Unclear relevance relative to other JSON libraries (particularly javax.json)

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Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
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Stale
Tech stack
java
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documentation

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Start by reviewing the linked comparisons and the javax.json-api, Gson, and Jackson references in the issue. Produce a neutral comparison focused first on javax.json-api, covering org.json's advantages and disadvantages; done means evaluators have enough documented information to choose between the libraries.

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Our team needs to receive and send JSON and wants to use a JSON library to facilitate that. org.json provides org.json.JSONObject while javax.json-api provides javax.json.JsonObject. The purposes of both libraries are clearly similar, and while there are obvious differences like licencing (this one is public domain), it takes time for evaluators to determine how to choose between these 2 options. And there are more, including Gson and Jackson.

Please provide a comparison, either as a feature table or as free-form text to help making a choice. If a third-party offers a neutral comparison, linking to it could suffice. If not, creating a comparison which focuses on comparing to javax.json-api would already be a good start. I would prioritize listing advantages of org.json, whether in terms of performance, flexibility or simplicity, but disadvantages would also help greatly.

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