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  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

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 package net.sf.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();

 }