Always use the same json for null in the vm service.

runtime/vm/object.h

Index: runtime/vm/object.h
diff --git a/runtime/vm/object.h b/runtime/vm/object.h
index 1fe836e6dd3b38f9d6c7277ab96bfa43b04c63c7..e236df2841416f54a83ea37c961c00eba9450703 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/object.h
+++ b/runtime/vm/object.h
@@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ class Symbols;
   /* Object is printed as JSON into stream. If ref is true only a header */    \
   /* with an object id is printed. If ref is false the object is fully   */    \
   /* printed.                                                            */    \
-  virtual void PrintToJSONStream(JSONStream* stream, bool ref = true) const;   \
   virtual const char* JSONType(bool ref) const {                               \
     return ref ? "@"#object : ""#object;                                       \
   }                                                                            \
   static const ClassId kClassId = k##object##Cid;                              \
+ protected:  /* NOLINT */                                                        \

[Cutch, 2014/04/28 21:27:20]

whitespace before the \

+  virtual void PrintJSONImpl(JSONStream* stream, bool ref) const;   \

[Cutch, 2014/04/28 21:27:20]

whitespace before the \

  private:  /* NOLINT */                                                        \
   /* Initialize the handle based on the raw_ptr in the presence of null. */    \
   static void initializeHandle(object* obj, RawObject* raw_ptr) {              \
@@ -268,10 +269,7 @@ class Object {
     }
   }
 
-  virtual void PrintToJSONStream(JSONStream* stream, bool ref = true) const {
-    JSONObject jsobj(stream);
-    jsobj.AddProperty("type", JSONType(ref));
-  }
+  void PrintJSON(JSONStream* stream, bool ref = true) const;
 
   virtual const char* JSONType(bool ref) const {
     return IsNull() ? "null" : "Object";
@@ -544,6 +542,12 @@ class Object {
 
   RawObject* raw_;  // The raw object reference.
 
+ protected:
+  virtual void PrintJSONImpl(JSONStream* stream, bool ref) const {
+    JSONObject jsobj(stream);
+    jsobj.AddProperty("type", JSONType(ref));
+  }
+
  private:
   static intptr_t NextFieldOffset() {
     // Indicates this class cannot be extended by dart code.
@@ -4171,10 +4175,10 @@ class Instance : public Object {
   HEAP_OBJECT_IMPLEMENTATION(Instance, Object);
   friend class Class;
   friend class Closure;
+  friend class DeferredObject;
   friend class SnapshotWriter;
   friend class StubCode;
   friend class TypedDataView;
-  friend class DeferredObject;
 };