On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christian Grobmeier wrote: >> >> Dear Commons-Folks, >> >> Yonik Seeley and I propose the creation of a new Sandbox component >> within Apache Commons. We would like to name it Commons JSON since it >> should deal with everything around JSON. >> >> Yonik did already implement a JSON-Parser in Apache Labs name Noggit: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/labs/noggit/ >> >> I have implemented some other JSON-Lib at Google Code: >> http://code.google.com/p/jjson >> >> We would like to join forces since my JSON lib isn't very good at >> parsing and Noggit lacks of some classes I created. Here is the >> original proposal from Noggit which also fits to JJSON: >> >> There is a need for an "industrial strength" JSON parser for Java with >> the following features: >> >> - Streaming API (StAX/pull-parser like) for both easy and efficient >> parsing >> - Conforms to the JSON standard: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt >> - Can adhere strictly to the standard (not a superset like existing >> parsers), preferably by default >> - Memory efficiency >> - incremental parsing (Reader-based) in order to handle huge messages >> - a single byte of state needed per nested object or array >> - does not read large objects (including primitives) completely into >> memory unless asked >> - can eliminate most copying, allowing the user to provide the output >> buffer for values >> - no built in size limits for primitives (less than 2GB) >> - can even handle keys of any size in a map >> - can handle primitives of *any* size (does not attempt to parse >> numerics into a certain language primitives unless asked) >> - Fast! >> >> I would like to add: >> - no dependencies! >> - Creates JSON Strings of Objects and vice versa >> - Annotations for creating objects from a JSON string. >> >> We believe that a JSON lib will become attention quickly and hope to >> get more developers attracted soon. >> Please let us know what you think about it! >> > > Sounds great! > > As a commons committer, you can start things in the sandbox without a formal > vote. You should probably execute a grant for the stuff done outside the > ASF. Does Yonik have sandbox karma? If not, just ask. Happy hacking!
Didn't we resolve that a grant for stuff outside the ASF by someone who has signed a CLA is fine? Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
