src/Composer/Json/JsonFile.php
private static function throwEncodeError($code)
    {
        switch ($code) {
            case JSON_ERROR_DEPTH:
                $msg = 'Maximum stack depth exceeded';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH:
                $msg = 'Underflow or the modes mismatch';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR:
                $msg = 'Unexpected control character found';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_UTF8:
                $msg = 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded';
                break;
            default:
                $msg = 'Unknown error';
        }

        throw new \RuntimeException('JSON encoding failed: '.$msg);
    }
private static function throwEncodeError($code)
    {
        switch ($code) {
            case JSON_ERROR_DEPTH:
                $msg = 'Maximum stack depth exceeded';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH:
                $msg = 'Underflow or the modes mismatch';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR:
                $msg = 'Unexpected control character found';
                break;
            case JSON_ERROR_UTF8:
                $msg = 'Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded';
                break;
            default:
                $msg = 'Unknown error';
        }

        throw new \RuntimeException('JSON encoding failed: '.$msg);
    }
Throws an exception according to a given code with a customized message

@param  int               $code return code of json_last_error function
@throws \RuntimeException