Posts April 2019

Process big JSON files using steam based JsonParser

Most JSON data can be parsed in memory, but there are some edge cases when we have to process big data files - e.g. a database export or a data from a third party provider. For these scenarios the Jackson library provides stream-based read and write mechanisms to handle huge files efficiently.

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Read and write JSON data using Jackson low-level methods

Most of the time it is beneficial to parse and modify JSON data using an underlying Java object. But, there are some scenarios where parsing the entire data structure is not necessary and thus, low-level read and write methods from the Jackson library might be more efficient. In this post I will evaluate how these low-level methods can be used.

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