Modularization

[Miha-x64]

Hello.
I'm currently working on a library for Android which requires JSON parsing.
My requirements are:
— small methods count (DEX limit);
— small bytecode size (smaller APK and faster verification);
— high parsing speed.

I totally like your parser. I've took your streaming code, removed <T> parsing, Any type, and some other unused stuff; inlined one-liners.
My result is <50 methods and 10.8 KB DEX :)

I think it makes sense to move streaming to another module/artifact so those who need only streaming may use it without other parser parts.

[taowen]

I would like to make this change as well. But I do not have time to work on this at the moment. If you want to contribute, just go ahead.

[Miha-x64]

If this will break existing API, will you accept such changes?
For example, I may introduce streaming.JsonIterator, ast.JsonTree, databind.JsonBind, and, probably, jpath.JsonPath for #89.

[taowen]

We can start a V2 version.

[Miha-x64]

Ok.
The main idea is to move the core (streaming parser) into its own module, make it very small (merge some classes, inline methods, etc), and make full-featured parser with Any and binding support depend on the core.
I'd also removed base64 copy-paste and added dependency on https://github.com/koron/MiGBase64.

[jpe42]

Any chance of bumping the version to Java 9 along with this change to support jigsaw modularity as well? I maintain a JDK 10 targeted fork of jsoniter with a module-info.java specified so that I can use this as part of a jlink build.

[Miha-x64]

Any way to add module-info without breaking Java 6 compatibility?
I haven't ever written code with source = 9 and target = 1.6 :)

[jpe42]

No, I don't think it is possible. I only mentioned it because this would be a new version bump so I was hoping it might be a good opportunity to move forward. Also, forgot to mention, Java 9 has a supplied Base64 Encoder.

[Miha-x64]

Sadly, Android requires 1.6 bytecode, and this parser is very helpful there since org.json, embedded in Android, totally sucks.

You can just add module-info into your JAR.

[taowen]

@Miha-x64 https://github.com/json-iterator/java-core invited you to host the development