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#favor ujson as main decoder
import ujson as json

class Tools(object):
    
    #import simplejson as json
    #json_decoder = json.JSONDecoder()
    #json_encoder = json.JSONEncoder(encoding='utf-8')
    
    def json_decode(self, some_dict):
        return json.decode(some_dict)
        #return self.json_decoder.decode(some_dict)
        
    def json_encode(self, some_dict):
        return json.encode(some_dict)
        #return self.json_encoder.encode(some_dict)
        
    def is_long(self, s):
        try: 
            long(s)
            return long(s)
        except ValueError:
            return False