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package org.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();
}