function jsonEncode($value) {
            require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../module/Services/JSON.php';
            GC_Utils_Ex::gfPrintLog(' *use Services_JSON::encode(). faster than using the json_encode!');
            $objJson = new Services_JSON();
            return $objJson->encode($value);
    }

    function jsonDecode($json) {
            require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../module/Services/JSON.php';
            GC_Utils_Ex::gfPrintLog(' *use Services_JSON::decode(). faster than using the json_decode!');
            $objJson = new Services_JSON();
            return $objJson->decode($json);
    }