/*
* 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