code: public static Object parse(String s) {
  		try {
  			return new JSONParser(DEFAULT_PERMISSIVE_MODE).parse(s);
  		} catch (Exception e) {
  			return null;
  		}
  	}
docs: Parse JSON text into java object from the input source. Please use
  parseWithException() if you don't want to ignore the exception. if you
  want strict input check use parseStrict()
  
  @see JSONParser#parse(String)
  @see #parseWithException(String)
  
  @return Instance of the following: JSONObject, JSONArray, String,
  java.lang.Number, java.lang.Boolean, null