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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value;
+
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public interface JSONSerializable {
+    /**
+     * Returns the JSON representation of the object.
+     * 
+     * @return A new JSONObject instance representing this Java object.
+     */
+    public JSONObject toJSON() throws JSONException;
+}
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