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oedb/utils/serialization.py

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+"""
+Serialization utilities for the OpenEventDatabase.
+Provides JSON serialization functionality for event data.
+"""
+
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+
+class EventEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    """
+    Custom JSON encoder for event data.
+    Handles datetime objects by converting them to ISO format strings.
+    """
+    def default(self, o):
+        if isinstance(o, datetime):
+            return o.isoformat()
+        try:
+            return super().default(o)
+        except TypeError:
+            return str(o)
+
+def dumps(data):
+    """
+    Serialize data to JSON using the EventEncoder.
+    
+    Args:
+        data: The data to serialize.
+        
+    Returns:
+        str: The JSON string representation of the data.
+    """
+    return json.dumps(data, cls=EventEncoder, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=False)