package Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Json;
use strict;
use base 'Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Abstract';
use Bio::Phylo::Util::CONSTANT qw'/looks_like/';
use Bio::Phylo::Util::Exceptions 'throw';
use Bio::Phylo::Util::Dependency qw'XML::XML2JSON';
=head1 NAME
Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Json - Serializer used by Bio::Phylo::IO, no serviceable
parts inside
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module turns the supplied object into a JSON string.
=begin comment
Type : Wrapper
Title : _to_string
Usage : my $json_string = $obj->_to_string;
Function: Stringifies a Bio::Phylo object into a JSON string
Alias :
Returns : SCALAR
Args : Bio::Phylo::* object
=end comment
=cut
sub _to_string {
my $self = shift;
my $obj = $self->{'PHYLO'};
if ( looks_like_implementor $obj, 'to_json' ) {
return $obj->to_json;
}
else {
throw 'ObjectMismatch' => "Can't make JSON string out of $obj";
}
}
# podinherit_insert_token
=head1 SEE ALSO
There is a mailing list at L<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bio-phylo>
for any user or developer questions and discussions.
=over
=item L<Bio::Phylo::IO>
The json unparser is called by the L<Bio::Phylo::IO> object.
Look there to learn how to unparse objects.
=item L<Bio::Phylo::Manual>
Also see the manual: L<Bio::Phylo::Manual> and L<http://rutgervos.blogspot.com>.
=item L<http://www.json.org>
To learn more about the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format, visit
L<http://www.json.org>.
=back
=head1 CITATION
If you use Bio::Phylo in published research, please cite it:
B<Rutger A Vos>, B<Jason Caravas>, B<Klaas Hartmann>, B<Mark A Jensen>
and B<Chase Miller>, 2011. Bio::Phylo - phyloinformatic analysis using Perl.
I<BMC Bioinformatics> B<12>:63.
L<http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-63>
=cut
1;