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+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metadecoders
+
+import "encoding/json"
+
+// HandleJSONData unmarshals JSON-encoded datum and returns a Go interface
+// representing the encoded data structure.
+func HandleJSONData(datum []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	if datum == nil {
+		// Package json returns on error on nil input.
+		// Return an empty map to be consistent with our other supported
+		// formats.
+		return make(map[string]interface{}), nil
+	}
+
+	var f interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(datum, &f)
+	return f, err
+}