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package org.apache.sling.commons.json;

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/**
 * The JSONString interface allows a toJSONString()
 * method so that a class can change the behavior of
 * JSONObject.toString(), JSONArray.toString(),
 * and JSONWriter.value(Object). The
 * toJSONString method will be used instead of the default behavior
 * of using the Object's toString() method and quoting the result.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface JSONString {
	/**
	 * The toJSONString method allows a class to produce its own JSON
	 * serialization.
	 *
	 * @return A strictly syntactically correct JSON text.
	 */
	public String toJSONString();
}