Parsing json objects in java

I have a json object as follows

member = "{interests : [{interestKey:Dogs}, {interestKey:Cats}]}";

In java i want to parse the above json object and store the values in an arraylist

I'm trying to find some code to accomplish this

I'm guessing you want to store the interest keys in a list

Using the org.json library.

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{interests : [{interestKey:Dogs}, {interestKey:Cats}]}");

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
JSONArray array = obj.getJSONArray("interests");
for(int i = 0 ; i < array.length() ; i++){
    list.add(array.getJSONObject(i).getString("interestKey"));
}