001/*
002 * This library is part of OpenCms -
003 * the Open Source Content Management System
004 *
005 * Copyright (c) Alkacon Software GmbH & Co. KG (http://www.alkacon.com)
006 *
007 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
015 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * For further information about Alkacon Software GmbH & Co. KG, please see the
018 * company website: http://www.alkacon.com
019 *
020 * For further information about OpenCms, please see the
021 * project website: http://www.opencms.org
022 *
023 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
024 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
025 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
026 *
027 * This file is based on:
028 * org.json.I_JSONString
029 * from the JSON in Java implementation.
030 *
031 * Copyright (c) 2002 JSON.org
032 *
033 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
034 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
035 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
036 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
037 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
038 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
039 *
040 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
041 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
042 *
043 * The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
044 *
045 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
046 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
047 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
048 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
049 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
050 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
051 * SOFTWARE.
052 */
053
054package org.opencms.json;
055
056/**
057 * The <code>I_JSONString</code> interface allows a <code>toJSONString()</code>
058 * method so that a class can change the behavior of
059 * <code>JSONObject.toString()</code>, <code>JSONArray.toString()</code>,
060 * and <code>JSONWriter.value(</code>Object<code>)</code>. The
061 * <code>toJSONString</code> method will be used instead of the default behavior
062 * of using the Object's <code>toString()</code> method and quoting the result.
063 */
064public interface I_JSONString {
065
066    /**
067     * The <code>toJSONString</code> method allows a class to produce its own JSON
068     * serialization.<p>
069     *
070     * @return a strictly syntactically correct JSON text
071     */
072    String toJSONString();
073}