1   package org.apache.tomcat.util.json;
    2   /**
    3    * The <code>JSONString</code> interface allows a <code>toJSONString()</code> 
    4    * method so that a class can change the behavior of 
    5    * <code>JSONObject.toString()</code>, <code>JSONArray.toString()</code>,
    6    * and <code>JSONWriter.value(</code>Object<code>)</code>. The 
    7    * <code>toJSONString</code> method will be used instead of the default behavior 
    8    * of using the Object's <code>toString()</code> method and quoting the result.
    9    */
   10   public interface JSONString {
   11   	/**
   12   	 * The <code>toJSONString</code> method allows a class to produce its own JSON 
   13   	 * serialization. 
   14   	 * 
   15   	 * @return A strictly syntactically correct JSON text.
   16   	 */
   17   	public String toJSONString();
   18   }