note
	description: "A JSON converter"
	author: "Paul Cohen"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"
	file: "$HeadURL: $"

deferred class
	JSON_CONVERTER

obsolete
	"This JSON converter design has issues [Sept/2014]."

inherit

	SHARED_EJSON

feature -- Access

	object: ANY
			-- Eiffel object
		deferred
		end

feature -- Conversion

	from_json (j: attached like to_json): detachable like object
			-- Convert from JSON value.
			-- Returns Void if unable to convert
		deferred
		end

	to_json (o: like object): detachable JSON_VALUE
			-- Convert to JSON value
		deferred
		end

invariant
	has_eiffel_object: object /= Void -- An empty object must be created at creation time!

note
	copyright: "2010-2014, Javier Velilla and others https://github.com/eiffelhub/json."
	license: "https://github.com/eiffelhub/json/blob/master/License.txt"
end