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/* Copyright 2016 Clifton Labs
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License. */
package org.json.simple;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/** Jsoner provides JSON utilities for escaping strings to be JSON compatible, thread safe parsing (RFC 4627) JSON
 * strings, and serializing data to strings in JSON format.
 * @since 2.0.0 */
public class Jsoner{
	/** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary deserialization method. */
	private static enum DeserializationOptions{
		/** Whether multiple JSON values can be deserialized as a root element. */
		ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES,
		/** Whether a JsonArray can be deserialized as a root element. */
		ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS,
		/** Whether a boolean, null, Number, or String can be deserialized as a root element. */
		ALLOW_JSON_DATA,
		/** Whether a JsonObject can be deserialized as a root element. */
		ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS;
	}

	/** Flags to tweak the behavior of the primary serialization method. */
	private static enum SerializationOptions{
		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that are Enums it will continue serialization with the
		 * Enums' "${PACKAGE}.${DECLARING_CLASS}.${NAME}".
		 * @see Enum
		 * @deprecated 2.3.0 the enum should implement Jsonable instead. */
		@Deprecated
		ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS,
		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it will continue serialization by serializing the
		 * non-JSON value directly into the now invalid JSON. Be mindful that invalid JSON will not successfully
		 * deserialize. */
		ALLOW_INVALIDS,
		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values that implement Jsonable it will continue serialization
		 * by deferring serialization to the Jsonable.
		 * @see Jsonable */
		ALLOW_JSONABLES,
		/** Instead of aborting serialization on non-JSON values it will continue serialization by using reflection to
		 * best describe the value as a JsonObject.
		 * @deprecated 2.3.0 there is no passive way to accomplish this contract and so will be abandoned. */
		@Deprecated
		ALLOW_UNDEFINEDS;
	}

	/** The possible States of a JSON deserializer. */
	private static enum States{
		/** Post-parsing state. */
		DONE,
		/** Pre-parsing state. */
		INITIAL,
		/** Parsing error, ParsingException should be thrown. */
		PARSED_ERROR,
		PARSING_ARRAY,
		/** Parsing a key-value pair inside of an object. */
		PARSING_ENTRY,
		PARSING_OBJECT;
	}

	private Jsoner(){
		/* Keeping it classy. */
	}

	/** Deserializes a readable stream according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification.
	 * @param readableDeserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
	 * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
	 *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again. */
	public static Object deserialize(final Reader readableDeserializable) throws DeserializationException{
		return Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)).get(0);
	}

	/** Deserialize a stream with all deserialized JSON values are wrapped in a JsonArray.
	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
	 * @param flags representing the allowances and restrictions on deserialization.
	 * @return the allowable object best represented by the deserializable.
	 * @throws DeserializationException if a disallowed or unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To
	 *         recover from a DeserializationException: fix the
	 *         deserializable to no longer have a disallowed or unexpected token and try again. */
	private static JsonArray deserialize(final Reader deserializable, final Set flags) throws DeserializationException{
		final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(deserializable);
		Yytoken token;
		States currentState;
		int returnCount = 1;
		final LinkedList stateStack = new LinkedList<>();
		final LinkedList valueStack = new LinkedList<>();
		stateStack.addLast(States.INITIAL);
		//System.out.println("//////////DESERIALIZING//////////");
		do{
			/* Parse through the parsable string's tokens. */
			currentState = Jsoner.popNextState(stateStack);
			token = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
			switch(currentState){
				case DONE:
					/* The parse has finished a JSON value. */
					if(!flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES) || Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())){
						/* Break if concatenated values are not allowed or if an END token is read. */
						break;
					}
					/* Increment the amount of returned JSON values and treat the token as if it were a fresh parse. */
					returnCount += 1;
					/* Fall through to the case for the initial state. */
					//$FALL-THROUGH$
				case INITIAL:
					/* The parse has just started. */
					switch(token.getType()){
						case DATUM:
							/* A boolean, null, Number, or String could be detected. */
							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA)){
								valueStack.addLast(token.getValue());
								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
							}else{
								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
							}
							break;
						case LEFT_BRACE:
							/* An object is detected. */
							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)){
								valueStack.addLast(new JsonObject());
								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
							}else{
								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
							}
							break;
						case LEFT_SQUARE:
							/* An array is detected. */
							if(flags.contains(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)){
								valueStack.addLast(new JsonArray());
								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
							}else{
								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.DISALLOWED_TOKEN, token);
							}
							break;
						default:
							/* Neither a JSON array or object was detected. */
							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
					}
					break;
				case PARSED_ERROR:
					/* The parse could be in this state due to the state stack not having a state to pop off. */
					throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
				case PARSING_ARRAY:
					switch(token.getType()){
						case COMMA:
							/* The parse could detect a comma while parsing an array since it separates each element. */
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							break;
						case DATUM:
							/* The parse found an element of the array. */
							JsonArray val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
							val.add(token.getValue());
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							break;
						case LEFT_BRACE:
							/* The parse found an object in the array. */
							val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
							final JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
							val.add(object);
							valueStack.addLast(object);
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
							break;
						case LEFT_SQUARE:
							/* The parse found another array in the array. */
							val = (JsonArray)valueStack.getLast();
							final JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
							val.add(array);
							valueStack.addLast(array);
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
							break;
						case RIGHT_SQUARE:
							/* The parse found the end of the array. */
							if(valueStack.size() > returnCount){
								valueStack.removeLast();
							}else{
								/* The parse has been fully resolved. */
								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
							}
							break;
						default:
							/* Any other token is invalid in an array. */
							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
					}
					break;
				case PARSING_OBJECT:
					/* The parse has detected the start of an object. */
					switch(token.getType()){
						case COMMA:
							/* The parse could detect a comma while parsing an object since it separates each key value
							 * pair. Continue parsing the object. */
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							break;
						case DATUM:
							/* The token ought to be a key. */
							if(token.getValue() instanceof String){
								/* JSON keys are always strings, strings are not always JSON keys but it is going to be
								 * treated as one. Continue parsing the object. */
								final String key = (String)token.getValue();
								valueStack.addLast(key);
								stateStack.addLast(currentState);
								stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ENTRY);
							}else{
								/* Abort! JSON keys are always strings and it wasn't a string. */
								throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
							}
							break;
						case RIGHT_BRACE:
							/* The parse has found the end of the object. */
							if(valueStack.size() > returnCount){
								/* There are unresolved values remaining. */
								valueStack.removeLast();
							}else{
								/* The parse has been fully resolved. */
								stateStack.addLast(States.DONE);
							}
							break;
						default:
							/* The parse didn't detect the end of an object or a key. */
							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
					}
					break;
				case PARSING_ENTRY:
					switch(token.getType()){
						/* Parsed pair keys can only happen while parsing objects. */
						case COLON:
							/* The parse could detect a colon while parsing a key value pair since it separates the key
							 * and value from each other. Continue parsing the entry. */
							stateStack.addLast(currentState);
							break;
						case DATUM:
							/* The parse has found a value for the parsed pair key. */
							String key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
							JsonObject parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
							parent.put(key, token.getValue());
							break;
						case LEFT_BRACE:
							/* The parse has found an object for the parsed pair key. */
							key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
							parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
							final JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
							parent.put(key, object);
							valueStack.addLast(object);
							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_OBJECT);
							break;
						case LEFT_SQUARE:
							/* The parse has found an array for the parsed pair key. */
							key = (String)valueStack.removeLast();
							parent = (JsonObject)valueStack.getLast();
							final JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
							parent.put(key, array);
							valueStack.addLast(array);
							stateStack.addLast(States.PARSING_ARRAY);
							break;
						default:
							/* The parse didn't find anything for the parsed pair key. */
							throw new DeserializationException(lexer.getPosition(), DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_TOKEN, token);
					}
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			//System.out.println("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
			//System.out.println(currentState);
			//System.out.println(token);
			//System.out.println(valueStack);
			//System.out.println(stateStack);
			/* If we're not at the END and DONE then do the above again. */
		}while(!(States.DONE.equals(currentState) && Yytoken.Types.END.equals(token.getType())));
		//System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!DESERIALIZED!!!!!!!!!!");
		return new JsonArray(valueStack);
	}

	/** A convenience method that assumes a StringReader to deserialize a string.
	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserialized as JSON.
	 * @return either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonObject, or JsonArray that best represents the deserializable.
	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable
	 *         to no longer have an unexpected token and try again.
	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader)
	 * @see StringReader */
	public static Object deserialize(final String deserializable) throws DeserializationException{
		Object returnable;
		StringReader readableDeserializable = null;
		try{
			readableDeserializable = new StringReader(deserializable);
			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readableDeserializable);
		}catch(final NullPointerException caught){
			/* They both have the same recovery scenario.
			 * See StringReader.
			 * If deserializable is null, it should be reasonable to expect null back. */
			returnable = null;
		}finally{
			if(readableDeserializable != null){
				readableDeserializable.close();
			}
		}
		return returnable;
	}

	/** A convenience method that assumes a JsonArray must be deserialized.
	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a JsonArray.
	 * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if deserializable isn't a JsonArray or an IOException,
	 *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs during deserialization.
	 * @return a JsonArray that represents the deserializable, or the defaultValue if there isn't a JsonArray that
	 *         represents deserializable.
	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
	public static JsonArray deserialize(final String deserializable, final JsonArray defaultValue){
		StringReader readable = null;
		JsonArray returnable;
		try{
			readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS)). getCollection(0);
		}catch(NullPointerException | DeserializationException caught){
			/* Don't care, just return the default value. */
			returnable = defaultValue;
		}finally{
			if(readable != null){
				readable.close();
			}
		}
		return returnable;
	}

	/** A convenience method that assumes a JsonObject must be deserialized.
	 * @param deserializable representing content to be deserializable as a JsonObject.
	 * @param defaultValue representing what would be returned if deserializable isn't a JsonObject or an IOException,
	 *        NullPointerException, or DeserializationException occurs during deserialization.
	 * @return a JsonObject that represents the deserializable, or the defaultValue if there isn't a JsonObject that
	 *         represents deserializable.
	 * @see Jsoner#deserialize(Reader) */
	public static JsonObject deserialize(final String deserializable, final JsonObject defaultValue){
		StringReader readable = null;
		JsonObject returnable;
		try{
			readable = new StringReader(deserializable);
			returnable = Jsoner.deserialize(readable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS)). getMap(0);
		}catch(NullPointerException | DeserializationException caught){
			/* Don't care, just return the default value. */
			returnable = defaultValue;
		}finally{
			if(readable != null){
				readable.close();
			}
		}
		return returnable;
	}

	/** A convenience method that assumes multiple RFC 4627 JSON values (except numbers) have been concatenated together
	 * for deserilization which will be collectively returned in a JsonArray wrapper.
	 * There may be numbers included, they just must not be concatenated together as it is prone to
	 * NumberFormatExceptions (thus causing a DeserializationException) or the numbers no longer represent their
	 * respective values.
	 * Examples:
	 * "123null321" returns [123, null, 321]
	 * "nullnullnulltruefalse\"\"{}[]" returns [null, null, null, true, false, "", {}, []]
	 * "123" appended to "321" returns [123321]
	 * "12.3" appended to "3.21" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
	 * "123" appended to "-321" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
	 * "123e321" appended to "-1" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
	 * "null12.33.21null" throws DeserializationException(NumberFormatException)
	 * @param deserializable representing concatenated content to be deserialized as JSON in one reader. Its contents
	 *        may
	 *        not contain two numbers concatenated together.
	 * @return a JsonArray that contains each of the concatenated objects as its elements. Each concatenated element is
	 *         either a boolean, null, Number, String, JsonArray, or JsonObject that best represents the concatenated
	 *         content inside deserializable.
	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected token is encountered in the deserializable. To recover from a
	 *         DeserializationException: fix the deserializable to no longer have an unexpected token and try again. */
	public static JsonArray deserializeMany(final Reader deserializable) throws DeserializationException{
		return Jsoner.deserialize(deserializable, EnumSet.of(DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_ARRAYS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_OBJECTS, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_JSON_DATA, DeserializationOptions.ALLOW_CONCATENATED_JSON_VALUES));
	}

	/** Escapes potentially confusing or important characters in the String provided.
	 * @param escapable an unescaped string.
	 * @return an escaped string for usage in JSON; An escaped string is one that has escaped all of the quotes ("),
	 *         backslashes (\), return character (\r), new line character (\n), tab character (\t),
	 *         backspace character (\b), form feed character (\f) and other control characters [u0000..u001F] or
	 *         characters [u007F..u009F], [u2000..u20FF] with a
	 *         backslash (\) which itself must be escaped by the backslash in a java string. */
	public static String escape(final String escapable){
		final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		final int characters = escapable.length();
		for(int i = 0; i < characters; i++){
			final char character = escapable.charAt(i);
			switch(character){
				case '"':
					builder.append("\\\"");
					break;
				case '\\':
					builder.append("\\\\");
					break;
				case '\b':
					builder.append("\\b");
					break;
				case '\f':
					builder.append("\\f");
					break;
				case '\n':
					builder.append("\\n");
					break;
				case '\r':
					builder.append("\\r");
					break;
				case '\t':
					builder.append("\\t");
					break;
				case '/':
					builder.append("\\/");
					break;
				default:
					/* The many characters that get replaced are benign to software but could be mistaken by people
					 * reading it for a JSON relevant character. */
					if(((character >= '\u0000') && (character <= '\u001F')) || ((character >= '\u007F') && (character <= '\u009F')) || ((character >= '\u2000') && (character <= '\u20FF'))){
						final String characterHexCode = Integer.toHexString(character);
						builder.append("\\u");
						for(int k = 0; k < (4 - characterHexCode.length()); k++){
							builder.append("0");
						}
						builder.append(characterHexCode.toUpperCase());
					}else{
						/* Character didn't need escaping. */
						builder.append(character);
					}
			}
		}
		return builder.toString();
	}

	/** Processes the lexer's reader for the next token.
	 * @param lexer represents a text processor being used in the deserialization process.
	 * @return a token representing a meaningful element encountered by the lexer.
	 * @throws DeserializationException if an unexpected character is encountered while processing the text. */
	private static Yytoken lexNextToken(final Yylex lexer) throws DeserializationException{
		Yytoken returnable;
		/* Parse through the next token. */
		try{
			returnable = lexer.yylex();
		}catch(final IOException caught){
			throw new DeserializationException(-1, DeserializationException.Problems.UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION, caught);
		}
		if(returnable == null){
			/* If there isn't another token, it must be the end. */
			returnable = new Yytoken(Yytoken.Types.END, null);
		}
		return returnable;
	}

	/** Creates a new JsonKey that wraps the given string and value. This function should NOT be
	 * used in favor of existing constants and enumerations to make code easier to maintain.
	 * @param key represents the JsonKey as a String.
	 * @param value represents the value the JsonKey uses.
	 * @return a JsonKey that represents the provided key and value. */
	public static JsonKey mintJsonKey(final String key, final Object value){
		return new JsonKey(){
			@Override
			public String getKey(){
				return key;
			}

			@Override
			public Object getValue(){
				return value;
			}
		};
	}

	/** Used for state transitions while deserializing.
	 * @param stateStack represents the deserialization states saved for future processing.
	 * @return a state for deserialization context so it knows how to consume the next token. */
	private static States popNextState(final LinkedList stateStack){
		if(stateStack.size() > 0){
			return stateStack.removeLast();
		}else{
			return States.PARSED_ERROR;
		}
	}

	/** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using tabs for indentation.
	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then '\t' characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string. */
	public static String prettyPrint(final String printable){
		return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, "\t");
	}

	/** Formats the JSON string to be more easily human readable using an arbitrary amount of spaces for indentation.
	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
	 * @param spaces representing the amount of spaces to use for indentation. Must be between 2 and 10.
	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then space characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before ']' '}'
	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if spaces isn't between [2..10].
	 * @see Jsoner#prettyPrint(String)
	 * @since 2.2.0 to allow pretty printing with spaces instead of tabs. */
	public static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final int spaces){
		if((spaces > 10) || (spaces < 2)){
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Indentation with spaces must be between 2 and 10.");
		}
		final StringBuilder indentation = new StringBuilder("");
		for(int i = 0; i < spaces; i++){
			indentation.append(" ");
		}
		return Jsoner.prettyPrint(printable, indentation.toString());
	}

	/** Makes the JSON string more easily human readable using indentation of the caller's choice.
	 * @param printable representing a JSON formatted string with out extraneous characters, like one returned from
	 *        Jsoner#serialize(Object).
	 * @param indentation representing the indentation used to format the JSON string.
	 * @return printable except it will have '\n' then indentation characters inserted after '[', '{', ',' and before
	 *         ']' '}'
	 *         tokens in the JSON. It will return null if printable isn't a JSON string. */
	private static String prettyPrint(final String printable, final String indentation){
		final Yylex lexer = new Yylex(new StringReader(printable));
		Yytoken lexed;
		final StringBuilder returnable = new StringBuilder();
		int level = 0;
		try{
			do{
				lexed = Jsoner.lexNextToken(lexer);
				switch(lexed.getType()){
					case COLON:
						returnable.append(":");
						break;
					case COMMA:
						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
						returnable.append("\n");
						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
							returnable.append(indentation);
						}
						break;
					case END:
						break;
					case LEFT_BRACE:
					case LEFT_SQUARE:
						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
						returnable.append("\n");
						level++;
						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
							returnable.append(indentation);
						}
						break;
					case RIGHT_BRACE:
					case RIGHT_SQUARE:
						returnable.append("\n");
						level--;
						for(int i = 0; i < level; i++){
							returnable.append(indentation);
						}
						returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
						break;
					default:
						if(lexed.getValue() instanceof String){
							returnable.append("\"");
							returnable.append(Jsoner.escape((String)lexed.getValue()));
							returnable.append("\"");
						}else{
							returnable.append(lexed.getValue());
						}
						break;
				}
				//System.out.println(lexed);
			}while(!lexed.getType().equals(Yytoken.Types.END));
		}catch(final DeserializationException caught){
			/* This is according to the method's contract. */
			return null;
		}
		//System.out.println(printable);
		//System.out.println(returnable);
		//System.out.println(Jsoner.escape(returnable.toString()));
		return returnable.toString();
	}

	/** A convenience method that assumes a StringWriter.
	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized as a string in JSON format.
	 * @return a string, in JSON format, that represents the object provided.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON.
	 * @see Jsoner#serialize(Object, Writer)
	 * @see StringWriter */
	public static String serialize(final Object jsonSerializable){
		final StringWriter writableDestination = new StringWriter();
		try{
			Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination);
		}catch(final IOException caught){
			/* See StringWriter. */
		}
		return writableDestination.toString();
	}

	/** Serializes values according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification. It will also trust the serialization provided by
	 * any Jsonables it serializes and serializes Enums that don't implement Jsonable as a string of their fully
	 * qualified name.
	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON. */
	public static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS));
	}

	/** Serialize values to JSON and write them to the provided writer based on behavior flags.
	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized to a string in JSON format.
	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
	 * @param replacement represents what is serialized instead of a non-JSON value when replacements are allowed.
	 * @param flags represents the allowances and restrictions on serialization.
	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in JSON.
	 * @see SerializationOptions */
	private static void serialize(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination, final Set flags) throws IOException{
		if(jsonSerializable == null){
			/* When a null is passed in the word null is supported in JSON. */
			writableDestination.write("null");
		}else if(((jsonSerializable instanceof Jsonable) && flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES))){
			/* Writes the writable as defined by the writable. */
			writableDestination.write(((Jsonable)jsonSerializable).toJson());
		}else if((jsonSerializable instanceof Enum) && flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_FULLY_QUALIFIED_ENUMERATIONS)){
			/* Writes the enum as a special case of string. All enums (unless they implement Jsonable) will be the
			 * string literal "${DECLARING_CLASS_NAME}.${ENUM_NAME}" as their value. */
			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
			final Enum e = (Enum)jsonSerializable;
			writableDestination.write('"');
			writableDestination.write(e.getDeclaringClass().getName());
			writableDestination.write('.');
			writableDestination.write(e.name());
			writableDestination.write('"');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof String){
			/* Make sure the string is properly escaped. */
			writableDestination.write('"');
			writableDestination.write(Jsoner.escape((String)jsonSerializable));
			writableDestination.write('"');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Double){
			if(((Double)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || ((Double)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
				/* Infinite and not a number are not supported by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
				writableDestination.write("null");
			}else{
				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
			}
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Float){
			if(((Float)jsonSerializable).isInfinite() || ((Float)jsonSerializable).isNaN()){
				/* Infinite and not a number are not supported by the JSON specification, so null is used instead. */
				writableDestination.write("null");
			}else{
				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
			}
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Number){
			writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Boolean){
			writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Map){
			/* Writes the map in JSON object format. */
			boolean isFirstEntry = true;
			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
			final Iterator entries = ((Map)jsonSerializable).entrySet().iterator();
			writableDestination.write('{');
			while(entries.hasNext()){
				if(isFirstEntry){
					isFirstEntry = false;
				}else{
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
				@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
				final Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)entries.next();
				Jsoner.serialize(entry.getKey(), writableDestination, flags);
				writableDestination.write(':');
				Jsoner.serialize(entry.getValue(), writableDestination, flags);
			}
			writableDestination.write('}');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Collection){
			/* Writes the collection in JSON array format. */
			boolean isFirstElement = true;
			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
			final Iterator elements = ((Collection)jsonSerializable).iterator();
			writableDestination.write('[');
			while(elements.hasNext()){
				if(isFirstElement){
					isFirstElement = false;
				}else{
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
				Jsoner.serialize(elements.next(), writableDestination, flags);
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof byte[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final byte[] writableArray = (byte[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof short[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final short[] writableArray = (short[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof int[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final int[] writableArray = (int[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof long[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final long[] writableArray = (long[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof float[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final float[] writableArray = (float[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof double[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final double[] writableArray = (double[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof boolean[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final boolean[] writableArray = (boolean[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(',');
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof char[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final char[] writableArray = (char[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write("[\"");
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write("\",\"");
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write("\"]");
		}else if(jsonSerializable instanceof Object[]){
			/* Writes the array in JSON array format. */
			final Object[] writableArray = (Object[])jsonSerializable;
			final int numberOfElements = writableArray.length;
			writableDestination.write('[');
			for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfElements; i++){
				if(i == numberOfElements){
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
				}else{
					Jsoner.serialize(writableArray[i], writableDestination, flags);
					writableDestination.write(",");
				}
			}
			writableDestination.write(']');
		}else{
			/* It cannot by any measure be safely serialized according to specification. */
			if(flags.contains(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS)){
				/* Can be helpful for debugging how it isn't valid. */
				writableDestination.write(jsonSerializable.toString());
			}else{
				/* Notify the caller the cause of failure for the serialization. */
				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Encountered a: " + jsonSerializable.getClass().getName() + " as: " + jsonSerializable.toString() + "  that isn't JSON serializable.\n  Try:\n    1) Implementing the Jsonable interface for the object to return valid JSON. If it already does it probably has a bug.\n    2) If you cannot edit the source of the object or couple it with this library consider wrapping it in a class that does implement the Jsonable interface.\n    3) Otherwise convert it to a boolean, null, number, JsonArray, JsonObject, or String value before serializing it.\n    4) If you feel it should have serialized you could use a more tolerant serialization for debugging purposes.");
			}
		}
		//System.out.println(writableDestination.toString());
	}

	/** Serializes like the first version of this library.
	 * It has been adapted to use Jsonable for serializing custom objects, but otherwise works like the old JSON string
	 * serializer. It
	 * will allow non-JSON values in its output like the old one. It can be helpful for last resort log statements and
	 * debugging errors in self generated JSON. Anything serialized using this method isn't guaranteed to be
	 * deserializable.
	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use. */
	public static void serializeCarelessly(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.of(SerializationOptions.ALLOW_JSONABLES, SerializationOptions.ALLOW_INVALIDS));
	}

	/** Serializes JSON values and only JSON values according to the RFC 4627 JSON specification.
	 * @param jsonSerializable represents the object that should be serialized in JSON format.
	 * @param writableDestination represents where the resulting JSON text is written to.
	 * @throws IOException if the writableDestination encounters an I/O problem, like being closed while in use.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the jsonSerializable isn't serializable in raw JSON. */
	public static void serializeStrictly(final Object jsonSerializable, final Writer writableDestination) throws IOException{
		Jsoner.serialize(jsonSerializable, writableDestination, EnumSet.noneOf(SerializationOptions.class));
	}
}