unless defined?(::JSON::JSON_LOADED) and ::JSON::JSON_LOADED require 'json' end defined?(::Complex) or require 'complex' class Complex def self.json_create(object) Complex(object['r'], object['i']) end def as_json(*) { JSON.create_id => self.class.name, 'r' => real, 'i' => imag, } end def to_json(*) as_json.to_json end end