Retrieve JSON from a REST web service

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	String result = queryRESTurl("http://location/of/wellformed/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, "<jsonname" + i + ">\\n" + nameArray.getString(i)	+ "\\n</jsonname" + i + ">\\n" + "<jsonvalue" + i + ">\\n" + valArray.getString(i) + "\\n</jsonvalue"	+ i + ">");
		}
	}
	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;
}