此为http://bbs.csdn.net/topics/390619165中udbwcso解答的方法
json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar
String jsonStr = "{states:{rect1:{type:'start',text:{text:'开始'}, " +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"attr:{ x:448, y:105, width:50, height:50}, " +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"props:{text:{value:'开始'},temp1:{value:''}," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"temp2:{value:''}}},rect2:{type:'state',text:{text:'camel_element'}, " +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"attr:{ x:431, y:224, width:100, height:50}, props:{text:{value:'camel_element'}," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"temp1:{value:'http://www/baidu.com'}}},rect3:{type:'end',text:{text:'结束'}, " +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"attr:{ x:454, y:365, width:50, height:50}, props:{text:{value:'结束'}," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"temp1:{value:''},temp2:{value:''}}}},paths:{path4:{from:'rect1',to:'rect2', dots:[]," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"text:{text:'TO camel_element'},textPos:{x:0,y:-10}, props:{text:{value:''}}}," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"path5:{from:'rect2',to:'rect3', dots:[],text:{text:'TO 结束'},textPos:{x:0,y:-10}, " +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"props:{text:{value:''}}}},props:{props:{name:{value:'新建流程'},key:{value:''}," +
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>"desc:{value:''}}}}";
JSONObject jsonObj = JSONObject.fromObject(jsonStr);
System.out.println(jsonObj.getJSONObject("states").getJSONObject("rect1").get("type"));