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package ca.uhn.fhir.parser.json;
import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.DataFormatException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
/**
* This interface is the generic representation of any sort of data
* structure that looks and smells like JSON. These data structures
* can be abstractly viewed as a or List
* whose members are other Maps, Lists, or scalars (Strings, Numbers, Boolean)
*
* @author Bill.Denton
*/
public interface JsonLikeStructure {
JsonLikeStructure getInstance();
/**
* Parse the JSON document into the Json-like structure
* so that it can be navigated.
*
* @param theReader a Reader that will
* process the JSON input stream
* @throws DataFormatException when invalid JSON is received
*/
void load(Reader theReader) throws DataFormatException;
void load(Reader theReader, boolean allowArray) throws DataFormatException;
BaseJsonLikeObject getRootObject() throws DataFormatException;
BaseJsonLikeWriter getJsonLikeWriter();
BaseJsonLikeWriter getJsonLikeWriter(Writer writer) throws IOException;
}