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A bundle containing code of all jar-based modules that provide JAX-RS and Jersey-related features. Such a bundle is *only intended* for developers that do not use Maven's dependency system. The bundle does not include code for contributes, tests and samples.
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package com.sun.jersey.api.json;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.MarshalException;
import javax.xml.bind.PropertyException;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * A JSON marshaller responsible for serializing Java content trees, defined
 * by JAXB, to JSON data.
 * 
 * @author [email protected], [email protected]
 */
public interface JSONMarshaller {

    public static final String FORMATTED = "com.sun.jersey.api.json.JSONMarshaller.formatted";

    /**
     * Marshall the content tree rooted at jaxbElement into an
     * output stream. The content tree may be an instance of a class that is
     * mapped to a XML root element (for example, annotated with
     * {@link XmlRootElement}) or an instance of {@link JAXBElement}.
     * 
     * The UTF-8 character encoding scheme will be used to encode the characters
     * of the JSON data.
     * 
     * @param jaxbElement the root of the content tree to be marshalled.
     * @param os the JSON will be added to this stream.
     * @throws JAXBException if any unexpected problem occurs during the
     *         marshalling.
     * @throws MarshalException if the JSONMarshaller is unable to
     *         marshal jaxbElement (or any object reachable from obj)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any of the method parameters are null.
     *
     */
    void marshallToJSON(Object jaxbElement, OutputStream os) throws JAXBException;

    /**
     * Marshall the content tree rooted at jaxbElement into an
     * output stream. The content tree may be an instance of a class that is
     * mapped to a XML root element (for example, annotated with
     * {@link XmlRootElement}) or an instance of {@link JAXBElement}.
     * 
     * The character encoding scheme of the writer will be used to
     * encode the characters of the JSON data.
     *
     * @param jaxbElement the root of the content tree to be marshalled.
     * @param writer the JSON will be added to this writer.
     * @throws JAXBException if any unexpected problem occurs during the
     *         marshalling.
     * @throws MarshalException if the JSONMarshaller is unable to
     *         marshal jaxbElement (or any object reachable from obj)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the method parameters are null.
     */
    void marshallToJSON(Object jaxbElement, Writer writer) throws JAXBException;


    /**
     * Set the particular property in the underlying implementation of
     * {@link JSONMarshaller}. Attempting to set an undefined property
     * will result in a PropertyException being thrown.
     *
     * @param name the name of the property to be set. This value can either
     *              be specified using one of the constant fields or a user
     *              supplied string.
     * @param value the value of the property to be set
     *
     * @throws PropertyException when there is an error processing the given
     *                            property or value
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *      If the name parameter is null
     */
    void setProperty(String name, Object value) throws PropertyException;
}