Re: SQLJSON

On 29 June 2015 at 19:00, Vladimir Sitnikov <sitnikov(dot)vladimir(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Álvaro, Dave,
>
> If I understand you right, you "just" want to make "usage of json
> feature" easy for end-users.
> So do I.
> If there is more, please add.
>
> What if we do the following?
> 1) We keep "base" part of driver "unaware" of json. In other words,
> calls like getObject(1, JsonValue.class) would end up in "@throws
> SQLException if conversion is not supported" (as per ResultSet's
> javadoc)
> 2) Add "pgjdbc-json" module (i.e. jar) that adds support for
> getObject(1, JsonValue.class), setObject(1, JsonValue) kind of calls.
> 3) Document "best choice of json dependencies" right in the readme. I
> think we would be fine even with simple "we tested just jackson and it
> works with pgjdbc".
>
> From the end-user perspective it will be:
> 1) Using driver as usual -- "just add one mvn dependency" --
> 'org.postgresql:postgresql:9.4-1201-jdbc41'
> 2) Adding json support -- add additional one --
> 'org.postgresql:postgresql-json:9.4-1201-jdbc41' and
> 'best-of-the-best-pgjdbc-approved-json-impl:3.14.15'.
>
> Both items would be available on the top of readme as copy&paste ready
> snippets.
>

adding support with maven is the least problematic solution; Not everyone
uses maven unfortunately.
It would appear we will need more than one jar

>
> This covers "json support" and it is user-friendly: no additional
> googling is required to use the feature.
> Am I missing anything?
>
> Vladimir
>
>
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