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package org.jclouds.json;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

public interface Json {
   /**
    * Serialize the object into json. If the object is a generic type, use
    * {@link #toJson(Object, Type)}
    */
   String toJson(Object src);

   /**
    * Serialize the generic object into json. If the object is not a generic, use
    * {@link #toJson(Object, Type)}
    */
   String toJson(Object src, Type type);

   /**
    * Deserialize the generic object from json. If the object is not a generic type, use
    * {@link #fromJson(Object, Class)}
    */
    T fromJson(String json, Type type);

   /**
    * Deserialize the object from json. If the object is a generic type, use
    * {@link #fromJson(Object, Type)}
    */
    T fromJson(String json, Class classOfT);

}