# Everyday JSON in Java

DevFeed: [Everyday JSON in Java](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/everyday-json-in-java-86560.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://inside.java/2026/10/14/devoxxbelgium-everyday-json/>)

Author: Viktor Klang

Published: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Inside Java](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/inside-java.md>)

Topics: [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [core-libraries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/core-libraries.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [jdk-28](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jdk-28.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processing.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

A Devoxx Belgium talk introduces a proposed incubating Java API for parsing, navigating, and generating JSON without adding an external dependency. It explains the API's intended use cases, design trade-offs, and how Data-Oriented Programming helps simplify it.

## Source excerpt

JSON is ubiquitous in modern software, and many use cases are just too small to justify adding external dependencies. To address these everyday use cases, a new JEP proposes a simple, incubating API for parsing, navigating, and generating JSON documents-both for Java developers and for the JDK itself. While the Java ecosystem offers many libraries with JSON-processing capabilities, this built-in API is not intended to replace them, but rather to offer a low-friction option when an external library would be unnecessary or impractical. In this talk, we will show how Data-Oriented Programming helps simplify the API, discuss its intended use cases, outline the design trade-offs, and demonstrate its capabilities.