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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Edward Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com>wrote:
> On 6/26/12 1:26 PM, Edward Burns wrote:
>
> EB> I need those of you that feel strongly that we should have JSON support
> EB> to voice their opinion here because requiring JSON means an additional
> EB> library dependency.
>
> >>>>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:34:39 -0400, Andy Schwartz <
> andy.schwartz_at_oracle.com> said:
>
> AS> Is JSR 353 (Java API for JSON Processing) going to make it into the
> Java
> AS> EE7 spec? If so, perhaps we should consider holding off on introducing
> AS> a JSON dependency until we can rely on this standard API.
>
> >>>>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:25:50 +0200, Werner Keil <
> werner.keil_at_gmail.com> said:
>
> WK> Guess only Linda and other EE 7 Leaders know for sure.
> WK> I am 353 EG Member, but have not seen any activity there yet.
>
> On 6/28/12 9:29 AM, Kito Mann wrote:
>
> KM> I think this is probably worth it, since there are so few dependencies
> KM> already. One of my clients does some custom JSON parsing; they were
> KM> using the libraries that ship with WAS, but now they use the ones
> KM> included with PrimeFaces. However, I've worked with several clients
> KM> that wouldn't go down that path.
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:58:50 -0400, Andy Schwartz <
> andy.schwartz_at_oracle.com> said:
>
> AS> Fortunately, jsr-353 is addressing exactly this use case. Not sure
> AS> whether JSF should itself force this dependency now, or hold off a bit
> AS> until jsr-353 is integrated into the Java EE platform. Of course, if
> AS> jsr-353 isn't going to make it for Java EE7, I would be more tempted to
> AS> force the dependency.
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:29:44 -0700 (PDT), Phil Webb <
> pwebb_at_vmware.com> said:
>
> PW> I would prefer to not see a mandatory dependency but don't have a
> PW> big problem with optional dependency. Still, my gut feeling is that
> PW> adding a jsonToMap() function is something that the developer should
> PW> be doing themselves for now rather than being provided.
>
> PW> Perhaps in the future, when JSR-353 is final, passThroughAttributes
> PW> could be changed to support JSON Strings directly?
>
> I'm in the process of finding out the status of JSR-353 relative to EE7.
>
> In the meantime, I propose we modify the spec for this function to say
> that it is only required to work in containers that have a JSON parser
> available. Given how strongly the community feels about this, and how
> isolated and self-contained it is, I'd like to leave it in.
>
> Does that sound good?
>
> Ed
>
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