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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def as_json(self, force_object=True, name=None):
 """ Declares a stream converting each tuple on this stream into a JSON value. The stream is typed as a :py:const:`JSON stream <streamsx.topology.schema.CommonSchema.Json>`. Each tuple must be supported by `JSONEncoder`. If `force_object` is `True` then each tuple that not a `dict` will be converted to a JSON object with a single key `payload` containing the tuple. Thus each object on the stream will be a JSON object. If `force_object` is `False` then each tuple is converted to a JSON value directly using `json` package. If this stream is already typed as a JSON stream then it will be returned (with no additional processing against it and `force_object` and `name` are ignored). Args: force_object(bool):
 Force conversion of non dicts to JSON objects. name(str):
 Name of the resulting stream. When `None` defaults to a generated name. .. versionadded:: 1.6.1 Returns: Stream: Stream containing the JSON representations of tuples on this stream. """

        func = streamsx.topology.runtime._json_force_object if force_object else None
        saj = self._change_schema(streamsx.topology.schema.CommonSchema.Json, 'as_json', name, func)._layout('AsJson')
        saj.oport.operator.sl = _SourceLocation(_source_info(), 'as_json')
        return saj