module ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding

def escape(string)
  if string.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
    string = string.encode(::Encoding::UTF_8, :undef => :replace).force_encoding(::Encoding::BINARY)
  end
  json = string.
    gsub(escape_regex) { |s| ESCAPED_CHARS[s] }.
    gsub(/([\xC0-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]|
           [\xE0-\xEF][\x80-\xBF]{2}|
           [\xF0-\xF7][\x80-\xBF]{3})+/nx) { |s|
    s.unpack("U*").pack("n*").unpack("H*")[0].gsub(/.{4}/n, '\\\\u\&')
  }
  json = %("#{json}")
  json.force_encoding(::Encoding::UTF_8) if json.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
  json
end

def escape_html_entities_in_json=(value)
  self.escape_regex = \
    if @escape_html_entities_in_json = value
      /[\x00-\x1F"\\><&]/
    else
      /[\x00-\x1F"\\]/
    end
end