old_contents: import json
  
  class TableJSONEncoder( json.JSONEncoder ):
      """
      Used to encode Table/View instances into JSON.  See :meth:`Table.to_json`.
      """
      def default(self, obj):
          from jnpr.junos.factory.view import View
          from jnpr.junos.factory.table import Table
  
          if isinstance(obj, View):
              obj = dict(obj.items())
          elif isinstance(obj,Table):
              obj = { item.name: item for item in obj }
          else:
              obj = super(TableJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
          return obj
  
  class TableViewJSONEncoder( json.JSONEncoder ):
      """
      Used to encode Table/View instances into JSON.  See :meth:`Table.to_json`.
      """
      def default(self, obj):
          from jnpr.junos.factory.view import View
          from jnpr.junos.factory.table import Table
  
          if isinstance(obj, View):
              obj = { obj.name: dict(obj.items()) }
          elif isinstance(obj,Table):
              obj = { item.name: dict(item.items()) for item in obj }
          else:
              obj = super(TableViewJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
          return obj
  
new_contents: import json
  
  class TableJSONEncoder( json.JSONEncoder ):
      """
      Used to encode Table/View instances into JSON.  See :meth:`Table.to_json`.
      """
      def default(self, obj):
          from jnpr.junos.factory.view import View
          from jnpr.junos.factory.table import Table
  
          if isinstance(obj, View):
              obj = dict(obj.items())
          elif isinstance(obj,Table):
  #            obj = { item.name: item for item in obj }
              obj = dict((item.name,item) for item in obj)
  
          else:
              obj = super(TableJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
          return obj
  
  class TableViewJSONEncoder( json.JSONEncoder ):
      """
      Used to encode Table/View instances into JSON.  See :meth:`Table.to_json`.
      """
      def default(self, obj):
          from jnpr.junos.factory.view import View
          from jnpr.junos.factory.table import Table
  
          if isinstance(obj, View):
              obj = { obj.name: dict(obj.items()) }
          elif isinstance(obj,Table):
  #            obj = { item.name: dict(item.items()) for item in obj }
              obj = dict((item.name,dict(item.items())) for item in obj)
          else:
              obj = super(TableViewJSONEncoder, self).default(obj)
          return obj
  
subject: fix to_json to support Python 2.6