Render value without quotes from simple-json Object - json

Question

I try to do in a Servlet:
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put( "eventContent", "event" );
String script = "var object= " + json.toJSONString() + ";";
response.getWriter().print( something + script + another );
The content of script is of course:
var object = {"eventContent":"event"};
But I render this String into a javascript function and try to refer a existent javascript object "event". So I need the value in the JSON Sting without quotes.
var object = {"eventContent":event};
any suggestions? :)
thanks a lot

Answer 1

I think it's not really JSON, since you should not refer variables. Anyway you can obtain what you need by implementing the JSONString interface, like this.
public static void main(String[] args) throws JSONException {
JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put( "eventContent", new JSONVariable("event") );
System.out.println("var object= " + json.toString() + ";");
}
private static class JSONVariable implements JSONString { // implements JSONAware with com.googlecode.json-simple
private final String name;
public JSONVariable(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
#Override
public String toJSONString() {
return name;
}
}