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 The package compiles on Java 1.6-1.8.
 
 
-`JSONObject.java`: The `JSONObject` can parse text from a `String` or a `JSONTokener`
+**JSONObject.java**: The `JSONObject` can parse text from a `String` or a `JSONTokener`
 to produce a map-like object. The object provides methods for manipulating its
 contents, and for producing a JSON compliant object serialization.
 
-`JSONArray.java`: The `JSONArray` can parse text from a String or a `JSONTokener`
+**JSONArray.java**: The `JSONArray` can parse text from a String or a `JSONTokener`
 to produce a vector-like object. The object provides methods for manipulating
 its contents, and for producing a JSON compliant array serialization.
 
-`JSONTokener.java`: The `JSONTokener` breaks a text into a sequence of individual
+**JSONTokener.java**: The `JSONTokener` breaks a text into a sequence of individual
 tokens. It can be constructed from a `String`, `Reader`, or `InputStream`.
 
-`JSONException.java`: The `JSONException` is the standard exception type thrown
+**JSONException.java**: The `JSONException` is the standard exception type thrown
 by this package.
 
-`JSONPointer.java`: Implementation of
+**JSONPointer.java**: Implementation of
 [JSON Pointer (RFC 6901)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901). Supports
 JSON Pointers both in the form of string representation and URI fragment
 representation.
 
-`JSONString.java`: The `JSONString` interface requires a `toJSONString` method,
+**JSONString.java**: The `JSONString` interface requires a `toJSONString` method,
 allowing an object to provide its own serialization.
 
-`JSONStringer.java`: The `JSONStringer` provides a convenient facility for
+**JSONStringer.java**: The `JSONStringer` provides a convenient facility for
 building JSON strings.
 
-`JSONWriter.java`: The `JSONWriter` provides a convenient facility for building
+**JSONWriter.java**: The `JSONWriter` provides a convenient facility for building
 JSON text through a writer.
 
 
-`CDL.java`: `CDL` provides support for converting between JSON and comma
+**CDL.java**: `CDL` provides support for converting between JSON and comma
 delimited lists.
 
-`Cookie.java`: `Cookie` provides support for converting between JSON and cookies.
+**Cookie.java**: `Cookie` provides support for converting between JSON and cookies.
 
-`CookieList.java`: `CookieList` provides support for converting between JSON and
+**CookieList.java**: `CookieList` provides support for converting between JSON and
 cookie lists.
 
-`HTTP.java`: `HTTP` provides support for converting between JSON and HTTP headers.
+**HTTP.java**: `HTTP` provides support for converting between JSON and HTTP headers.
 
-`HTTPTokener.java`: `HTTPTokener` extends `JSONTokener` for parsing HTTP headers.
+**HTTPTokener.java**: `HTTPTokener` extends `JSONTokener` for parsing HTTP headers.
 
-`XML.java`: `XML` provides support for converting between JSON and XML.
+**XML.java**: `XML` provides support for converting between JSON and XML.
 
-`JSONML.java`: `JSONML` provides support for converting between JSONML and XML.
+**JSONML.java**: `JSONML` provides support for converting between JSONML and XML.
 
-`XMLTokener.java`: `XMLTokener` extends JSONTokener for parsing XML text.
+**XMLTokener.java**: `XMLTokener` extends JSONTokener for parsing XML text.
 
 Unit tests are maintained in a separate project. Contributing developers can test
 JSON-java pull requests with the code in this project: