JSONString.java

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package net.sf.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();
}