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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Encoder;
+
+use Drupal\serialization\Encoder\JsonEncoder as SerializationJsonEncoder;
+
+/**
+ * Encodes HAL data in JSON.
+ *
+ * Simply respond to hal_json format requests using the JSON encoder.
+ */
+class JsonEncoder extends SerializationJsonEncoder {
+
+ /**
+ * The formats that this Encoder supports.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+ protected static $format = ['hal_json'];
+
+}