If an object does not have .to_json, we no longer try to call it

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ffi_yajl/ffi/encoder.rb b/lib/ffi_yajl/ffi/encoder.rb
index 3df366c..a493158 100644
--- a/lib/ffi_yajl/ffi/encoder.rb
+++ b/lib/ffi_yajl/ffi/encoder.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ end
 # I feel dirty
 class Object
   def ffi_yajl(yajl_gen, state)
-    json = self.to_json(state[:json_opts])
+    if self.respond_to?(:to_json)
+      json = self.to_json(state[:json_opts])
+    else
+      json = self.to_s
+    end
     if ( status = FFI_Yajl.yajl_gen_number(yajl_gen, json, json.bytesize) ) != 0
       FFI_Yajl::Encoder.raise_error_for_status(status)
     end