diff --git a/XML.java b/XML.java
index 55362b274..73090fc98 100644
--- a/XML.java
+++ b/XML.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("boxing")
 public class XML {
+
     /** The Character '&'. */
     public static final Character AMP = '&';
 
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ public static void noSpace(String string) throws JSONException {
      * @return true if the close tag is processed.
      * @throws JSONException
      */
-    private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context, String name, boolean keepStrings)
+    private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context, String name, XMLParserConfiguration config)
             throws JSONException {
         char c;
         int i;
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context, String name, bool
                     if (x.next() == '[') {
                         string = x.nextCDATA();
                         if (string.length() > 0) {
-                            context.accumulate("content", string);
+                            context.accumulate(config.cDataTagName, string);
                         }
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context, String name, bool
                             throw x.syntaxError("Missing value");
                         }
                         jsonobject.accumulate(string,
-                                keepStrings ? ((String)token) : stringToValue((String) token));
+                                config.keepStrings ? ((String)token) : stringToValue((String) token));
                         token = null;
                     } else {
                         jsonobject.accumulate(string, "");
@@ -372,19 +373,19 @@ private static boolean parse(XMLTokener x, JSONObject context, String name, bool
                         } else if (token instanceof String) {
                             string = (String) token;
                             if (string.length() > 0) {
-                                jsonobject.accumulate("content",
-                                        keepStrings ? string : stringToValue(string));
+                                jsonobject.accumulate(config.cDataTagName,
+                                        config.keepStrings ? string : stringToValue(string));
                             }
 
                         } else if (token == LT) {
                             // Nested element
-                            if (parse(x, jsonobject, tagName,keepStrings)) {
+                            if (parse(x, jsonobject, tagName, config)) {
                                 if (jsonobject.length() == 0) {
                                     context.accumulate(tagName, "");
                                 } else if (jsonobject.length() == 1
-                                        && jsonobject.opt("content") != null) {
+                                        && jsonobject.opt(config.cDataTagName) != null) {
                                     context.accumulate(tagName,
-                                            jsonobject.opt("content"));
+                                            jsonobject.opt(config.cDataTagName));
                                 } else {
                                     context.accumulate(tagName, jsonobject);
                                 }
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ public static Object stringToValue(String string) {
      * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
      */
     public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONObject(string, false);
+        return toJSONObject(string, XMLParserConfiguration.ORIGINAL);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string) throws JSONException {
      * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
      */
     public static JSONObject toJSONObject(Reader reader) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONObject(reader, false);
+        return toJSONObject(reader, XMLParserConfiguration.ORIGINAL);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -512,12 +513,38 @@ public static JSONObject toJSONObject(Reader reader) throws JSONException {
      * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
      */
     public static JSONObject toJSONObject(Reader reader, boolean keepStrings) throws JSONException {
+        if(keepStrings) {
+            return toJSONObject(reader, XMLParserConfiguration.KEEP_STRINGS);
+        }
+        return toJSONObject(reader, XMLParserConfiguration.ORIGINAL);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML into a
+     * JSONObject. Some information may be lost in this transformation because
+     * JSON is a data format and XML is a document format. XML uses elements,
+     * attributes, and content text, while JSON uses unordered collections of
+     * name/value pairs and arrays of values. JSON does not does not like to
+     * distinguish between elements and attributes. Sequences of similar
+     * elements are represented as JSONArrays. Content text may be placed in a
+     * "content" member. Comments, prologs, DTDs, and <code>&lt;[ [ ]]></code>
+     * are ignored.
+     *
+     * All values are converted as strings, for 1, 01, 29.0 will not be coerced to
+     * numbers but will instead be the exact value as seen in the XML document.
+     *
+     * @param reader The XML source reader.
+     * @param config Configuration options for the parser
+     * @return A JSONObject containing the structured data from the XML string.
+     * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
+     */
+    public static JSONObject toJSONObject(Reader reader, XMLParserConfiguration config) throws JSONException {
         JSONObject jo = new JSONObject();
         XMLTokener x = new XMLTokener(reader);
         while (x.more()) {
             x.skipPast("<");
             if(x.more()) {
-                parse(x, jo, null, keepStrings);
+                parse(x, jo, null, config);
             }
         }
         return jo;
@@ -548,6 +575,30 @@ public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string, boolean keepStrings) throws
         return toJSONObject(new StringReader(string), keepStrings);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a well-formed (but not necessarily valid) XML string into a
+     * JSONObject. Some information may be lost in this transformation because
+     * JSON is a data format and XML is a document format. XML uses elements,
+     * attributes, and content text, while JSON uses unordered collections of
+     * name/value pairs and arrays of values. JSON does not does not like to
+     * distinguish between elements and attributes. Sequences of similar
+     * elements are represented as JSONArrays. Content text may be placed in a
+     * "content" member. Comments, prologs, DTDs, and <code>&lt;[ [ ]]></code>
+     * are ignored.
+     * 
+     * All values are converted as strings, for 1, 01, 29.0 will not be coerced to
+     * numbers but will instead be the exact value as seen in the XML document.
+     * 
+     * @param string
+     *            The source string.
+     * @param config Configuration options for the parser.
+     * @return A JSONObject containing the structured data from the XML string.
+     * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an errors while parsing the string
+     */
+    public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string, XMLParserConfiguration config) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONObject(new StringReader(string), config);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
      * 
@@ -557,7 +608,21 @@ public static JSONObject toJSONObject(String string, boolean keepStrings) throws
      * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an error parsing the string
      */
     public static String toString(Object object) throws JSONException {
-        return toString(object, null);
+        return toString(object, null, XMLParserConfiguration.ORIGINAL);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert a JSONObject into a well-formed, element-normal XML string.
+     * 
+     * @param object
+     *            A JSONObject.
+     * @param tagName
+     *            The optional name of the enclosing tag.
+     * @return A string.
+     * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an error parsing the string
+     */
+    public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName) {
+        return toString(object, tagName, XMLParserConfiguration.ORIGINAL);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -567,10 +632,12 @@ public static String toString(Object object) throws JSONException {
      *            A JSONObject.
      * @param tagName
      *            The optional name of the enclosing tag.
+     * @param config
+     *            Configuration that can control output to XML.
      * @return A string.
      * @throws JSONException Thrown if there is an error parsing the string
      */
-    public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName)
+    public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName, final XMLParserConfiguration config)
             throws JSONException {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         JSONArray ja;
@@ -598,7 +665,7 @@ public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName)
                 }
 
                 // Emit content in body
-                if ("content".equals(key)) {
+                if (key.equals(config.cDataTagName)) {
                     if (value instanceof JSONArray) {
                         ja = (JSONArray) value;
                         int jaLength = ja.length();
@@ -626,12 +693,12 @@ public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName)
                             sb.append('<');
                             sb.append(key);
                             sb.append('>');
-                            sb.append(toString(val));
+                            sb.append(toString(val, null, config));
                             sb.append("</");
                             sb.append(key);
                             sb.append('>');
                         } else {
-                            sb.append(toString(val, key));
+                            sb.append(toString(val, key, config));
                         }
                     }
                 } else if ("".equals(value)) {
@@ -642,7 +709,7 @@ public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName)
                     // Emit a new tag <k>
 
                 } else {
-                    sb.append(toString(value, key));
+                    sb.append(toString(value, key, config));
                 }
             }
             if (tagName != null) {
@@ -669,7 +736,7 @@ public static String toString(final Object object, final String tagName)
                 // XML does not have good support for arrays. If an array
                 // appears in a place where XML is lacking, synthesize an
                 // <array> element.
-                sb.append(toString(val, tagName == null ? "array" : tagName));
+                sb.append(toString(val, tagName == null ? "array" : tagName, config));
             }
             return sb.toString();
         }
diff --git a/XMLParserConfiguration.java b/XMLParserConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1f001bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XMLParserConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package org.json;
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Configuration object for the XML parser.
+ * @author AylwardJ
+ *
+ */
+public class XMLParserConfiguration {
+    /** Original Configuration of the XML Parser. */
+    public static final XMLParserConfiguration ORIGINAL = new XMLParserConfiguration();
+    /** Original configuration of the XML Parser except that values are kept as strings. */
+    public static final XMLParserConfiguration KEEP_STRINGS = new XMLParserConfiguration(true); 
+    /**
+     * When parsing the XML into JSON, specifies if values should be kept as strings (true), or if
+     * they should try to be guessed into JSON values (numeric, boolean, string)
+     */
+    public final boolean keepStrings;
+    /**
+     * The name of the key in a JSON Ojbect that indicates a CDATA section. Historically this has
+     * been the value "content" but can be changed. Use <code>null</code> to indicate no CDATA
+     * processing.
+     */
+    public final String cDataTagName;
+
+    /**
+     * Default parser configuration. Does not keep strings, and the CDATA Tag Name is "content".
+     */
+    public XMLParserConfiguration () {
+          this(false, "content");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the parser string processing and use the default CDATA Tag Name as "content".
+     * @param keepStrings <code>true</code> to parse all values as string.
+     *      <code>false</code> to try and convert XML string values into a JSON value.
+     */
+    public XMLParserConfiguration (final boolean keepStrings) {
+          this(keepStrings, "content");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the parser string processing to try and convert XML values to JSON values and
+     * use the passed CDATA Tag Name the processing value. Pass <code>null</code> to
+     * disable CDATA processing
+     * @param cDataTagName<code>null</code> to disable CDATA processing. Any other value
+     *      to use that value as the JSONObject key name to process as CDATA.
+     */
+    public XMLParserConfiguration (final String cDataTagName) {
+          this(false, cDataTagName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the parser to use custom settings.
+     * @param keepStrings <code>true</code> to parse all values as string.
+     *      <code>false</code> to try and convert XML string values into a JSON value.
+     * @param cDataTagName<code>null</code> to disable CDATA processing. Any other value
+     *      to use that value as the JSONObject key name to process as CDATA.
+     */
+    public XMLParserConfiguration (final boolean keepStrings, final String cDataTagName) {
+          this.keepStrings = keepStrings;
+          this.cDataTagName = cDataTagName;
+    }
+}