Index: trunk/src/org/glassfish/json/JsonProviderImpl.java
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--- trunk/src/org/glassfish/json/JsonProviderImpl.java	(revision 6756)
+++ trunk/src/org/glassfish/json/JsonProviderImpl.java	(revision 13231)
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
  * may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can
  * obtain a copy of the License at
- * https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html
- * or packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.  See the License for the specific
+ * https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/CDDL+GPL-1.1
+ * or LICENSE.txt.  See the License for the specific
  * language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
  *
  * When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each
- * file and include the License file at packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.
+ * file and include the License file at LICENSE.txt.
  *
  * GPL Classpath Exception:
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 
 /**
  * @author Jitendra Kotamraju
+ * @author Kin-man Chung
+ * @author Alex Soto
  */
 public class JsonProviderImpl extends JsonProvider {
@@ -106,5 +111,5 @@
             pool = bufferPool;
         } else {
-            providerConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+            providerConfig = new HashMap<>();
             if (prettyPrinting=JsonProviderImpl.isPrettyPrintingEnabled(config)) {
                 providerConfig.put(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING, true);
@@ -152,5 +157,5 @@
             pool = bufferPool;
         } else {
-            providerConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+            providerConfig = new HashMap<>();
             if (prettyPrinting=JsonProviderImpl.isPrettyPrintingEnabled(config)) {
                 providerConfig.put(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING, true);
@@ -185,6 +190,91 @@
 
     @Override
+    public JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(JsonObject object) {
+        return new JsonObjectBuilderImpl(object, bufferPool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonObjectBuilder createObjectBuilder(Map<String, Object> map) {
+        return new JsonObjectBuilderImpl(map, bufferPool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder() {
         return new JsonArrayBuilderImpl(bufferPool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(JsonArray array) {
+        return new JsonArrayBuilderImpl(array, bufferPool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonArrayBuilder createArrayBuilder(Collection<?> collection) {
+        return new JsonArrayBuilderImpl(collection, bufferPool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonPointer createPointer(String jsonPointer) {
+        return new JsonPointerImpl(jsonPointer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder() {
+        return new JsonPatchBuilderImpl();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonPatchBuilder createPatchBuilder(JsonArray array) {
+        return new JsonPatchBuilderImpl(array);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonPatch createPatch(JsonArray array) {
+        return new JsonPatchImpl(array);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonPatch createDiff(JsonStructure source, JsonStructure target) {
+        return new JsonPatchImpl(JsonPatchImpl.diff(source, target));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonMergePatch createMergePatch(JsonValue patch) {
+        return new JsonMergePatchImpl(patch);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonMergePatch createMergeDiff(JsonValue source, JsonValue target) {
+        return new JsonMergePatchImpl(JsonMergePatchImpl.diff(source, target));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonString createValue(String value) {
+        return new JsonStringImpl(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNumber createValue(int value) {
+        return JsonNumberImpl.getJsonNumber(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNumber createValue(long value) {
+        return JsonNumberImpl.getJsonNumber(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNumber createValue(double value) {
+        return JsonNumberImpl.getJsonNumber(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNumber createValue(BigInteger value) {
+        return JsonNumberImpl.getJsonNumber(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonNumber createValue(BigDecimal value) {
+        return JsonNumberImpl.getJsonNumber(value);
     }