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+<?php
+
+/**
+  * This interface exists to provide backwards compatibility with PHP 5.3
+  */
+interface JsonSerializable
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns data that can be serialized by json_encode
+     *
+     */
+    public function jsonSerialize();
+}