open-source-parsers / open-source-parsers/jsoncpp

Add support for a buffer stream with parseFromString and parseFromChar methods

Open
#372 2 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

enhancement
Dominant language
C++
Stars
8.9k
Forks
2.7k
Avg merge
31m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

Hi,

I am using boost::interprocess::bufferstream to avoid extra memory copy when you use stringstream in order to parse a char* or string. But it has a dependency on Boost and most of people wouldn't want it.

I think general or simplified bufferstream could be easily implemented and embedded into jsoncpp and then you could provide parseFromString or parseFromChar with no memory copy. What do you think?

Regards,

Ian

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing JSON parsing entry points and the proposed parseFromString and parseFromChar methods, alongside the bufferstream approach described in the issue. Done would mean agreeing on and implementing a buffer-streaming API that avoids the extra copy without requiring Boost.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.