Json with \" not validating

So I'm testing my json validator and have json in my propertis file like:

jsonSource = {"kind": "Listing\""}

I get it with spring @Value("${jsonSource}") run it through:

   try {

            gson.fromJson(jsonSource, Object.class);
            return true;

        } catch(com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException ex) { 
            return false;
        }

or

   try {
            new JsonParser().parse(jsonSource);
            return true;
        } catch (JsonParseException e) {
            return false;
        }

And it dosen't validate.

I tried jsonSource.replaceAll("\\", "\\\\"); on that string but no use. I get my escaped json from http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA.json (self_text) part

I guess I'm missing something really basic here, like what's happening under the hood with strings or how one should use json.

Jon Skeet
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I'm interpreting this:

So I'm testing my json validator and have json in my propertis file like:

jsonSource = {"kind": "Listing\""}

As meaning you have a straight Java properties file which you're loading in a normal way. In that case, your string will be as if you'd written Java source code of:

String value = "{\"kind\": \"Listing\"\"}";

in other words, the string itself will contain:

{"kind": "Listing""}

Backslash in a properties file is used as an escape character - you need to double it if you want it to be in your actual string:

jsonSource = {"kind": "Listing\\""}

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