Unexcpected result when converting a xml string value starting with '0E'  #265

Hello people,

I am using your brilliant library org.json for converting xml to json.

I noticed that the 20160212 20160807 versions have a serious bug. When I convert this xml:
<OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R><Cursus>0E010</Cursus><Cursus>0E050</Cursus><Cursus>0F010</Cursus><Cursus>aaaaaaa</Cursus></OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R>

With the 20160807 version, I get this result : {"OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R":{"Cursus":[0,0,"0F010","aaaaaaa"]}}

With the 20160212 version, I get this result : {"OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R":{"Cursus":[0,0,"0F010","aaaaaaa"]}}
With the 20151123 version, I get this result : {"OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R":{"Cursus":["0E010","0E050","0F010","aaaaaaa"]}}

It looks like that the 2016 versions interprets Strings that start with ‘0E’ as numeric values with exponents.

I would like to use the 2016 version since it supports OSGI. Is there a work around (some config setting or so) to handle this problem or do I have to wait for a software fix?

Here is the test code :

   String expectedResult="{\"OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R\":{\"Cursus\":[\"0E010\",\"0E050\",\"0F010\",\"aaaaaaa\"]}}";
   String xml =  "<OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R><Cursus>0E010</Cursus><Cursus>0E050</Cursus><Cursus>0F010</Cursus><Cursus>aaaaaaa</Cursus></OLTT_TUE_CURSUS_R> ";
 assertEquals(expectedResult, XML.toJSONObject(xml).toString());

Kind regards,

Jan van de Klok
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