/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 *   Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
 *
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of ObjFW. It may be distributed under the terms of the
 * Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE.QPL included in
 * the packaging of this file.
 *
 * Alternatively, it may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
 * Public License, either version 2 or 3, which can be found in the file
 * LICENSE.GPLv2 or LICENSE.GPLv3 respectively included in the packaging of this
 * file.
 */

@class OFString;

/**
 * \brief A protocol implemented by classes that support encoding to a JSON
 *	  representation.
 *
 * \warning Although this method can be called directly on classes other than
 *	    OFArray and OFDictionary, this will generate invalid JSON, as JSON
 *	    requires all data to be encapsulated in an array or a dictionary!
 */
@protocol OFJSONRepresentation
/**
 * \brief Returns the JSON representation of the object as a string.
 *
 * \return The JSON representation of the object as a string.
 */
- (OFString*)JSONRepresentation;
@end