JsonParser.java

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package groovy.json;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;

/**
 * This is the parser interface that backs the new JsonSlurper.
 * It was derived from the Boon JSON parser.
 * @author Rick Hightower
 * @since 2.3.0
 */
public interface JsonParser {

    Object parse(String jsonString);
    Object parse(byte[] bytes);
    Object parse(byte[] bytes, String charset);
    Object parse(CharSequence charSequence);
    Object parse(char[] chars);
    Object parse(Reader reader);
    Object parse(InputStream input);
    Object parse(InputStream input, String charset);
    Object parse(File file, String charset);
}