apps/demo/cord-gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cord/gui/model/JsonBlob.java

/*
 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
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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();
}