question: private FindResult findNode ( final String path , final boolean create ) { checkModified ( ) ; final ArrayList < String > parts = new ArrayList < > ( Arrays . asList ( path . split ( "\\." ) ) ) ; JSONObject current = json ; for ( final String item : parts . subList ( 0 , parts . size ( ) - 1 ) ) { if ( ! current . has ( item ) && create ) { current . put ( item , new JSONObject ( ) ) ; } current = current . getJSONObject ( item ) ; } return new FindResult ( current , parts . get ( parts . size ( ) - 1 ) ) ; }
target:  Internal function to find a node with its value.