code: public static Object parse(String s){
  		StringReader in=new StringReader(s);
  		return parse(in);
  	}
docs: Parse JSON text into java object from the given string.
  Please use parseWithException() if you don't want to ignore the exception.
  
  @see org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser#parse(java.io.Reader)
  @see #parseWithException(java.io.Reader)
  
  @param s
  @return Instance of the following:
  org.json.simple.JSONObject,
  org.json.simple.JSONArray,
  java.lang.String,
  java.lang.Number,
  java.lang.Boolean,
  null
  
  @deprecated this method may throw an {@code Error} instead of returning
  {@code null}; please use {@link org.s1.format.json.org_json_simple.JSONValue#parseWithException(String)}
  instead