JSONString.java

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package org.theseed.json;

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