package org.json;

/*

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*/

/**

* 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();

}