/*
 * This library is part of OpenCms -
 * the Open Source Content Management System
 *
 * Copyright (c) Alkacon Software GmbH (http://www.alkacon.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * For further information about Alkacon Software GmbH, please see the
 * company website: http://www.alkacon.com
 *
 * For further information about OpenCms, please see the
 * project website: http://www.opencms.org
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * 
 * This file is based on:
 * org.json.I_JSONString
 * from the JSON in Java implementation.
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org
 * 
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 */

package org.opencms.json;

/**
 * The <code>I_JSONString</code> interface allows a <code>toJSONString()</code> 
 * method so that a class can change the behavior of 
 * <code>JSONObject.toString()</code>, <code>JSONArray.toString()</code>,
 * and <code>JSONWriter.value(</code>Object<code>)</code>. The 
 * <code>toJSONString</code> method will be used instead of the default behavior 
 * of using the Object's <code>toString()</code> method and quoting the result.
 */
public interface I_JSONString {

    /**
     * The <code>toJSONString</code> method allows a class to produce its own JSON 
     * serialization.<p>
     * 
     * @return a strictly syntactically correct JSON text
     */
    String toJSONString();
}