Microsoft .NET JSON serialiser could get faster start-up
Improved throughput and reduced application size are also on the drawing board for the System.Text.Json serialiser
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System.Text.Json, a JSON serialisation library in Microsoft’s .NET development platform, could add C# source code generation in an upcoming iteration. The change is designed to improve performance.
Plans call for utilisation of new C# source generator capabilities to help the built-in serialiser in the following ways:
Improve start-up and runtime throughput
Reduce private bytes usage
Improve IL (Intermediate Language) Linker friendliness by avoiding runtime reflection
Efforts to utilise C# source generation in System.Text.Json were in a prototype stage as of mid-December. Microsoft envisions their coming to fruition in .NET 6.0, due in November of this year.