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[camel] branch master updated: [CAMEL-13135] Refactor the json-simple-ordered module

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     new 2ac4587  [CAMEL-13135] Refactor the json-simple-ordered module
2ac4587 is described below

commit 2ac45879b53d157b90858df34129936f154692f9
Author: Guillaume Nodet <gn...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 28 16:47:49 2019 +0100

    [CAMEL-13135] Refactor the json-simple-ordered module
---
 camel-api/pom.xml                                  |   2 +-
 camel-base/pom.xml                                 |   2 +-
 .../runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java      |   4 +-
 camel-core/pom.xml                                 |  50 +-
 camel-management-api/pom.xml                       |   2 +-
 camel-management-impl/pom.xml                      |   2 +-
 camel-support/pom.xml                              |   2 +-
 {tooling => camel-util-json}/pom.xml               |  56 +-
 .../camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java  |  79 ++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java | 346 +++++++++
 .../org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java     | 655 ++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java  |  27 +
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java    | 860 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yylex.java     | 695 +++++++++++++++++
 .../java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java   |  92 +++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt        |   0
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt         |   0
 .../camel/util/json}/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java    |   4 +-
 .../src/test/resources/bean.json                   |   0
 camel-util/pom.xml                                 |   2 +-
 .../slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java     |   4 +-
 .../camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java       |  21 +-
 .../camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java       |  18 +-
 platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml                    |  11 +-
 .../karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml |   4 +-
 pom.xml                                            |   1 +
 tooling/apt/pom.xml                                |   2 +-
 .../tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java     |   4 +-
 .../camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java   |   4 +-
 tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml                | 120 ---
 .../json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore   |   2 -
 tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml   |   2 +-
 .../camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java    |   4 +-
 ...pdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java |   8 +-
 tooling/pom.xml                                    |   1 -
 35 files changed, 2812 insertions(+), 274 deletions(-)

diff --git a/camel-api/pom.xml b/camel-api/pom.xml
index 01d7688..629f6bf 100644
--- a/camel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-api/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-base/pom.xml b/camel-base/pom.xml
index df43949..23e484d 100644
--- a/camel-base/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-base/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java b/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
index d923579..0032ac4 100644
--- a/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
+++ b/camel-base/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/runtimecatalog/impl/JSonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 public final class JSonSchemaHelper {
 
diff --git a/camel-core/pom.xml b/camel-core/pom.xml
index 2fc45a0..dc61898 100644
--- a/camel-core/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-core/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -396,54 +396,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- shade caffeine cache for faster Camel and spi-annotations as needed by everybody -->
-      <!-- shade json-simple for parsing Camel component JSon schema files -->
-      <!--
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <artifactSet>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine</include>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:json-simple-ordered</include>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:spi-annotations</include>
-                </includes>
-                <excludes>
-                  <exclude>org.apache.camel:apt</exclude>
-                </excludes>
-              </artifactSet>
-              <relocations>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>com.github.benmanes.caffeine</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.com.github.benmanes.caffeine</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>org.json.simple</pattern>
-                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.json.simple</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-              </relocations>
-              <filters>
-                <filter>
-                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                  <excludes>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/LICENSE</exclude>
-                    <exclude>META-INF/NOTICE</exclude>
-                  </excludes>
-                </filter>
-              </filters>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      -->
-
       <!-- generate the attached tests jar -->
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/camel-management-api/pom.xml b/camel-management-api/pom.xml
index 72c78de..0c2ac6a 100644
--- a/camel-management-api/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-management-api/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-management-impl/pom.xml b/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
index ccc9f46..5e458f3 100644
--- a/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-management-impl/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/camel-support/pom.xml b/camel-support/pom.xml
index f0647ff..878a3d8 100644
--- a/camel-support/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-support/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tooling/pom.xml b/camel-util-json/pom.xml
similarity index 54%
copy from tooling/pom.xml
copy to camel-util-json/pom.xml
index f4d218e..d1c303a 100644
--- a/tooling/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-util-json/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 -->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -28,52 +29,17 @@
     <relativePath>../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>tooling</artifactId>
-  <name>Camel :: Tooling</name>
-  <description>Camel Tooling</description>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-    <camel.osgi.export.pkg />
-  </properties>
+  <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
+  <name>Camel :: Util :: JSon</name>
+  <description>A json simple parser that preserves the ordering in Map as read from JSon source</description>
 
-  <modules>
-    <module>parent</module>
-    <module>meta-annotations</module>
-    <module>spi-annotations</module>
-    <module>json-simple-ordered</module>
-    <module>apt</module>
-    <module>camel-route-parser</module>
-    <module>swagger-rest-dsl-generator</module>
-    <module>maven</module>
-    <module>camel-manual</module>
-  </modules>
+  <dependencies>
 
-  <!-- profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>build.manual</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>assembly</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>deploy</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>apache-release</id>
-      <modules>
-        <module>camel-manual</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..596b4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/DeserializationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+/** DeserializationException explains how and where the problem occurs in the source JSON text during deserialization.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class DeserializationException extends Exception{
+    /** The kinds of exceptions that can trigger a DeserializationException. */
+    enum Problems{
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        DISALLOWED_TOKEN,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION,
+        @SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
+        UNEXPECTED_TOKEN;
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7880698968187728547L;
+    private final int         position;
+    private final Problems    problemType;
+    private final Object      unexpectedObject;
+
+    /** @param position where the exception occurred.
+     * @param problemType how the exception occurred.
+     * @param unexpectedObject what caused the exception. */
+    public DeserializationException(final int position, final Problems problemType, final Object unexpectedObject){
+        this.position = position;
+        this.problemType = problemType;
+        this.unexpectedObject = unexpectedObject;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMessage(){
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        switch(this.problemType){
+            case DISALLOWED_TOKEN:
+                sb.append("The disallowed token (").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(") was found at position ").append(this.position).append(". If this is in error, try again with a parse that allows the token instead. Otherwise, fix the parsable string and try again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER:
+                sb.append("The unexpected character (").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(") was found at position ").append(this.position).append(". Fix the parsable string and try again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_TOKEN:
+                sb.append("The unexpected token ").append(this.unexpectedObject).append(" was found at position ").append(this.position).append(". Fix the parsable string and try again.");
+                break;
+            case UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION:
+                sb.append("Please report this to the library's maintainer. The unexpected exception that should be addressed before trying again occurred at position ").append(this.position).append(": ").append(this.unexpectedObject);
+                break;
+            default:
+                sb.append("Please report this to the library's maintainer. An error at position ").append(this.position).append(" occurred. There are no recovery recommendations available.");
+                break;
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    /** @return an index of the string character the error type occurred at. */
+    public int getPosition(){
+        return this.position;
+    }
+
+    /** @return the enumeration for how the exception occurred. */
+    public Problems getProblemType(){
+        return this.problemType;
+    }
+
+    /** @return a representation of what caused the exception. */
+    public Object getUnexpectedObject(){
+        return this.unexpectedObject;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8252808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonArray.java
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/** JsonArray is a common non-thread safe data format for a collection of data. The contents of a JsonArray are only
+ * validated as JSON values on serialization.
+ * @see Jsoner
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class JsonArray extends ArrayList<Object> implements Jsonable{
+	/** The serialization version this class is compatible
+	 * with. This value doesn't need to be incremented if and only if the only changes to occur were updating comments,
+	 * updating javadocs, adding new
+	 * fields to the class, changing the fields from static to non-static, or changing the fields from transient to non
+	 * transient. All other changes require this number be incremented. */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	/** Instantiates an empty JsonArray. */
+	public JsonArray(){
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/** Instantiate a new JsonArray using ArrayList's constructor of the same type.
+	 * @param collection represents the elements to produce the JsonArray with. */
+	public JsonArray(final Collection<?> collection){
+		super(collection);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes every element of the JsonArray is castable to T before adding it to a
+	 * collection of Ts.
+	 * @param <T> represents the type that all of the elements of the JsonArray should be cast to and the type the
+	 *        collection will contain.
+	 * @param destination represents where all of the elements of the JsonArray are added to after being cast to the
+	 *        generic type
+	 *        provided.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the unchecked cast of an element to T fails. */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T> void asCollection(final Collection<T> destination){
+		for(final Object o : this){
+			destination.add((T)o);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or String at the given index. If a Number or
+	 * String is there it is used to construct a new BigDecimal.
+	 * @param index representing where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return types.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal.
+	 * @see BigDecimal
+	 * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+	public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+			/* Success there was a BigDecimal. */
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			/* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+		}else if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a boolean.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray. */
+	public Boolean getBoolean(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (Boolean)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a byte.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Byte getByte(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection value at the given index.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the index. Note unless manually added, collection values will be a
+	 *        JsonArray.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a Collection.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Collection */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollection(final int index){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		return (T)this.get(index);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a double.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Double getDouble(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the given index representing a fully qualified name
+	 * in dot notation of an enum.
+	 * @param index representing where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the index is expected to belong to.
+	 * @return the enum based on the string found at the index, or null if the value at the index was null.
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the element was a String but the declaring enum type couldn't be determined
+	 *         with it.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+	 *         the wrong type.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was dynamically determined but it doesn't define an enum with
+	 *         the dynamically determined name.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(final int index) throws ClassNotFoundException{
+		/* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is dynamically identified and could lead to a
+		 * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, which is expected by the method's contract. */
+		T returnable;
+		final String element;
+		final String[] splitValues;
+		final int numberOfValues;
+		final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+		final StringBuilder enumName;
+		final Class<T> returnType;
+		/* Make sure the element at the index is a String. */
+		element = this.getString(index);
+		if(element == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		/* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+		splitValues = element.split("\\.");
+		numberOfValues = splitValues.length;
+		returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+		enumName = new StringBuilder();
+		for(int i = 0; i < numberOfValues; i++){
+			if(i == (numberOfValues - 1)){
+				/* If it is the last split value then it should be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed in
+				 * enum names. */
+				enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+			}else if(i == (numberOfValues - 2)){
+				/* If it is the penultimate split value then it should be the end of the package/enum type and not need
+				 * a dot appended to it. */
+				returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+			}else{
+				/* Must be part of the package/enum type and will need a dot appended to it since they got removed in
+				 * the split. */
+				returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+				returnTypeName.append(".");
+			}
+		}
+		/* Use the package/class and enum names to get the Enum<T>. */
+		returnType = (Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+		returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, enumName.toString());
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a float.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Float getFloat(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a int.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Integer getInteger(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a long.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Long getLong(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map value at the given index.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the index. Note unless manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a Map.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Map */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMap(final int index){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		return (T)this.get(index);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a short.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray.
+	 * @see Number */
+	public Short getShort(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or String value at the given index.
+	 * @param index represents where the value is expected to be at.
+	 * @return the value at the index provided cast to a String.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is outside of the range of element indexes in the JsonArray. */
+	public String getString(final int index){
+		Object returnable = this.get(index);
+		if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}
+		return (String)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#asJsonString() */
+	@Override
+	public String toJson(){
+		final StringWriter writable = new StringWriter();
+		try{
+			this.toJson(writable);
+		}catch(final IOException caught){
+			/* See java.io.StringWriter. */
+		}
+		return writable.toString();
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#toJsonString(java.io.Writer) */
+	@Override
+	public void toJson(final Writer writable) throws IOException{
+		boolean isFirstElement = true;
+		final Iterator<Object> elements = this.iterator();
+		writable.write('[');
+		while(elements.hasNext()){
+			if(isFirstElement){
+				isFirstElement = false;
+			}else{
+				writable.write(',');
+			}
+			writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(elements.next()));
+		}
+		writable.write(']');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonObject.java
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+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/** JsonObject is a common non-thread safe data format for string to data mappings. The contents of a JsonObject are
+ * only validated as JSON values on serialization.
+ * @see Jsoner
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class JsonObject extends LinkedHashMap<String, Object> implements Jsonable{
+	/** The serialization version this class is compatible
+	 * with. This value doesn't need to be incremented if and only if the only changes to occur were updating comments,
+	 * updating javadocs, adding new
+	 * fields to the class, changing the fields from static to non-static, or changing the fields from transient to non
+	 * transient. All other changes require this number be incremented. */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	/** Instantiates an empty JsonObject. */
+	public JsonObject(){
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/** Instantiate a new JsonObject by accepting a map's entries, which could lead to de/serialization issues of the
+	 * resulting JsonObject since the entry values aren't validated as JSON values.
+	 * @param map represents the mappings to produce the JsonObject with. */
+	public JsonObject(final Map<String, ?> map){
+		super(map);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or String at the given key. If a Number is
+	 * there
+	 * its Number#toString() is used to construct a new BigDecimal(String). If a String is there it is used to
+	 * construct a new BigDecimal(String).
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see BigDecimal
+	 * @see Number#toString() */
+	public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+			/* Success there was a BigDecimal or it defaulted. */
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			/* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+		}else if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a BigDecimal, Number, or String at the given key. If a Number is
+	 * there
+	 * its Number#toString() is used to construct a new BigDecimal(String). If a String is there it is used to
+	 * construct a new BigDecimal(String).
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return types.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see BigDecimal
+	 * @see Number#toString() */
+	public BigDecimal getBigDecimalOrDefault(final String key, final BigDecimal defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof BigDecimal){
+			/* Success there was a BigDecimal or it defaulted. */
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			/* A number can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal(returnable.toString());
+		}else if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (BigDecimal)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	public Boolean getBoolean(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (Boolean)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	public Boolean getBooleanOrDefault(final String key, final boolean defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			returnable = Boolean.valueOf((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return (Boolean)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#byteValue() */
+	public Byte getByte(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#byteValue() */
+	public Byte getByteOrDefault(final String key, final byte defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).byteValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection at the given key.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the key. Note unless manually added, collection values will be a
+	 *        JsonArray.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollection(final String key){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		return (T)this.get(key);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Collection at the given key.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of collection to expect at the key. Note unless manually added, collection values will be a
+	 *        JsonArray.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Collection<?>> T getCollectionOrDefault(final String key, final T defaultValue){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		return (T)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+	public Double getDouble(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#doubleValue() */
+	public Double getDoubleOrDefault(final String key, final double defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).doubleValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the given key representing a fully qualified name
+	 * in
+	 * dot notation of an enum.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the key is expected to belong to.
+	 * @return the enum based on the string found at the key, or null if the value paired with the provided key is null.
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the value was a String but the declaring enum type couldn't be determined with
+	 *         it.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+	 *         the wrong type.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was determined but it doesn't define an enum with the determined
+	 *         name.
+	 * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(final String key) throws ClassNotFoundException{
+		/* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is dynamically identified and could lead to a
+		 * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, which is expected by the method's contract. */
+		T returnable;
+		final String value;
+		final String[] splitValues;
+		final int numberOfSplitValues;
+		final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+		final StringBuilder enumName;
+		final Class<T> returnType;
+		/* Make sure the value at the key is a String. */
+		value = this.getStringOrDefault(key, "");
+		if(value == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		/* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+		splitValues = value.split("\\.");
+		numberOfSplitValues = splitValues.length;
+		returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+		enumName = new StringBuilder();
+		for(int i = 0; i < numberOfSplitValues; i++){
+			if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 1)){
+				/* If it is the last split value then it should be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed
+				 * in enum names. */
+				enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+			}else if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 2)){
+				/* If it is the penultimate split value then it should be the end of the package/enum type and not
+				 * need a dot appended to it. */
+				returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+			}else{
+				/* Must be part of the package/enum type and will need a dot appended to it since they got removed
+				 * in the split. */
+				returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+				returnTypeName.append(".");
+			}
+		}
+		/* Use the package/class and enum names to get the Enum<T>. */
+		returnType = (Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+		returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, enumName.toString());
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a String value at the given key representing a fully qualified name
+	 * in
+	 * dot notation of an enum.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @param <T> the Enum type the value at the key is expected to belong to.
+	 * @return the enum based on the string found at the key, or the defaultValue provided if the key doesn't exist, or
+	 *         null if the value paired with provided key is null.
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the value was a String but the declaring enum type couldn't be determined with
+	 *         it.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the element at the index was not a String or if the fully qualified enum name is of
+	 *         the wrong type.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an enum type was determined but it doesn't define an enum with the determined
+	 *         name.
+	 * @see Enum#valueOf(Class, String) */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnumOrDefault(final String key, final T defaultValue) throws ClassNotFoundException{
+		/* Supressing the unchecked warning because the returnType is dynamically identified and could lead to a
+		 * ClassCastException when returnType is cast to Class<T>, which is expected by the method's contract. */
+		T returnable;
+		final String value;
+		final String[] splitValues;
+		final int numberOfSplitValues;
+		final StringBuilder returnTypeName;
+		final StringBuilder enumName;
+		final Class<T> returnType;
+		/* Check to make sure the key wasn't actually there and wasn't coincidentally the defaulted String as its
+		 * value. */
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			/* Make sure the value at the key is a String. */
+			value = this.getStringOrDefault(key, "");
+			if(value == null){
+				return null;
+			}
+			/* Get the package, class, and enum names. */
+			splitValues = value.split("\\.");
+			numberOfSplitValues = splitValues.length;
+			returnTypeName = new StringBuilder();
+			enumName = new StringBuilder();
+			for(int i = 0; i < numberOfSplitValues; i++){
+				if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 1)){
+					/* If it is the last split value then it should be the name of the Enum since dots are not allowed
+					 * in enum names. */
+					enumName.append(splitValues[i]);
+				}else if(i == (numberOfSplitValues - 2)){
+					/* If it is the penultimate split value then it should be the end of the package/enum type and not
+					 * need a dot appended to it. */
+					returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+				}else{
+					/* Must be part of the package/enum type and will need a dot appended to it since they got removed
+					 * in the split. */
+					returnTypeName.append(splitValues[i]);
+					returnTypeName.append(".");
+				}
+			}
+			/* Use the package/class and enum names to get the Enum<T>. */
+			returnType = (Class<T>)Class.forName(returnTypeName.toString());
+			returnable = Enum.valueOf(returnType, enumName.toString());
+		}else{
+			/* It wasn't there and according to the method's contract we return the default value. */
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#floatValue() */
+	public Float getFloat(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#floatValue() */
+	public Float getFloatOrDefault(final String key, final float defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).floatValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#intValue() */
+	public Integer getInteger(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#intValue() */
+	public Integer getIntegerOrDefault(final String key, final int defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).intValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#longValue() */
+	public Long getLong(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#longValue() */
+	public Long getLongOrDefault(final String key, final long defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).longValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map at the given key.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the key. Note unless manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMap(final String key){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		return (T)this.get(key);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Map at the given key.
+	 * @param <T> the kind of map to expect at the key. Note unless manually added, Map values will be a JsonObject.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public <T extends Map<?, ?>> T getMapOrDefault(final String key, final T defaultValue){
+		/* The unchecked warning is suppressed because there is no way of guaranteeing at compile time the cast will
+		 * work. */
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			returnable = defaultValue;
+		}
+		return (T)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation).
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#shortValue() */
+	public Short getShort(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Number or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key (which may involve rounding or truncation) or the default provided if the key
+	 *         doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type.
+	 * @throws NumberFormatException if a String isn't a valid representation of a BigDecimal or if the Number
+	 *         represents the double or float Infinity or NaN.
+	 * @see Number#shortValue() */
+	public Short getShortOrDefault(final String key, final short defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof String){
+			/* A String can be used to construct a BigDecimal. */
+			returnable = new BigDecimal((String)returnable);
+		}
+		return ((Number)returnable).shortValue();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the value didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	public String getString(final String key){
+		Object returnable = this.get(key);
+		if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}
+		return (String)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes there is a Boolean, Number, or String value at the given key.
+	 * @param key representing where the value ought to be stored at.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what is returned when the key isn't in the JsonObject.
+	 * @return the value stored at the key or the default provided if the key doesn't exist.
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if there was a value but didn't match the assumed return type. */
+	public String getStringOrDefault(final String key, final String defaultValue){
+		Object returnable;
+		if(this.containsKey(key)){
+			returnable = this.get(key);
+		}else{
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
+		if(returnable instanceof Boolean){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}else if(returnable instanceof Number){
+			returnable = returnable.toString();
+		}
+		return (String)returnable;
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#asJsonString() */
+	@Override
+	public String toJson(){
+		final StringWriter writable = new StringWriter();
+		try{
+			this.toJson(writable);
+		}catch(final IOException caught){
+			/* See java.io.StringWriter. */
+		}
+		return writable.toString();
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsonable#toJsonString(java.io.Writer) */
+	@Override
+	public void toJson(final Writer writable) throws IOException{
+		/* Writes the map in JSON object format. */
+		boolean isFirstEntry = true;
+		final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Object>> entries = this.entrySet().iterator();
+		writable.write('{');
+		while(entries.hasNext()){
+			if(isFirstEntry){
+				isFirstEntry = false;
+			}else{
+				writable.write(',');
+			}
+			final Map.Entry<String, Object> entry = entries.next();
+			writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(entry.getKey()));
+			writable.write(':');
+			writable.write(Jsoner.serialize(entry.getValue()));
+		}
+		writable.write('}');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff344d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsonable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+/** Jsonables can be serialized in java script object notation (JSON).
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public interface Jsonable{
+    /** Serialize to a JSON formatted string.
+     * @return a string, formatted in JSON, that represents the Jsonable. */
+    public String toJson();
+
+    /** Serialize to a JSON formatted stream.
+     * @param writable where the resulting JSON text should be sent.
+     * @throws IOException when the writable encounters an I/O error. */
+    public void toJson(Writer writable) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c518b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Jsoner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,860 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/** Jsoner provides JSON utilities for escaping strings to be JSON compatible, thread safe parsing (RFC 4627) JSON
+ * strings, and serializing data to strings in JSON format.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+public class Jsoner{
+	/** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary deserialization method. */
+	private static enum DeserializationOptions{
+		/** Whether a multiple JSON values can be deserialized as a root element. */
+		ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES,
+		/** Whether a JsonArray can be deserialized as a root element. */
+		ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS,
+		/** Whether a boolean, null, Number, or String can be deserialized as a root element. */
+		ALLOW_JSON_DATA,
+		/** Whether a JsonObject can be deserialized as a root element. */
+		ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS;
+	}
+
+	/** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary serialization method. */
+	private static enum SerializationOptions{
+		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that are Enums it will continue serialization with the
+		 * Enums' "${PACKAGE}.${DECLARING_CLASS}.${NAME}".
+		 * @see Enum */
+		ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS,
+		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it will continue serialization by serializing the
+		 * non-JSON value directly into the now invalid JSON. Be mindful that invalid JSON will not successfully
+		 * deserialize. */
+		ALLOW_INVALIDS,
+		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that implement Jsonable it will continue serialization
+		 * by deferring serialization to the Jsonable.
+		 * @see Jsonable */
+		ALLOW_JSONABLES,
+		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it will continue serialization by using reflection to
+		 * best describe the value as a JsonObject. */
+		ALLOW_UNDEFINEDS;
+	}
+
+	/** The possible States of a JSON deserializer. */
+	private static enum States{
+		/** Post-parsing state. */
+		DONE,
+		/** Pre-parsing state. */
+		INITIAL,
+		/** Parsing error, ParsingException should be thrown. */
+		PARSED_ERROR,
+		PARSING_ARRAY,
+		/** Parsing a key-value pair inside of an object. */
+		PARSING_ENTRY,
+		PARSING_OBJECT;
+	}
+
+	private Jsoner(){
+		/* Keeping it classy. */
+	}
+
+	/** Deserializes a readable stream according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification.
+	 * @param readableDeserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
+	 * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
+	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
+	 *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+	 * @throws IOException if the underlying reader encounters an I/O error. Ensure the reader is properly instantiated,
+	 *         isn't closed, or that it is ready before trying again. */
+	public static Object deserialize(final Reader readableDeserializable) throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+		return Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)).get(0);
+	}
+
+	/** Deserialize a stream with all deserialized JSON values are wrapped in a JsonArray.
+	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
+	 * @param flags representing the allowances and restrictions on deserialization.
+	 * @return the allowable object best represented by the deserializable.
+	 * @throws DeserializationException if a disallowed or unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To
+	 *         recover from a DeserializationException: fix the
+	 *         deserializable to no longer have a disallowed or unexpected token and try again.
+	 * @throws IOException if the underlying reader encounters an I/O error. Ensure the reader is properly instantiated,
+	 *         isn't closed, or that it is ready before trying again. */
+	private static JsonArray deserialize(final Reader deserializable, final Set<DeserializationOptions> flags) throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+		final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(deserializable);
+		Yytoken token;
+		States currentState;
+		int returnCount = 1;
+		final LinkedList<States> stateStack = new LinkedList<>();
+		final LinkedList<Object> valueStack = new LinkedList<>();
+		stateStack.addLast(States.INITIAL);
+		//System.out.println("//////////DESERIALIZING//////////");
+		do{
+			/* Parse through the parsable string's tokens. */
+			currentState = Jsoner.popNextState(stateStack);
+			token = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
+			switch(currentState){
+				case DONE:
+					/* The parse has finished a JSON value. */
+					if(!flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES) || Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())){
+						/* Break if concatenated values are not allowed or if an END token is read. */
+						break;
+					}
+					/* Increment the amount of returned JSON values and treat the token as if it were a fresh parse. */
+					returnCount += 1;
+					/* Fall through to the case for the initial state. */
+					//$FALL-THROUGH$
+				case INITIAL:
+					/* The parse has just started. */
+					switch(token.getType()){
+						case DATUM:
+							/* A boolean, null, Number, or String could be detected. */
+							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)){
+								valueStack.addLast(token.getValue());
+								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+							}else{
+								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+							}
+							break;
+						case LEFT_BRACE:
+							/* An object is detected. */
+							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)){
+								valueStack.addLast(new JsonObject());
+								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+							}else{
+								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+							}
+							break;
+						case LEFT_SQUARE:
+							/* An array is detected. */
+							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)){
+								valueStack.addLast(new JsonArray());
+								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+							}else{
+								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
+							}
+							break;
+						default:
+							/* Neither a JSON array or object was detected. */
+							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+					}
+					break;
+				case PARSED_ERROR:
+					/* The parse could be in this state due to the state stack not having a state to pop off. */
+					throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+				case PARSING_ARRAY:
+					switch(token.getType()){
+						case COMMA:
+							/* The parse could detect a comma while parsing an array since it separates each element. */
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							break;
+						case DATUM:
+							/* The parse found an element of the array. */
+							JsonArray val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+							val.add(token.getValue());
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							break;
+						case LEFT_BRACE:
+							/* The parse found an object in the array. */
+							val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+							final JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+							val.add(object);
+							valueStack.addLast(object);
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+							break;
+						case LEFT_SQUARE:
+							/* The parse found another array in the array. */
+							val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
+							final JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
+							val.add(array);
+							valueStack.addLast(array);
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+							break;
+						case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+							/* The parse found the end of the array. */
+							if(valueStack.size() > returnCount){
+								valueStack.removeLast();
+							}else{
+								/* The parse has been fully resolved. */
+								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+							}
+							break;
+						default:
+							/* Any other token is invalid in an array. */
+							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+					}
+					break;
+				case PARSING_OBJECT:
+					/* The parse has detected the start of an object. */
+					switch(token.getType()){
+						case COMMA:
+							/* The parse could detect a comma while parsing an object since it separates each key value
+							 * pair. Continue parsing the object. */
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							break;
+						case DATUM:
+							/* The token ought to be a key. */
+							if(token.getValue() instanceof String){
+								/* JSON keys are always strings, strings are not always JSON keys but it is going to be
+								 * treated as one. Continue parsing the object. */
+								final String key = (String)token.getValue();
+								valueStack.addLast(key);
+								stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ENTRY);
+							}else{
+								/* Abort! JSON keys are always strings and it wasn't a string. */
+								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+							}
+							break;
+						case RIGHT_BRACE:
+							/* The parse has found the end of the object. */
+							if(valueStack.size() > returnCount){
+								/* There are unresolved values remaining. */
+								valueStack.removeLast();
+							}else{
+								/* The parse has been fully resolved. */
+								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
+							}
+							break;
+						default:
+							/* The parse didn't detect the end of an object or a key. */
+							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+					}
+					break;
+				case PARSING_ENTRY:
+					switch(token.getType()){
+						/* Parsed pair keys can only happen while parsing objects. */
+						case COLON:
+							/* The parse could detect a colon while parsing a key value pair since it separates the key
+							 * and value from each other. Continue parsing the entry. */
+							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
+							break;
+						case DATUM:
+							/* The parse has found a value for the parsed pair key. */
+							String key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
+							JsonObject parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+							parent.put(key, token.getValue());
+							break;
+						case LEFT_BRACE:
+							/* The parse has found an object for the parsed pair key. */
+							key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
+							parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+							final JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+							parent.put(key, object);
+							valueStack.addLast(object);
+							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
+							break;
+						case LEFT_SQUARE:
+							/* The parse has found an array for the parsed pair key. */
+							key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
+							parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
+							final JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
+							parent.put(key, array);
+							valueStack.addLast(array);
+							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
+							break;
+						default:
+							/* The parse didn't find anything for the parsed pair key. */
+							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
+					}
+					break;
+				default:
+					break;
+			}
+			//System.out.println("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+			//System.out.println(currentState);
+			//System.out.println(token);
+			//System.out.println(valueStack);
+			//System.out.println(stateStack);
+			/* If we're not at the END and DONE then do the above again. */
+		}while(!(States.DONE.equals(currentState) && Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())));
+		//System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!DESERIALIZED!!!!!!!!!!");
+		return new JsonArray(valueStack);
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes a StringReader to deserialize a string.
+	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
+	 * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
+	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
+	 *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader)
+	 * @see StringReader */
+	public static Object deserialize(final String deserializable) throws DeserializationException{
+		Object returnable;
+		StringReader readableDeserializable = null;
+		try{
+			readableDeserializable = new StringReader(deserializable);
+			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable);
+		}catch(IOException | NullPointerException caught){
+			/* They both have the same recovery scenario.
+			 * See StringReader.
+			 * If deserializable is null, it should be reasonable to expect null back. */
+			returnable = null;
+		}finally{
+			if(readableDeserializable != null){
+				readableDeserializable.close();
+			}
+		}
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes a JsonArray must be deserialized.
+	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a JsonArray.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if deserializable isn't a JsonArray or an IOException,
+	 *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs during deserialization.
+	 * @return a JsonArray that represents the deserializable, or the defaultValue if there isn't a JsonArray that
+	 *         represents deserializable.
+	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
+	public static JsonArray deserialize(final String deserializable, final JsonArray defaultValue){
+		StringReader readable = null;
+		JsonArray returnable;
+		try{
+			readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
+			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)).<JsonArray> getCollection(0);
+		}catch(NullPointerException | IOException | DeserializationException caught){
+			/* Don't care, just return the default value. */
+			returnable = defaultValue;
+		}finally{
+			if(readable != null){
+				readable.close();
+			}
+		}
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes a JsonObject must be deserialized.
+	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a JsonObject.
+	 * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if deserializable isn't a JsonObject or an IOException,
+	 *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs during deserialization.
+	 * @return a JsonObject that represents the deserializable, or the defaultValue if there isn't a JsonObject that
+	 *         represents deserializable.
+	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
+	public static JsonObject deserialize(final String deserializable, final JsonObject defaultValue){
+		StringReader readable = null;
+		JsonObject returnable;
+		try{
+			readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
+			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)).<JsonObject> getMap(0);
+		}catch(NullPointerException | IOException | DeserializationException caught){
+			/* Don't care, just return the default value. */
+			returnable = defaultValue;
+		}finally{
+			if(readable != null){
+				readable.close();
+			}
+		}
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes multiple RFC 4627 JSON values (except numbers) have been concatenated together
+	 * for deserilization which will be collectively returned in a JsonArray wrapper.
+	 * There may be numbers included, they just must not be concatenated together as it is prone to
+	 * NumberFormatExceptions (thus causing a DeserializationException) or the numbers no longer represent their
+	 * respective values.
+	 * Examples:
+	 * "123null321" returns [123, null, 321]
+	 * "nullnullnulltruefalse\"\"{}[]" returns [null, null, null, true, false, "", {}, []]
+	 * "123" appended to "321" returns [123321]
+	 * "12.3" appended to "3.21" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+	 * "123" appended to "-321" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+	 * "123e321" appended to "-1" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+	 * "null12.33.21null" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
+	 * @param deserializable representing concatenated content to be deserialized as JSON in one reader. Its contents
+	 *        may
+	 *        not contain two numbers concatenated together.
+	 * @return a JsonArray that contains each of the concatenated objects as its elements. Each concatenated element is
+	 *         either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonArray, or JsonObject that best represents the concatenated
+	 *         content inside deserializable.
+	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
+	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
+	 * @throws IOException when the underlying reader encounters an I/O error. Ensure the reader is properly
+	 *         instantiated, isn't closed, or that it is ready before trying again. */
+	public static JsonArray deserializeMany(final Reader deserializable) throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+		return Jsoner.deserialize(deserializable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES));
+	}
+
+	/** Escapes potentially confusing or important characters in the String provided.
+	 * @param escapable an unescaped string.
+	 * @return an escaped string for usage in JSON; An escaped string is one that has escaped all of the quotes ("),
+	 *         backslashes (\), return character (\r), new line character (\n), tab character (\t),
+	 *         backspace character (\b), form feed character (\f) and other control characters [u0000..u001F] or
+	 *         characters [u007F..u009F], [u2000..u20FF] with a
+	 *         backslash (\) which itself must be escaped by the backslash in a java string. */
+	public static String escape(final String escapable){
+		final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		final int characters = escapable.length();
+		for(int i = 0; i < characters; i++){
+			final char character = escapable.charAt(i);
+			switch(character){
+				case '"':
+					builder.append("\\\"");
+					break;
+				case '\\':
+					builder.append("\\\\");
+					break;
+				case '\b':
+					builder.append("\\b");
+					break;
+				case '\f':
+					builder.append("\\f");
+					break;
+				case '\n':
+					builder.append("\\n");
+					break;
+				case '\r':
+					builder.append("\\r");
+					break;
+				case '\t':
+					builder.append("\\t");
+					break;
+				case '/':
+					builder.append("\\/");
+					break;
+				default:
+					/* The many characters that get replaced are benign to software but could be mistaken by people
+					 * reading it for a JSON relevant character. */
+					if(((character >= '\u0000') && (character <= '\u001F')) || ((character >= '\u007F') && (character <= '\u009F')) || ((character >= '\u2000') && (character <= '\u20FF'))){
+						final String characterHexCode = Integer.toHexString(character);
+						builder.append("\\u");
+						for(int k = 0; k < (4 - characterHexCode.length()); k++){
+							builder.append("0");
+						}
+						builder.append(characterHexCode.toUpperCase());
+					}else{
+						/* Character didn't need escaping. */
+						builder.append(character);
+					}
+			}
+		}
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+	/** Processes the lexer's reader for the next token.
+	 * @param lexer represents a text processor being used in the deserialization process.
+	 * @return a token representing a meaningful element encountered by the lexer.
+	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected character is encountered while processing the text.
+	 * @throws IOException if the underlying reader inside the lexer encounters an I/O problem, like being prematurely
+	 *         closed. */
+	private static Yytoken lexNextToken(final Yylex lexer) throws DeserializationException, IOException{
+		Yytoken returnable;
+		/* Parse through the next token. */
+		returnable = lexer.yylex();
+		if(returnable == null){
+			/* If there isn't another token, it must be the end. */
+			returnable = new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.END, null);
+		}
+		return returnable;
+	}
+
+	/** Used for state transitions while deserializing.
+	 * @param stateStack represents the deserialization states saved for future processing.
+	 * @return a state for deserialization context so it knows how to consume the next token. */
+	private static States popNextState(final LinkedList<States> stateStack){
+		if(stateStack.size() > 0){
+			return stateStack.removeLast();
+		}else{
+			return States.PARSED_ERROR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using tabs for indentation.
+	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
+	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then '\t' characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
+	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string. */
+	public static String prettyPrint(final String printable){
+		return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, "\t");
+	}
+
+	/** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using an arbitrary amount of spaces for indentation.
+	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
+	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+	 * @param spaces representing the amount of spaces to use for indentation. Must be between 2 and 10.
+	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then space characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
+	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if spaces isn't between [2..10].
+	 * @see Jsoner#prettyPrint(String)
+	 * @since 2.2.0 to allow pretty printing with spaces instead of tabs. */
+	public static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final int spaces){
+		if((spaces > 10) || (spaces < 2)){
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Indentation with spaces must be between 2 and 10.");
+		}
+		final StringBuilder indentation = new StringBuilder("");
+		for(int i = 0; i < spaces; i++){
+			indentation.append(" ");
+		}
+		return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, indentation.toString());
+	}
+
+	/** Makes the JSON string more easily human readable using indentation of the caller's choice.
+	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
+	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
+	 * @param indentation representing the indentation used to format the JSON string.
+	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then indentation characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before
+	 *         ']' '}'
+	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string. */
+	private static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final String indentation){
+		final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(new StringReader(printable));
+		Yytoken lexed;
+		final StringBuilder returnable = new StringBuilder();
+		int level = 0;
+		try{
+			do{
+				lexed = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
+				switch(lexed.getType()){
+					case COLON:
+						returnable.append(":");
+						break;
+					case COMMA:
+						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+						returnable.append("\n");
+						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+							returnable.append(indentation);
+						}
+						break;
+					case END:
+						break;
+					case LEFT_BRACE:
+					case LEFT_SQUARE:
+						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+						returnable.append("\n");
+						level++;
+						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+							returnable.append(indentation);
+						}
+						break;
+					case RIGHT_BRACE:
+					case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+						returnable.append("\n");
+						level--;
+						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
+							returnable.append(indentation);
+						}
+						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+						break;
+					default:
+						if(lexed.getValue() instanceof String){
+							returnable.append("\"");
+							returnable.append(Jsoner.escape((String)lexed.getValue()));
+							returnable.append("\"");
+						}else{
+							returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
+						}
+						break;
+				}
+				//System.out.println(lexed);
+			}while(!lexed.getType().equals(Yytoken.Types.END));
+		}catch(final DeserializationException caught){
+			/* This is according to the method's contract. */
+			return null;
+		}catch(final IOException caught){
+			/* See StringReader. */
+			return null;
+		}
+		//System.out.println(printable);
+		//System.out.println(returnable);
+		//System.out.println(Jsoner.escape(returnable.toString()));
+		return returnable.toString();
+	}
+
+	/** A convenience method that assumes a StringWriter.
+	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized as a string in JSON format.
+	 * @return a string, in JSON format, that represents the object provided.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON.
+	 * @see Jsoner#serialize(Object, Writer)
+	 * @see StringWriter */
+	public static String serialize(final Object jsonSerializable){
+		final StringWriter writableDestination = new StringWriter();
+		try{
+			Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination);
+		}catch(final IOException caught){
+			/* See StringWriter. */
+		}
+		return writableDestination.toString();
+	}
+
+	/** Serializes values according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification. It will also trust the serialization provided by
+	 * any Jsonables it serializes and serializes Enums that don't implement Jsonable as a string of their fully
+	 * qualified name.
+	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
+	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
+	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON. */
+	public static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS));
+	}
+
+	/** Serialize values to JSON and write them to the provided writer based on behavior flags.
+	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized to a string in JSON format.
+	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
+	 * @param replacement represents what is serialized instead of a non-JSON value when replacements are allowed.
+	 * @param flags represents the allowances and restrictions on serialization.
+	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON.
+	 * @see SerializationOptions */
+	private static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination, final Set<SerializationOptions> flags) throws IOException{
+		if(jsonSerializable == null){
+			/* When a null is passed in the word null is supported in JSON. */
+			writableDestination.write("null");
+		}else if(((jsonSerializable instanceof Jsonable) && flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES))){
+			/* Writes the writable as defined by the writable. */
+			writableDestination.write(((Jsonable)jsonSerializable).toJson());
+		}else if((jsonSerializable instanceof Enum) && flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS)){
+			/* Writes the enum as a special case of string. All enums (unless they implement Jsonable) will be the
+			 * string literal "${DECLARING_CLASS_NAME}.${ENUM_NAME}" as their value. */
+			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+			final Enum e = (Enum)jsonSerializable;
+			writableDestination.write('"');
+			writableDestination.write(e.getDeclaringClass().getName());
+			writableDestination.write('.');
+			writableDestination.write(e.name());
+			writableDestination.write('"');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof String){
+			/* Make sure the string is properly escaped. */
+			writableDestination.write('"');
+			writableDestination.write(Jsoner.escape((String)jsonSerializable));
+			writableDestination.write('"');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Double){
+			if(((Double)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || ((Double)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
+				/* Infinite and not a number are not supported by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
+				writableDestination.write("null");
+			}else{
+				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+			}
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Float){
+			if(((Float)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || ((Float)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
+				/* Infinite and not a number are not supported by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
+				writableDestination.write("null");
+			}else{
+				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+			}
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Number){
+			writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Boolean){
+			writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Map){
+			/* Writes the map in JSON object format. */
+			boolean isFirstEntry = true;
+			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+			final Iterator entries = ((Map)jsonSerializable).entrySet().iterator();
+			writableDestination.write('{');
+			while(entries.hasNext()){
+				if(isFirstEntry){
+					isFirstEntry = false;
+				}else{
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+				@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+				final Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)entries.next();
+				Jsoner.serialize(entry.getKey(), writableDestination, flags);
+				writableDestination.write(':');
+				Jsoner.serialize(entry.getValue(), writableDestination, flags);
+			}
+			writableDestination.write('}');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Collection){
+			/* Writes the collection in JSON array format. */
+			boolean isFirstElement = true;
+			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+			final Iterator elements = ((Collection)jsonSerializable).iterator();
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			while(elements.hasNext()){
+				if(isFirstElement){
+					isFirstElement = false;
+				}else{
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+				Jsoner.serialize(elements.next(), writableDestination, flags);
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof byte[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final byte[] writableArray = (byte[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof short[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final short[] writableArray = (short[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof int[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final int[] writableArray = (int[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof long[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final long[] writableArray = (long[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof float[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final float[] writableArray = (float[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof double[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final double[] writableArray = (double[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof boolean[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final boolean[] writableArray = (boolean[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(',');
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof char[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final char[] writableArray = (char[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write("[\"");
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write("\",\"");
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write("\"]");
+		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Object[]){
+			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
+			final Object[] writableArray = (Object[])jsonSerializable;
+			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
+			writableDestination.write('[');
+			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
+				if(i == numberOfElements){
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+				}else{
+					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
+					writableDestination.write(",");
+				}
+			}
+			writableDestination.write(']');
+		}else{
+			/* TODO a potential feature for future release since POJOs are often represented as JsonObjects. It would be
+			 * nice to have a flag that tries to reflectively figure out what a non-Jsonable POJO's fields are and use
+			 * their names as keys and their respective values for the keys' values in the JsonObject?
+			 * Naturally implementing Jsonable is safer and in many ways makes this feature a convenience for not
+			 * needing
+			 * to implement Jsonable for very simple POJOs.
+			 * If it fails to produce a JsonObject to serialize it should defer to replacements if allowed.
+			 * If replacement fails it should defer to invalids if allowed.
+			 * This feature would require another serialize method exposed to allow this serialization.
+			 * This feature (although perhaps useful on its own) would also include a method in the JsonObject where you
+			 * pass it a class and it would do its best to instantiate a POJO of the class using the keys in the
+			 * JsonObject. */
+			/* It cannot by any measure be safely serialized according to specification. */
+			if(flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS)){
+				/* Can be helpful for debugging how it isn't valid. */
+				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
+			}else{
+				/* Notify the caller the cause of failure for the serialization. */
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encountered a: " + jsonSerializable.getClass().getName() + " as: " + jsonSerializable.toString() + "  that isn't JSON serializable.\n  Try:\n    1) Implementing the Jsonable interface for the object to return valid JSON. If it already does it probably has a bug.\n    2) If you cannot edit the source of the object or couple it with this library consider wrapping it in a class that does implement the Jsonable interface.\n    3) Otherwise convert it t [...]
+			}
+		}
+		//System.out.println(writableDestination.toString());
+	}
+
+	/** Serializes like the first version of this library.
+	 * It has been adapted to use Jsonable for serializing custom objects, but otherwise works like the old JSON string
+	 * serializer. It
+	 * will allow non-JSON values in its output like the old one. It can be helpful for last resort log statements and
+	 * debugging errors in self generated JSON. Anything serialized using this method isn't guaranteed to be
+	 * deserializable.
+	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
+	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
+	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use. */
+	public static void serializeCarelessly(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS));
+	}
+
+	/** Serializes JSON values and only JSON values according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification.
+	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
+	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
+	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON. */
+	public static void serializeStrictly(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
+		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.noneOf(SerializationOptions.class));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yylex.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yylex.java
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+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yylex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,695 @@
+/* The following code was generated by JFlex 1.4.3 on 8/30/16 5:50 PM */
+
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class is a scanner generated by 
+ * <a href="http://www.jflex.de/">JFlex</a> 1.4.3
+ * on 8/30/16 5:50 PM from the specification file
+ * <tt>/home/davinloegering/cliftonlabs/workspace/json-simple/src/main/lex/jsonstrict.lex</tt>
+ */
+class Yylex {
+
+  /** This character denotes the end of file */
+  public static final int YYEOF = -1;
+
+  /** initial size of the lookahead buffer */
+  private static final int ZZ_BUFFERSIZE = 16384;
+
+  /** lexical states */
+  public static final int YYINITIAL = 0;
+  public static final int STRING_BEGIN = 2;
+
+  /**
+   * ZZ_LEXSTATE[l] is the state in the DFA for the lexical state l
+   * ZZ_LEXSTATE[l+1] is the state in the DFA for the lexical state l
+   *                  at the beginning of a line
+   * l is of the form l = 2*k, k a non negative integer
+   */
+  private static final int ZZ_LEXSTATE[] = { 
+     0,  0,  1, 1
+  };
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates characters to character classes
+   */
+  private static final String ZZ_CMAP_PACKED = 
+    "\11\0\1\7\1\7\2\0\1\7\22\0\1\7\1\0\1\11\10\0"+
+    "\1\6\1\31\1\2\1\4\1\12\12\3\1\32\6\0\4\1\1\5"+
+    "\1\1\24\0\1\27\1\10\1\30\3\0\1\22\1\13\2\1\1\21"+
+    "\1\14\5\0\1\23\1\0\1\15\3\0\1\16\1\24\1\17\1\20"+
+    "\5\0\1\25\1\0\1\26\uff82\0";
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates characters to character classes
+   */
+  private static final char [] ZZ_CMAP = zzUnpackCMap(ZZ_CMAP_PACKED);
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates DFA states to action switch labels.
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ACTION = zzUnpackAction();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ACTION_PACKED_0 =
+    "\2\0\2\1\1\2\1\3\1\4\3\1\1\5\1\6"+
+    "\1\7\1\10\1\11\1\12\1\13\1\14\1\15\5\0"+
+    "\1\14\1\16\1\17\1\20\1\21\1\22\1\23\1\24"+
+    "\1\0\1\2\1\0\1\2\4\0\1\25\1\26\2\0"+
+    "\1\27";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackAction() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackAction(ZZ_ACTION_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackAction(String packed, int offset, int [] result) {
+    int i = 0;       /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      int value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do result[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+
+  /** 
+   * Translates a state to a row index in the transition table
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ROWMAP = zzUnpackRowMap();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ROWMAP_PACKED_0 =
+    "\0\0\0\33\0\66\0\121\0\154\0\207\0\66\0\242"+
+    "\0\275\0\330\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66"+
+    "\0\363\0\u010e\0\66\0\u0129\0\u0144\0\u015f\0\u017a\0\u0195"+
+    "\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66\0\66"+
+    "\0\u01b0\0\u01cb\0\u01e6\0\u01e6\0\u0201\0\u021c\0\u0237\0\u0252"+
+    "\0\66\0\66\0\u026d\0\u0288\0\66";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackRowMap() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackRowMap(ZZ_ROWMAP_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackRowMap(String packed, int offset, int [] result) {
+    int i = 0;  /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int high = packed.charAt(i++) << 16;
+      result[j++] = high | packed.charAt(i++);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * The transition table of the DFA
+   */
+  private static final int ZZ_TRANS [] = {
+    2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 
+    2, 2, 7, 8, 2, 9, 2, 2, 2, 2, 
+    2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 18, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, 4, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 4, 19, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 5, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    21, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 22, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    23, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, -1, -1, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 24, 25, 
+    26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    33, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 34, 35, -1, -1, 
+    34, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    36, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 37, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 38, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 39, -1, 39, -1, 39, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 39, 39, -1, -1, -1, -1, 39, 
+    39, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 33, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 20, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 35, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, 38, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 40, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, 41, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 42, -1, 42, -1, 42, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 42, 42, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, 42, 42, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 43, -1, 43, -1, 43, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, 43, 43, -1, -1, -1, -1, 43, 43, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 
+    -1, 44, -1, 44, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 
+    44, -1, -1, -1, -1, 44, 44, -1, -1, -1, 
+    -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+  };
+
+  /* error codes */
+  private static final int ZZ_UNKNOWN_ERROR = 0;
+  private static final int ZZ_NO_MATCH = 1;
+  private static final int ZZ_PUSHBACK_2BIG = 2;
+
+  /* error messages for the codes above */
+  private static final String ZZ_ERROR_MSG[] = {
+    "Unkown internal scanner error",
+    "Error: could not match input",
+    "Error: pushback value was too large"
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * ZZ_ATTRIBUTE[aState] contains the attributes of state <code>aState</code>
+   */
+  private static final int [] ZZ_ATTRIBUTE = zzUnpackAttribute();
+
+  private static final String ZZ_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED_0 =
+    "\2\0\1\11\3\1\1\11\3\1\6\11\2\1\1\11"+
+    "\5\0\10\11\1\0\1\1\1\0\1\1\4\0\2\11"+
+    "\2\0\1\11";
+
+  private static int [] zzUnpackAttribute() {
+    int [] result = new int[45];
+    int offset = 0;
+    offset = zzUnpackAttribute(ZZ_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED_0, offset, result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private static int zzUnpackAttribute(String packed, int offset, int [] result) {
+    int i = 0;       /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = offset;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    int l = packed.length();
+    while (i < l) {
+      int count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      int value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do result[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return j;
+  }
+
+  /** the input device */
+  private java.io.Reader zzReader;
+
+  /** the current state of the DFA */
+  private int zzState;
+
+  /** the current lexical state */
+  private int zzLexicalState = YYINITIAL;
+
+  /** this buffer contains the current text to be matched and is
+      the source of the yytext() string */
+  private char zzBuffer[] = new char[ZZ_BUFFERSIZE];
+
+  /** the textposition at the last accepting state */
+  private int zzMarkedPos;
+
+  /** the current text position in the buffer */
+  private int zzCurrentPos;
+
+  /** startRead marks the beginning of the yytext() string in the buffer */
+  private int zzStartRead;
+
+  /** endRead marks the last character in the buffer, that has been read
+      from input */
+  private int zzEndRead;
+
+  /** number of newlines encountered up to the start of the matched text */
+  private int yyline;
+
+  /** the number of characters up to the start of the matched text */
+  private int yychar;
+
+  /**
+   * the number of characters from the last newline up to the start of the 
+   * matched text
+   */
+  private int yycolumn;
+
+  /** 
+   * zzAtBOL == true <=> the scanner is currently at the beginning of a line
+   */
+  private boolean zzAtBOL = true;
+
+  /** zzAtEOF == true <=> the scanner is at the EOF */
+  private boolean zzAtEOF;
+
+  /** denotes if the user-EOF-code has already been executed */
+  private boolean zzEOFDone;
+
+  /* user code: */
+private StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
+
+int getPosition(){
+	return yychar;
+}
+
+
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new scanner
+   * There is also a java.io.InputStream version of this constructor.
+   *
+   * @param   in  the java.io.Reader to read input from.
+   */
+  Yylex(java.io.Reader in) {
+    this.zzReader = in;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new scanner.
+   * There is also java.io.Reader version of this constructor.
+   *
+   * @param   in  the java.io.Inputstream to read input from.
+   */
+  Yylex(java.io.InputStream in) {
+    this(new java.io.InputStreamReader(in));
+  }
+
+  /** 
+   * Unpacks the compressed character translation table.
+   *
+   * @param packed   the packed character translation table
+   * @return         the unpacked character translation table
+   */
+  private static char [] zzUnpackCMap(String packed) {
+    char [] map = new char[0x10000];
+    int i = 0;  /* index in packed string  */
+    int j = 0;  /* index in unpacked array */
+    while (i < 90) {
+      int  count = packed.charAt(i++);
+      char value = packed.charAt(i++);
+      do map[j++] = value; while (--count > 0);
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Refills the input buffer.
+   *
+   * @return      <code>false</code>, iff there was new input.
+   * 
+   * @exception   java.io.IOException  if any I/O-Error occurs
+   */
+  private boolean zzRefill() throws java.io.IOException {
+
+    /* first: make room (if you can) */
+    if (zzStartRead > 0) {
+      System.arraycopy(zzBuffer, zzStartRead,
+                       zzBuffer, 0,
+                       zzEndRead-zzStartRead);
+
+      /* translate stored positions */
+      zzEndRead-= zzStartRead;
+      zzCurrentPos-= zzStartRead;
+      zzMarkedPos-= zzStartRead;
+      zzStartRead = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* is the buffer big enough? */
+    if (zzCurrentPos >= zzBuffer.length) {
+      /* if not: blow it up */
+      char newBuffer[] = new char[zzCurrentPos*2];
+      System.arraycopy(zzBuffer, 0, newBuffer, 0, zzBuffer.length);
+      zzBuffer = newBuffer;
+    }
+
+    /* finally: fill the buffer with new input */
+    int numRead = zzReader.read(zzBuffer, zzEndRead,
+                                            zzBuffer.length-zzEndRead);
+
+    if (numRead > 0) {
+      zzEndRead+= numRead;
+      return false;
+    }
+    // unlikely but not impossible: read 0 characters, but not at end of stream    
+    if (numRead == 0) {
+      int c = zzReader.read();
+      if (c == -1) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        zzBuffer[zzEndRead++] = (char) c;
+        return false;
+      }     
+    }
+
+	// numRead < 0
+    return true;
+  }
+
+    
+  /**
+   * Closes the input stream.
+   */
+  public final void yyclose() throws java.io.IOException {
+    zzAtEOF = true;            /* indicate end of file */
+    zzEndRead = zzStartRead;  /* invalidate buffer    */
+
+    if (zzReader != null)
+      zzReader.close();
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Resets the scanner to read from a new input stream.
+   * Does not close the old reader.
+   *
+   * All internal variables are reset, the old input stream 
+   * <b>cannot</b> be reused (internal buffer is discarded and lost).
+   * Lexical state is set to <tt>ZZ_INITIAL</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param reader   the new input stream 
+   */
+  public final void yyreset(java.io.Reader reader) {
+    zzReader = reader;
+    zzAtBOL  = true;
+    zzAtEOF  = false;
+    zzEOFDone = false;
+    zzEndRead = zzStartRead = 0;
+    zzCurrentPos = zzMarkedPos = 0;
+    yyline = yychar = yycolumn = 0;
+    zzLexicalState = YYINITIAL;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the current lexical state.
+   */
+  public final int yystate() {
+    return zzLexicalState;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Enters a new lexical state
+   *
+   * @param newState the new lexical state
+   */
+  public final void yybegin(int newState) {
+    zzLexicalState = newState;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the text matched by the current regular expression.
+   */
+  public final String yytext() {
+    return new String( zzBuffer, zzStartRead, zzMarkedPos-zzStartRead );
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the character at position <tt>pos</tt> from the 
+   * matched text. 
+   * 
+   * It is equivalent to yytext().charAt(pos), but faster
+   *
+   * @param pos the position of the character to fetch. 
+   *            A value from 0 to yylength()-1.
+   *
+   * @return the character at position pos
+   */
+  public final char yycharat(int pos) {
+    return zzBuffer[zzStartRead+pos];
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the length of the matched text region.
+   */
+  public final int yylength() {
+    return zzMarkedPos-zzStartRead;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Reports an error that occured while scanning.
+   *
+   * In a wellformed scanner (no or only correct usage of 
+   * yypushback(int) and a match-all fallback rule) this method 
+   * will only be called with things that "Can't Possibly Happen".
+   * If this method is called, something is seriously wrong
+   * (e.g. a JFlex bug producing a faulty scanner etc.).
+   *
+   * Usual syntax/scanner level error handling should be done
+   * in error fallback rules.
+   *
+   * @param   errorCode  the code of the errormessage to display
+   */
+  private void zzScanError(int errorCode) {
+    String message;
+    try {
+      message = ZZ_ERROR_MSG[errorCode];
+    }
+    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+      message = ZZ_ERROR_MSG[ZZ_UNKNOWN_ERROR];
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(message);
+  } 
+
+
+  /**
+   * Pushes the specified amount of characters back into the input stream.
+   *
+   * They will be read again by then next call of the scanning method
+   *
+   * @param number  the number of characters to be read again.
+   *                This number must not be greater than yylength()!
+   */
+  public void yypushback(int number)  {
+    if ( number > yylength() )
+      zzScanError(ZZ_PUSHBACK_2BIG);
+
+    zzMarkedPos -= number;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Resumes scanning until the next regular expression is matched,
+   * the end of input is encountered or an I/O-Error occurs.
+   *
+   * @return      the next token
+   * @exception   java.io.IOException  if any I/O-Error occurs
+   */
+  public Yytoken yylex() throws java.io.IOException, DeserializationException {
+    int zzInput;
+    int zzAction;
+
+    // cached fields:
+    int zzCurrentPosL;
+    int zzMarkedPosL;
+    int zzEndReadL = zzEndRead;
+    char [] zzBufferL = zzBuffer;
+    char [] zzCMapL = ZZ_CMAP;
+
+    int [] zzTransL = ZZ_TRANS;
+    int [] zzRowMapL = ZZ_ROWMAP;
+    int [] zzAttrL = ZZ_ATTRIBUTE;
+
+    while (true) {
+      zzMarkedPosL = zzMarkedPos;
+
+      yychar+= zzMarkedPosL-zzStartRead;
+
+      zzAction = -1;
+
+      zzCurrentPosL = zzCurrentPos = zzStartRead = zzMarkedPosL;
+  
+      zzState = ZZ_LEXSTATE[zzLexicalState];
+
+
+      zzForAction: {
+        while (true) {
+    
+          if (zzCurrentPosL < zzEndReadL)
+            zzInput = zzBufferL[zzCurrentPosL++];
+          else if (zzAtEOF) {
+            zzInput = YYEOF;
+            break zzForAction;
+          }
+          else {
+            // store back cached positions
+            zzCurrentPos  = zzCurrentPosL;
+            zzMarkedPos   = zzMarkedPosL;
+            boolean eof = zzRefill();
+            // get translated positions and possibly new buffer
+            zzCurrentPosL  = zzCurrentPos;
+            zzMarkedPosL   = zzMarkedPos;
+            zzBufferL      = zzBuffer;
+            zzEndReadL     = zzEndRead;
+            if (eof) {
+              zzInput = YYEOF;
+              break zzForAction;
+            }
+            else {
+              zzInput = zzBufferL[zzCurrentPosL++];
+            }
+          }
+          int zzNext = zzTransL[ zzRowMapL[zzState] + zzCMapL[zzInput] ];
+          if (zzNext == -1) break zzForAction;
+          zzState = zzNext;
+
+          int zzAttributes = zzAttrL[zzState];
+          if ( (zzAttributes & 1) == 1 ) {
+            zzAction = zzState;
+            zzMarkedPosL = zzCurrentPosL;
+            if ( (zzAttributes & 8) == 8 ) break zzForAction;
+          }
+
+        }
+      }
+
+      // store back cached position
+      zzMarkedPos = zzMarkedPosL;
+
+      switch (zzAction < 0 ? zzAction : ZZ_ACTION[zzAction]) {
+        case 4: 
+          { sb = null; sb = new StringBuilder(); yybegin(STRING_BEGIN);
+          }
+        case 24: break;
+        case 11: 
+          { sb.append(yytext());
+          }
+        case 25: break;
+        case 5: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.LEFT_BRACE, null);
+          }
+        case 26: break;
+        case 16: 
+          { sb.append('\b');
+          }
+        case 27: break;
+        case 23: 
+          { try{
+			int ch=Integer.parseInt(yytext().substring(2),16);
+			sb.append((char)ch);
+		}catch(Exception e){
+			/* The lexer is broken if it can build a 4 byte character code and fail to append the character. */
+			throw new DeserializationException(yychar, DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION, e);
+		}
+          }
+        case 28: break;
+        case 22: 
+          { Boolean val=Boolean.valueOf(yytext()); return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, val);
+          }
+        case 29: break;
+        case 12: 
+          { sb.append('\\');
+          }
+        case 30: break;
+        case 10: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.COLON, null);
+          }
+        case 31: break;
+        case 9: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.COMMA, null);
+          }
+        case 32: break;
+        case 21: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, null);
+          }
+        case 33: break;
+        case 19: 
+          { sb.append('\r');
+          }
+        case 34: break;
+        case 15: 
+          { sb.append('/');
+          }
+        case 35: break;
+        case 2: 
+          { java.math.BigDecimal val= new java.math.BigDecimal(yytext()); return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, val);
+          }
+        case 36: break;
+        case 14: 
+          { sb.append('"');
+          }
+        case 37: break;
+        case 8: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.RIGHT_SQUARE, null);
+          }
+        case 38: break;
+        case 17: 
+          { sb.append('\f');
+          }
+        case 39: break;
+        case 1: 
+          { throw new DeserializationException(yychar, DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER, new Character(yycharat(0)));
+          }
+        case 40: break;
+        case 6: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.RIGHT_BRACE, null);
+          }
+        case 41: break;
+        case 20: 
+          { sb.append('\t');
+          }
+        case 42: break;
+        case 7: 
+          { return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.LEFT_SQUARE, null);
+          }
+        case 43: break;
+        case 18: 
+          { sb.append('\n');
+          }
+        case 44: break;
+        case 13: 
+          { yybegin(YYINITIAL);return new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.DATUM, sb.toString());
+          }
+        case 45: break;
+        case 3: 
+          { 
+          }
+        case 46: break;
+        default: 
+          if (zzInput == YYEOF && zzStartRead == zzCurrentPos) {
+            zzAtEOF = true;
+            return null;
+          } 
+          else {
+            zzScanError(ZZ_NO_MATCH);
+          }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bed0759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/Yytoken.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License. */
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
+
+/** Represents structural entities in JSON.
+ * @since 2.0.0 */
+class Yytoken{
+    /** Represents the different kinds of tokens. */
+    enum Types{
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of ":" */
+        COLON,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "," */
+        COMMA,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value that is a boolean, null, number, or string. */
+        DATUM,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "" */
+        END,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "{" */
+        LEFT_BRACE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "[" */
+        LEFT_SQUARE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "}" */
+        RIGHT_BRACE,
+        /** Tokens of this type will always have a value of "]" */
+        RIGHT_SQUARE;
+    }
+
+    private final Types  type;
+    private final Object value;
+
+    /** @param type represents the kind of token the instantiated token will be.
+     * @param value represents the value the token is associated with, will be ignored unless type is equal to
+     *        Types.DATUM.
+     * @see Types */
+    Yytoken(final Types type, final Object value){
+        /* Sanity check. Make sure the value is ignored for the proper value unless it is a datum token. */
+        switch(type){
+            case COLON:
+                this.value = ":";
+                break;
+            case COMMA:
+                this.value = ",";
+                break;
+            case END:
+                this.value = "";
+                break;
+            case LEFT_BRACE:
+                this.value = "{";
+                break;
+            case LEFT_SQUARE:
+                this.value = "[";
+                break;
+            case RIGHT_BRACE:
+                this.value = "}";
+                break;
+            case RIGHT_SQUARE:
+                this.value = "]";
+                break;
+            default:
+                this.value = value;
+                break;
+        }
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /** @return which of the Types the token is.
+     * @see Types */
+    Types getType(){
+        return this.type;
+    }
+
+    /** @return what the token is.
+     * @see Types */
+    Object getValue(){
+        return this.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        sb.append(this.type.toString()).append("(").append(this.value).append(")");
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt b/camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
rename to camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt b/camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
rename to camel-util-json/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.txt
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java b/camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
similarity index 96%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
rename to camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
index d246dba..a7c40d8 100644
--- a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/json/simple/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
+++ b/camel-util-json/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/util/json/JsonSimpleOrderedTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.camel.json.simple;
+package org.apache.camel.util.json;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/resources/bean.json b/camel-util-json/src/test/resources/bean.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/test/resources/bean.json
rename to camel-util-json/src/test/resources/bean.json
diff --git a/camel-util/pom.xml b/camel-util/pom.xml
index b2e32b9..225f434 100644
--- a/camel-util/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-util/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
index 3770449..001800e 100644
--- a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
+++ b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackComponentVerifierExtension.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 import static org.apache.camel.component.slack.utils.SlackUtils.readResponse;
 
diff --git a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
index 0295779..38cd447 100644
--- a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
+++ b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackConsumer.java
@@ -29,18 +29,16 @@ import org.apache.camel.Processor;
 import org.apache.camel.support.ScheduledBatchPollingConsumer;
 import org.apache.camel.util.CastUtils;
 import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonArray;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
-import org.json.simple.DeserializationException;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JsonArray;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
-import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
 
 import static org.apache.camel.component.slack.utils.SlackUtils.readResponse;
 
@@ -74,22 +72,21 @@ public class SlackConsumer extends ScheduledBatchPollingConsumer {
         HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpPost);
 
         String jsonString = readResponse(response);
-        JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
 
-        JSONObject c = (JSONObject)parser.parse(jsonString);
-        List list = (List)c.get("messages");
+        JsonObject c = (JsonObject) Jsoner.deserialize(jsonString);
+        JsonArray list = c.getCollection("messages");
         exchanges = createExchanges(list);
         return processBatch(CastUtils.cast(exchanges));
     }
 
-    private Queue<Exchange> createExchanges(List list) {
+    private Queue<Exchange> createExchanges(List<Object> list) {
         Queue<Exchange> answer = new LinkedList<>();
         if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(list)) {
             Iterator it = list.iterator();
             int i = 0;
             while (it.hasNext()) {
-                Object object = (Object)it.next();
-                JSONObject singleMess = (JSONObject)object;
+                Object object = it.next();
+                JsonObject singleMess = (JsonObject) object;
                 if (i == 0) {
                     timestamp = (String)singleMess.get("ts");
                 }
diff --git a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
index 0bd291f..4151cc7 100644
--- a/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
+++ b/components/camel-slack/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/slack/SlackEndpoint.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
 import org.apache.camel.support.ScheduledPollEndpoint;
 import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
 
 /**
  * The slack component allows you to send messages to Slack.
@@ -181,21 +181,21 @@ public class SlackEndpoint extends ScheduledPollEndpoint {
         this.serverUrl = serverUrl;
     }
 
-    public Exchange createExchange(JSONObject object) {
+    public Exchange createExchange(JsonObject object) {
         return createExchange(getExchangePattern(), object);
     }
 
-    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern, JSONObject object) {
+    public Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern, JsonObject object) {
         Exchange exchange = super.createExchange(pattern);
         SlackMessage slackMessage = new SlackMessage();
-        String text = (String)object.get("text");
-        String username = (String)object.get("username");
+        String text = object.getString("text");
+        String username = object.getString("username");
         slackMessage.setText(text);
         slackMessage.setUsername(username);
-        if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty((JSONObject)object.get("icons"))) {
-            JSONObject icons = (JSONObject)object.get("icons");
-            if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty((String)icons.get("emoji"))) {
-                slackMessage.setIconEmoji((String)icons.get("emoji"));
+        if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(object.get("icons"))) {
+            JsonObject icons = object.getMap("icons");
+            if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(icons.get("emoji"))) {
+                slackMessage.setIconEmoji(icons.getString("emoji"));
             }
         }
         Message message = exchange.getIn();
diff --git a/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml b/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
index d1dd3b3..2a960c7 100644
--- a/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/camel-catalog/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- we shade our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -213,16 +213,9 @@
             <configuration>
               <artifactSet>
                 <includes>
-                  <include>org.apache.camel:json-simple-ordered</include>
+                  <include>org.apache.camel:camel-util-json</include>
                 </includes>
               </artifactSet>
-              <relocations>
-                <relocation>
-                  <pattern>org.json.simple</pattern>
-                  <!-- scala compiler do not like org.apache.camel.org so its just json.simple instead of org.json.simple -->
-                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.camel.json.simple</shadedPattern>
-                </relocation>
-              </relocations>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml b/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
index cae15fd..0a2f4e2 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/features/src/main/resources/features.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <feature name='camel-core' version='${project.version}' start-level='50'>
     <feature version='${servicemix-specs-version}'>xml-specs-api</feature>
     <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/${caffeine-version}</bundle>
-    <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/json-simple-ordered/${project.version}</bundle>
+    <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util-json/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-api/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-browse/${project.version}</bundle>
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@
   </feature>
   <feature name='camel-slack' version='${project.version}' start-level='50'>
     <feature version='${project.version}'>camel-core</feature>
-    <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple/${json-simple-version}</bundle>
+    <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.camel/camel-util-json/${project.version}</bundle>
     <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpcore-osgi/${httpcore4-version}</bundle>
     <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-osgi/${httpclient4-version}</bundle>
     <bundle dependency='true'>mvn:javax.servlet/javax.servlet-api/${javax.servlet-api-version}</bundle>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 176dec4..246926e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     <module>tooling-bundle</module>
     <module>etc</module>
     <module>bom</module>
+    <module>camel-util-json</module>
     <module>buildingtools</module>
     <module>camel-util</module>
     <module>camel-api</module>
diff --git a/tooling/apt/pom.xml b/tooling/apt/pom.xml
index 0ae491f..6f01ea9 100644
--- a/tooling/apt/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/apt/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <!-- use our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
index 221fcac..d504299 100644
--- a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/EndpointAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.ComponentModel;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.ComponentOption;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.EndpointOption;
 import org.apache.camel.tools.apt.model.EndpointPath;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 import static org.apache.camel.tools.apt.AnnotationProcessorHelper.findFieldElement;
 import static org.apache.camel.tools.apt.AnnotationProcessorHelper.findJavaDoc;
diff --git a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
index f47ce4b..feec0cd 100644
--- a/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
+++ b/tooling/apt/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tools/apt/helper/JsonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 /**
  * A helper class for <a href="http://json-schema.org/">JSON schema</a>.
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml b/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55480f1..0000000
--- a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-    limitations under the License.
-
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-    <artifactId>tooling</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <!-- should not be OSGi bundle as we shade this component into camel-core and camel-catalog -->
-
-  <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
-  <name>Camel :: JSon Simple Ordered</name>
-  <description>A patched json-simple parser that preserves the ordering in Map as read from JSon source</description>
-
-  <!-- TODO: this is only needed until https://github.com/cliftonlabs/json-simple/issues/17 is fixed and released -->
-
-  <properties>
-    <camel.osgi.export.pkg>
-      org.json.simple
-    </camel.osgi.export.pkg>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-
-    <!-- json parser -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.cliftonlabs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>${json-simple2-version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>unpack-source</id>
-            <phase>initialize</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <classifier>sources</classifier>
-              <includeGroupIds>com.github.cliftonlabs</includeGroupIds>
-              <outputDirectory>src/main/java</outputDirectory>
-              <excludes>META-INF/**,**/JSONArray.java,**/JSONObject.java</excludes>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- patch json-simple -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
-        <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.3</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>replace</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <includes>
-            <include>${basedir}/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JsonObject.java</include>
-          </includes>
-          <replacements>
-            <replacement>
-              <token>import java.util.HashMap;</token>
-              <value>import java.util.LinkedHashMap;</value>
-            </replacement>
-            <replacement>
-              <token>public class JsonObject extends HashMap</token>
-              <value>public class JsonObject extends LinkedHashMap</value>
-            </replacement>
-          </replacements>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-  </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore b/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd67e5..0000000
--- a/tooling/json-simple-ordered/src/main/java/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# source file is copied from archive and rebuild each time
-org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4c96f50..117ee38 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <!-- use our patched ordered json-simple parser -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-      <artifactId>json-simple-ordered</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camel-util-json</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
index ee30216..05939d4 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/JSonSchemaHelper.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 
 public final class JSonSchemaHelper {
 
diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
index 53716a2..85b55ef 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-package-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/packaging/UpdateSpringBootAutoConfigurationReadmeMojo.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.camel.maven.packaging.model.SpringBootAutoConfigureOptionModel;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.DeserializationException;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonArray;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.camel.util.json.Jsoner;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
@@ -35,10 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
-import org.json.simple.DeserializationException;
-import org.json.simple.JsonArray;
-import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
-import org.json.simple.Jsoner;
 import org.mvel2.templates.TemplateRuntime;
 import org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext;
 
diff --git a/tooling/pom.xml b/tooling/pom.xml
index f4d218e..c910d0a 100644
--- a/tooling/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     <module>parent</module>
     <module>meta-annotations</module>
     <module>spi-annotations</module>
-    <module>json-simple-ordered</module>
     <module>apt</module>
     <module>camel-route-parser</module>
     <module>swagger-rest-dsl-generator</module>