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+# Take a data structure and output it as JSON
+#
+# @example how to output JSON
+# # output json to a file
+# file { '/tmp/my.json':
+# ensure => file,
+# content => to_json($myhash),
+# }
+#
+#
+require 'json'
+
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:to_json) do
+ dispatch :to_json do
+ param 'Any', :data
+ end
+
+ def to_json(data)
+ data.to_json
+ end
+end