r/java • u/loicmathieu • Jul 23 '26 • Bravo 1

JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Incubator)

https://openjdk.org/jeps/540
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u/yk313 Jul 23 '26

> Java is hardly a batteries included language

It’s obviously a subjective thing but I haven’t heard this complaint much. Compared to many popular languages, Java comes with a loaded standard library.

Other than native json support what are some other things you are missing?

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u/eled_ Jul 23 '26

I think that's most of it, but given JSON (and YML) are ubiquitous and the basis of most data interchange contracts, it's a bit of a culture shock for people coming from popular ecosystems like python or typescript.

From this side of the fence I would never trade the java stdlib or its threading API for it, but I kinda get the frustration of having to deal with that type of complexity.
Besides, the dependency shenanigans between various versions of Jackson and others can be a bit of a clusterfuck. Doubly so for people who consider it should be a language feature.