json serialization compatible with net.sf.json.JSONObject

gistfile1.java

package com.x.y.model;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;

import junit.framework.Assert;
import net.sf.json.JSONObject;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;

import com.x.y.model.demographics.Demographics;
import com.x.y.quickfind.model.demographics.Gender;
import com.x.y.quickfind.model.demographics.State;

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration
public class MarshallingTest
{
  @Test
  public void basic() throws IOException
  {
    Demographics d = new Demographics();
    d.setFirstName("fred");
    d.setBirthDate(new Date(2012, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6));
    d.setGender(Gender.FEMALE);
    d.setState(State.getState("PA"));

    JSONObject jo = JSONObject.fromObject(d);
    String json = jo.toString();

    // want date as:
    // {"date":20,"day":3,"hours":11,"minutes":51,"month":4,"seconds":22,"time":-871546117259,"timezoneOffset":240,"year":42}

    System.out.println(json);

    JSONObject objDemo = JSONObject.fromObject(json);
    Demographics demo = (Demographics) JSONObject.toBean(objDemo, Demographics.class);
    Assert.assertEquals(d.getFirstName(), demo.getFirstName());
    System.out.println("expected=" + d.getBirthDate() + ", actual=" + demo.getBirthDate());
    Assert.assertEquals(d.getBirthDate(), demo.getBirthDate());
  }
}