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Bertrand Delacretaz commented on SLING-9455: -------------------------------------------- FWIW, I have similar needs in the GraphQL core module, currently using {{json-io}} in the [JsonSerializer|https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-graphql-core/blob/master/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/graphql/core/json/JsonSerializer.java] as that's lightweight and easy to use. As we are using http://johnzon.apache.org/ in our {{org.apache.sling.commons.johnzon}} module it might make sense to use their {{Mapper}} for this. I haven't found much documentation about that but Steven Walters [provided useful information about it|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d7e2da06f821d816806985c8a6c1cb3820bc011d8fa2ca3a5b8b8cf%40%3Cusers.sling.apache.org%3E] on our users lists. If someone writes code for this I'm happy to try it in the GraphQL core module, where I basically need to convert arbitrary objects (not JCR-related) to and from JSON. > JsonItemWriter > -------------- > > Key: SLING-9455 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-9455 > Project: Sling > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Commons > Affects Versions: Commons JSON 2.0.18 > Environment: Sling Starter > Reporter: Juerg Meier > Priority: Major > > Sling 8 came with an org.apache.sling.commons.json bundle/package. The .jcr > sub-package contained two classes: > * JsonItemWriter > * JsonJcrNode > (javadoc > [here|https://sling.apache.org/apidocs/sling8/org/apache/sling/commons/json/jcr/package-summary.html) > These two classes allowed for serializing a sling resource to well formated > JSON and a JCR node to an org.apache.sling.commons.json.JSONObject, > respectively. > For legal reasons, this package was discontinued and is not present anymore > in later versions, including the current Sling 11 version. > Consequently, Sling 11 lacks of a simple yet application-controllable way to > serialize a Resource directly to a JSON string. However, many API calls, used > in particular by client-side Javascript frameworks (e.g. for Single Page > Apps), rely heavily on JSON. > Hence, it would be desirable to have the Sling 8 JSON package (or similar) > back in Sling. The following functionality should be present to have a > flexible JSON generator available within Sling: > * direct conversion of Nodes/Resources to a String containing JSON > * application control of node recursion levels (child nodes as JSON objects) > * should allow to set a negative list of properties (those not to render in > the output) > * proper rendering of all JCR property types to JSON including > ** date format definition (default = ISO8601) > ** multi-values support (as JSON arrays) > ** proper escaping of special chars in Strings > * adding additional string/value pairs by the application (i.e. not > originating from the dumped Resource) > See also thread on the sling-users mailing list starting 12 May > 2020/"Resource to json serializing" > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)