1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
index 469ae69258..d7181035d3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ module ActiveSupport
         end
 
         # like encode, but only calls as_json, without encoding to string
-        def as_json(value)
+        def as_json(value, use_options = true)
           check_for_circular_references(value) do
-            value.as_json(options_for(value))
+            use_options ? value.as_json(options_for(value)) : value.as_json
           end
         end
 
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
         end
 
         def escape(string)
-          if string.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
-            string = string.encode(::Encoding::UTF_8, :undef => :replace).force_encoding(::Encoding::BINARY)
-          end
+          string = string.encode(::Encoding::UTF_8, :undef => :replace).force_encoding(::Encoding::BINARY)
           json = string.
             gsub(escape_regex) { |s| ESCAPED_CHARS[s] }.
             gsub(/([\xC0-\xDF][\x80-\xBF]|
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
             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.force_encoding(::Encoding::UTF_8)
           json
         end
       end
@@ -212,7 +210,7 @@ class Array
   def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
     # use encoder as a proxy to call as_json on all elements, to protect from circular references
     encoder = options && options[:encoder] || ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding::Encoder.new(options)
-    map { |v| encoder.as_json(v) }
+    map { |v| encoder.as_json(v, options) }
   end
 
   def encode_json(encoder) #:nodoc:
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ class Hash
     # use encoder as a proxy to call as_json on all values in the subset, to protect from circular references
     encoder = options && options[:encoder] || ActiveSupport::JSON::Encoding::Encoder.new(options)
     result = self.is_a?(ActiveSupport::OrderedHash) ? ActiveSupport::OrderedHash : Hash
-    result[subset.map { |k, v| [k.to_s, encoder.as_json(v)] }]
+    result[subset.map { |k, v| [k.to_s, encoder.as_json(v, options)] }]
   end
 
   def encode_json(encoder)