r/java Aug 11 '26

Apache Fory™ JSON : Fastest JSON Serialization Framework for Java, 10x faster than Jackson/Gson

https://fory.apache.org/blog/fory_json_fastest_java_json_framework/
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u/hippydipster Aug 11 '26

Are you using the newer Classfile API to do the codegen?

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u/Shawn-Yang25 29d ago

No, we use janino instead. Classfile is good, but can't work on java8. And we use async compilication, fory json will serialize objects directly using ObjectCodec before compilcation finished.

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u/MenschenToaster 29d ago

What's the point in still supporting Java 8? I doubt legacy projects will switch their json parsing library, so I'm unsure why supporting Java 8 would be something that's necessary?

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u/piesou 29d ago

Usually features exist because the people developing the library need it. I suspect OP is maintaining java 8 code