core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/internal/JsonLiteral.java

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package org.jclouds.json.internal;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import com.google.gson.JsonElement;

/**
 * The gson project use package to control access to their objects. However, this prevents us from
 * doing valid work, like controlling the json emitted on a per-object basis. This is here to afford
 * us to do this.
 * 
 * @author Adrian Cole
 * @see <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-gson/issues/detail?id=326"/>
 */
public final class JsonLiteral extends JsonElement {
   private final CharSequence literal;

   public JsonLiteral(CharSequence literal) {
      this.literal = checkNotNull(literal, "literal");
   }

   @Override
   public String toString() {
      return literal.toString();
   }

}