    001    // Copyright 2007, 2010 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015    package org.apache.tapestry5.json;
    016
    017    /**
    018     * An interface that allows an object to be stored as a {@link JSONObject} or {@link JSONArray} value.
    019     * When printed, the value of {@link #toJSONString()} is printed without quotes or other substitution; it
    020     * is the responsibility of the object to provide proper JSON output.
    021     */
    022    public interface JSONString
    023    {
    024        /**
    025         * The <code>toJSONString</code> method allows a class to produce its own JSON serialization.
    026         *
    027         * @return A strictly syntactically correct JSON text.
    028         */
    029        public String toJSONString();
    030    }