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package ca.uhn.fhir.parser.json;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.DataFormatException;
/**
* This interface is the generic representation of any sort of data
* structure that looks and smells like JSON. These data structures
* can be abstractly viewed as a <code.Map</code> or <code>List</code>
* whose members are other Maps, Lists, or scalars (Strings, Numbers, Boolean)
*
* @author Bill.Denton
*/
public interface JsonLikeStructure {
public JsonLikeStructure getInstance();
/**
* Parse the JSON document into the Json-like structure
* so that it can be navigated.
*
* @param theReader a <code>Reader</code> that will
* process the JSON input stream
* @throws DataFormatException when invalid JSON is received
*/
public void load (Reader theReader) throws DataFormatException;
public void load (Reader theReader, boolean allowArray) throws DataFormatException;
public JsonLikeObject getRootObject () throws DataFormatException;
public JsonLikeArray getRootArray () throws DataFormatException;
public JsonLikeWriter getJsonLikeWriter ();
public JsonLikeWriter getJsonLikeWriter (Writer writer);
}