package Koha::Template::Plugin::To;

# This file is part of Koha.
#
# Copyright BibLibre 2014
#
# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
# Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
# version.
#
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#
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# with Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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use Modern::Perl;

use base qw( Template::Plugin );

use JSON qw( to_json );

sub json {
    my ( $self, $value ) = @_;

    my $json = JSON->new->allow_nonref(1);
    $json = $json->encode($value);
    $json =~ s/^"|"$//g; # Remove quotes around the strings
    return $json;
}

1;
