/* 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.
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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.github.cliftonlabs.json_simple;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

/** Jsonables can be serialized in java script object notation (JSON). Deserializing a String produced by a Jsonable
 * should represent the Jsonable in JSON form.
 * @since 2.0.0 */
public interface Jsonable{
	/** Serialize to a JSON formatted string.
	 * @return a string, formatted in JSON, that represents the Jsonable. */
	public String toJson();

	/** Serialize to a JSON formatted stream.
	 * @param writable where the resulting JSON text should be sent.
	 * @throws IOException when the writable encounters an I/O error. */
	public void toJson(Writer writable) throws IOException;
}
