Iris/json/JSONString.java

package ninja.bytecode.shuriken.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();
}