code: @Deprecated
      public JSON parse(String json)
      {
          try {
              return JSONSerializer.toJSON(json);
          } catch (JSONException ex) {
              LOGGER.info("Tried to parse invalid JSON: [{}], exception was: {}", StringUtils.abbreviate(json, 32),
                  ex.getMessage());
              return null;
          }
      }
docs: Parse a serialized JSON into a real JSON object. Only valid JSON strings can be parsed, and doesn't support
  JSONP. If the argument is not valid JSON, then {@code null} is returned.
  
  @param json the string to parse, must be valid JSON
  @return the parsed JSON, either a {@link net.sf.json.JSONObject} or a {@link net.sf.json.JSONArray}, or
  {@code null} if the argument is not a valid JSON
  @since 5.2M1
  @deprecated since 9.9RC1, use {@link #fromString(String)} instead