JSObject without Java-based conversion to JSON

[Sundararajan Athijegannathan]

Please note that a general Java object graph may involve circular 
references. Without modifying JSON somehow, it is not possible to handle 
such cases.  That said, please do file a rfe with your ideas and we can 
discuss.

-Sundar

On 11/04/18, 10:18 AM, Victor Polischuk wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I apologize if the question was already raised in the mail list, however, I find it quite strange that JSObject lacks convenient methods to convert it at least to JSON-string, if not directly to Java-POJOs?
>
> The Internet is full of suggestions which involve JavaScript JSON.stringify(..) as a utility. While it might work too, but I guess a lot of others are just traversing the JSObject by their own "converters".
>
> Therefore, if there is no design limitations/reasons why the conversion should/could not be applied within the Java representation, I am ready to volunteer on the patch.
>
> My reason for it are:
>   * It looks quite ugly to execute JavaScript to make something with "almost" Java object.
>   * Java has enormous number of JSON libraries already. I guess it is nice to allow people connect their favorite with minimal efforts. Potentially, if it will be required "string" phase might be excluded (not JSObject->String->POJO, but JSObject->POJO).
>   * It may simplify logging/debugging of interaction between Java and JS.
>
> /
> Best Regards,
> Victor