Towards a JSON API for the JDK

[Paul Sandoz]

I consider this a “known unknown” (in the words of Mr. Rumsfeld). We would need to explore this area throughly, which includes the interconnection with Serialization 2.0, before we really know what we can and should do in the near and long term. That’s a significant effort, and I would like to separate it out from the non-trivial effort to first get a rather modest API over the line.

Paul.

> On May 21, 2025, at 12:55 AM, Cay Horstmann <cay.horstmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> So here is my point. If the JDK were to include a JSON data mapper, that data mapper is either rigid or flexible. Designing a flexible data mapper is hard. Serialization 2.0 would not make it any easier.