JSONArray extends JSONTypedArray<Object>

[SuperPat45]

Adding generic in JSONObject and JSONArray, will break old codes

Maybe for a JSON-Smart v3