How does dsl-json deal with circular dependency?

[jdorleans]

I'm evaluating dsl-json and considering migrating from jackson. The performance I saw on a few benchmarks seemed very impressive and I'd love to play with it a bit more. However, one of my core needs is to deal with graph ser/deser.

Does the lib provide ways to handle circular dependency out-of-the-box? I couldn't find anything on docs or examples. If so, how does it work? If not, is there any way to solve that?

[zapov]

It works as long as there are no cycles, in which case it stackoverflows. There are some tests for those: https://github.com/ngs-doo/dsl-json/blob/master/tests-java8/src/test/java/com/dslplatform/json/RecursiveTest.java#L44

It works since codec resolution is done lazily.

[jdorleans]

@zapov thx for pointing the test class. I'm really looking for the ability to have cycles solve automatically by the lib. Is there any way to specify an object ID so the lib can keep track of what was already serialized and solve the cycle?

[zapov]

There is nothing built in, but you can build your own. Here is a crude example on how to do it: bc5d20e