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+++ b/src/java.management.rest/share/classes/com/oracle/jmx/remote/rest/json/JSONPrimitive.java	Tue Aug 29 13:34:15 2017 +0530
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+/*
+ * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
+ * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+package com.oracle.jmx.remote.rest.json;
+
+/**
+ * @author harsha
+ */
+public class JSONPrimitive implements JSONElement {
+
+    private final Object value;
+
+    public JSONPrimitive(long i) {
+        value = i;
+    }
+
+    public JSONPrimitive(double i) {
+        value = i;
+    }
+
+    public JSONPrimitive(Boolean i) {
+        value = i;
+    }
+
+    public JSONPrimitive(String s) {
+        value = s != null ? unescape(s) : s;
+    }
+
+    public JSONPrimitive() {
+        value = null;
+    }
+
+    public static String escape(String s) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
+            char ch = s.charAt(i);
+            switch (ch) {
+                case '\\':
+                    sb.append("\\\\");
+                    break;
+                case '\b':
+                    sb.append("\\b");
+                    break;
+                case '\f':
+                    sb.append("\\f");
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    sb.append("\\n");
+                    break;
+                case '\r':
+                    sb.append("\\r");
+                    break;
+                case '\t':
+                    sb.append("\\t");
+                    break;
+                case '"':
+                    sb.append("\\\"");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    sb.append(s.charAt(i));
+            }
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    public static String unescape(String s) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.length());
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
+            if (s.charAt(i) == '\\') {
+                if (i + 1 < s.length() - 1) {
+                    ++i;
+                    switch (s.charAt(i)) {
+                        case '\\':
+                            sb.append('\\');
+                            break;
+                        case '\b':
+                            sb.append('\b');
+                            break;
+                        case '\f':
+                            sb.append('\f');
+                            break;
+                        case '\n':
+                            sb.append('\n');
+                            break;
+                        case '\r':
+                            sb.append('\r');
+                            break;
+                        case '\t':
+                            sb.append('\t');
+                            break;
+                        case '\"':
+                            sb.append('\"');
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            sb.append(s.charAt(i));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                sb.append(s.charAt(i));
+            }
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    public Object getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toJsonString() {
+        if (value instanceof String) {
+            return "\"" + escape(value.toString()) + "\"";
+        }
+        return value != null ? value.toString() : null;
+    }
+}