var json = json || {};

// implement json.encode serialization
json.encode = json.encode || function (obj) 
{

	var t = typeof (obj);
	if (t != "object" || obj === null) {

		// simple data type
		if (t == "string") obj = '"'+obj+'"';
		return String(obj);

	}
	else {

		// recurse array or object
		var n, v, json = [], arr = (obj && obj.constructor == Array);

		for (n in obj) {
			v = obj[n]; t = typeof(v);

			if (t == "string") v = '"'+v+'"';
			else if (t == "object" && v !== null) v = this.encode(v);

			json.push((arr ? "" : '"' + n + '":') + String(v));
		}

		return (arr ? "[" : "{") + String(json) + (arr ? "]" : "}");
	}
};


// implement json.parse de-serialization
json.decode = json.decode || function (str) 
{
	return eval('(' + str + ')');
};