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/**
* Provides an object model API to process JSON.
*
* The object model API is a high-level API that provides immutable object
* models for JSON object and array structures. These JSON structures are
* represented as object models using the Java types {@link javax.json.JsonObject}
* and {@link javax.json.JsonArray}. The interface {@code javax.json.JsonObject} provides
* a {@link java.util.Map} view to access the unordered collection of zero or
* more name/value pairs from the model. Similarly, the interface
* {@code JsonArray} provides a {@link java.util.List} view to access the
* ordered sequence of zero or more values from the model.
*
*
The object model API uses builder patterns to create and modify
* these object models. The classes {@link javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder} and
* {@link javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder} provide methods to create and modify models
* of type {@code JsonObject} and {@code JsonArray} respectively.
*
*
These object models can also be created from an input source using
* the class {@link javax.json.JsonReader}. Similarly, these object models
* can be written to an output source using the class {@link javax.json.JsonWriter}.
*
* This package includes several classes that implement other JSON related
* standards: JSON Pointer,
* JSON Patch, and
* JSON Merge Patch.
* They can be used to retrieve, transform or manipulate values in an
* object model.
*/
package javax.json;