/*
 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
 * 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 at
 *
 *     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.
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 *
 */

package org.onosproject.cord.gui.model;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;

/**
 * An object that can be serialized to JSON.
 */
public interface JsonBlob {

    /**
     * Returns an Object Node representation of this object.
     *
     * @return object node hierarchy
     */
    JsonNode toJsonNode();

    /**
     * Returns a JSON string representation of this object.
     *
     * @return JSON serialization
     */
    String toJson();
}