question: public void parse ( String string ) { if ( string == null ) { throw new NullPointerException ( "string is null" ) ; } int bufferSize = Math . max ( MIN_BUFFER_SIZE , Math . min ( DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE , string . length ( ) ) ) ; try { parse ( new StringReader ( string ) , bufferSize ) ; } catch ( IOException exception ) { throw new RuntimeException ( exception ) ; } }
target:  Parses the given input string. The input must contain a valid JSON value, optionally padded with whitespace.