Added to_json function with tests and README

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diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/to_json.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/to_json.rb
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+# Take a data structure and output it as JSON
+#
+# @example how to output JSON
+#   # output json to a file
+#     file { '/tmp/my.json':
+#       ensure  => file,
+#       content => to_json($myhash),
+#     }
+#
+#
+require 'json'
+
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:to_json) do
+  dispatch :to_json do
+    param 'Any', :data
+  end
+
+  def to_json(data)
+    data.to_json
+  end
+end