From 4bc61133c5f094ec69470403a35df1df1212ca65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <fabio@manganiello.tech>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:01:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] The Entity object should also have a `to_json` method.

---
 platypush/entities/_base.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platypush/entities/_base.py b/platypush/entities/_base.py
index 37840b7216..3ba822a215 100644
--- a/platypush/entities/_base.py
+++ b/platypush/entities/_base.py
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ if 'entity' not in Base.metadata:
         def to_dict(self) -> dict:
             return {col.key: self._serialize_value(col) for col in self.columns}
 
+        def to_json(self) -> dict:
+            """
+            Alias for :meth:`.to_dict`.
+            """
+            return self.to_dict()
+
         def __repr__(self):
             """
             Same as :meth:`.__str__`.