// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: Jsonifier.hh
// Author: Cedric Caffy - CERN
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/************************************************************************
 * EOS - the CERN Disk Storage System                                   *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 CERN/Switzerland                                  *
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 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify *
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 * (at your option) any later version.                                  *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the        *
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 ************************************************************************/
#ifndef EOS_JSONIFIER_HH
#define EOS_JSONIFIER_HH

#include "common/Namespace.hh"
#include <sstream>

EOSCOMMONNAMESPACE_BEGIN

/**
 * Inherit this interface in order to implement
 * the way to generate the json representation of any object
 * @tparam Obj the Object you want to generate the json representation from
 */
template<typename Obj>
class Jsonifier
{
public:
  /**
   * Implement this method to generate the json representation of any object
   * @param object the object from which you want the json representation
   * @param ss the stream where this json representation will be pushed to
   */
  virtual void jsonify(const Obj* object, std::stringstream& ss) = 0;
};

EOSCOMMONNAMESPACE_END

#endif // EOS_JSONIFIER_HH