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 package org.apache.tapestry5.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();

 }