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package Catalyst::Action::Serialize::JSON;
$Catalyst::Action::Serialize::JSON::VERSION = '1.21';
use Moose;
use namespace::autoclean;

extends 'Catalyst::Action';
use JSON::MaybeXS qw(JSON);

has encoder => (
   is => 'ro',
   lazy_build => 1,
);

sub _build_encoder {
   my $self = shift;
   return JSON->new->utf8->convert_blessed;
}

sub execute {
    my $self = shift;
    my ( $controller, $c ) = @_;

    if (my $options = $controller->{json_options_encode}) {
        foreach my $opt (keys %$options) {
            $self->encoder->$opt( $options->{$opt} );
        }
    }

    my $stash_key = (
            $controller->{'serialize'} ?
                $controller->{'serialize'}->{'stash_key'} :
                $controller->{'stash_key'}
        ) || 'rest';
    my $output = $self->serialize( $c->stash->{$stash_key} );
    $c->response->output( $output );
    return 1;
}

sub serialize {
    my $self = shift;
    my $data = shift;
    $self->encoder->encode( $data );
}

__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;

1;