diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONArray.java b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONArray.java
index 57167f4..413bbf9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONArray.java
@@ -7,35 +7,51 @@ package org.json.simple;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-
 
 /**
  * A JSON array. JSONObject supports java.util.List interface.
  * 
  * @author FangYidong<fangyidong@yahoo.com.cn>
  */
-public class JSONArray extends ArrayList implements List, JSONAware, JSONStreamAware {
+public class JSONArray extends ArrayList implements JSONAware, JSONStreamAware {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3957988303675231981L;
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Constructs an empty JSONArray.
+	 */
+	public JSONArray(){
+		super();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a JSONArray containing the elements of the specified
+	 * collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's iterator.
+	 * 
+	 * @param c the collection whose elements are to be placed into this JSONArray
+	 */
+	public JSONArray(Collection c){
+		super(c);
+	}
+	
     /**
      * Encode a list into JSON text and write it to out. 
      * If this list is also a JSONStreamAware or a JSONAware, JSONStreamAware and JSONAware specific behaviours will be ignored at this top level.
      * 
      * @see org.json.simple.JSONValue#writeJSONString(Object, Writer)
      * 
-     * @param list
+     * @param collection
      * @param out
      */
-	public static void writeJSONString(List list, Writer out) throws IOException{
-		if(list == null){
+	public static void writeJSONString(Collection collection, Writer out) throws IOException{
+		if(collection == null){
 			out.write("null");
 			return;
 		}
 		
 		boolean first = true;
-		Iterator iter=list.iterator();
+		Iterator iter=collection.iterator();
 		
         out.write('[');
 		while(iter.hasNext()){
@@ -65,16 +81,16 @@ public class JSONArray extends ArrayList implements List, JSONAware, JSONStreamA
 	 * 
 	 * @see org.json.simple.JSONValue#toJSONString(Object)
 	 * 
-	 * @param list
+	 * @param collection
 	 * @return JSON text, or "null" if list is null.
 	 */
-	public static String toJSONString(List list){
-		if(list == null)
+	public static String toJSONString(Collection collection){
+		if(collection == null)
 			return "null";
 		
         boolean first = true;
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-		Iterator iter=list.iterator();
+		Iterator iter=collection.iterator();
         
         sb.append('[');
 		while(iter.hasNext()){
@@ -101,7 +117,4 @@ public class JSONArray extends ArrayList implements List, JSONAware, JSONStreamA
 	public String toString() {
 		return toJSONString();
 	}
-
-	
-		
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONValue.java b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONValue.java
index aba3c40..b3661a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/JSONValue.java
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.Writer;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
+// import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
@@ -146,8 +147,8 @@ public class JSONValue {
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		if(value instanceof List){
-			JSONArray.writeJSONString((List)value, out);
+		if(value instanceof Collection){
+			JSONArray.writeJSONString((Collection)value, out);
             return;
 		}
 		
@@ -201,8 +202,8 @@ public class JSONValue {
 		if(value instanceof Map)
 			return JSONObject.toJSONString((Map)value);
 		
-		if(value instanceof List)
-			return JSONArray.toJSONString((List)value);
+		if(value instanceof Collection)
+			return JSONArray.toJSONString((Collection)value);
 		
 		return value.toString();
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/simple/JSONArrayTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/simple/JSONArrayTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62a8345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/simple/JSONArrayTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.json.simple;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
+import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class JSONArrayTest extends TestCase {
+
+	public void testJSONArray() {
+		final JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
+		
+		assertEquals("[]", jsonArray.toJSONString());
+	}
+
+	public void testJSONArrayCollection() {
+		final ArrayList testList = new ArrayList();
+		testList.add("First item");
+		testList.add("Second item");
+		
+		final JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testList);
+		
+		assertEquals("[\"First item\",\"Second item\"]", jsonArray.toJSONString());
+	}
+
+	public void testWriteJSONStringCollectionWriter() throws IOException, ParseException {
+		final HashSet testSet = new HashSet();
+		testSet.add("First item");
+		testSet.add("Second item");
+		
+		final JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testSet);
+		final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+		
+		jsonArray.writeJSONString(writer);
+		
+		final JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
+		final JSONArray parsedArray = (JSONArray)parser.parse(writer.toString());
+		
+		assertTrue(parsedArray.containsAll(jsonArray));
+		assertTrue(jsonArray.containsAll(parsedArray));
+		assertEquals(2, jsonArray.size());
+	}
+
+	public void testToJSONStringCollection() throws ParseException {
+		final HashSet testSet = new HashSet();
+		testSet.add("First item");
+		testSet.add("Second item");
+		
+		final JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testSet);
+		
+		final JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
+		final JSONArray parsedArray = (JSONArray)parser.parse(jsonArray.toJSONString());
+		
+		assertTrue(parsedArray.containsAll(jsonArray));
+		assertTrue(jsonArray.containsAll(parsedArray));
+		assertEquals(2, jsonArray.size());
+	}
+
+}