Add JSON helper library

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diff --git a/src/com/vaadin/external/json/JSONString.java b/src/com/vaadin/external/json/JSONString.java
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+package com.vaadin.external.json;

+

+import java.io.Serializable;

+

+/**

+ * The <code>JSONString</code> interface allows a <code>toJSONString()</code>

+ * method so that a class can change the behavior of

+ * <code>JSONObject.toString()</code>, <code>JSONArray.toString()</code>, and

+ * <code>JSONWriter.value(</code>Object<code>)</code>. The

+ * <code>toJSONString</code> method will be used instead of the default behavior

+ * of using the Object's <code>toString()</code> method and quoting the result.

+ */

+public interface JSONString extends Serializable {

+    /**

+     * The <code>toJSONString</code> method allows a class to produce its own

+     * JSON serialization.

+     * 

+     * @return A strictly syntactically correct JSON text.

+     */

+    public String toJSONString();

+}