Retrieve JSON from a REST web service in Android

String result = queryRESTurl("http://location/json.json");

try {

JSONObject json = new JSONObject(result);

JSONArray nameArray = json.names();

JSONArray valArray = json.toJSONArray(nameArray);

for (int i = 0; i < valArray.length(); i++)

{ 

Log.i(TAG, "\n" + nameArray.getString(i) + "\n\n" + "\n" + valArray.getString(i) + "\n");

} 

}   

catch (JSONException e) {       

Log.e("JSON", "There was an error parsing the JSON", e);

} 

public String queryRESTurl(String url) {  

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(url);   

HttpResponse response;        

try {       

response = httpclient.execute(httpget); 

Log.i(TAG, "Status:[" + response.getStatusLine().toString() + "]"); 

HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

if (entity != null) {  

InputStream instream = entity.getContent();

String result = RestClient.convertStreamToString(instream);

Log.i(TAG, "Result of converstion: [" + result + "]"); 

instream.close();            

return result;       

}    

} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {  

Log.e("REST", "There was a protocol based error", e); 

} catch (IOException e) {   

Log.e("REST", "There was an IO Stream related error", e); 

}       

return null;

}