JsonFormatter / Add JSON Serialization Support

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JsonFormatter / Add JSON Serialization Support #93

Closed AdamsLair closed 7 years ago

AdamsLair commented 10 years ago

Add support for JSON as alternative to XML.
Pro:
- Smaller Resource files
- Higher data frequency than XML, but still human-readable
- A good excuse to create a plugin API for adding custom serialization formats to Duality
Con:
- Need to create said plugin API first in order to keep additional dependencies out of the core
- Probably won't add that much of value to the user, will still need to be maintained

Andrea commented 10 years ago

Would it make sense to also add other serializers (ie Protobuff, and other high performance serializers/picklers) Maybe I should open a new issue for this?

AdamsLair commented 10 years ago

The real issue is probably extending the plugin API to make custom serialization formats possible. From that point on, everyone can implement any format and publish it as a package. Considering that, I'd keep "all the other formats" out of the issue tracker for now. This one here is mostly a nudge for me to extend that API. :)

SirePi commented 10 years ago

Another thing that I feel might be interesting to see would be the possibility to package all resources in one single file. Do you think it might be added sometime in the future?

edit: sorry, didn't mean to mix the topic :(

AdamsLair commented 10 years ago

Yes, but that's a different issue. Please don't mix issues :D To your question: I've already thought about packaging options, but don't have a solid concept yet and am not planning to implement it in the near future. It definitely will come at some point, but it's not in sight yet.

AdamsLair commented 9 years ago

...or maybe use YAML instead?

Also, make sure the unit tests for serialization just use any kind of formatting that is available - whether defined in a plugin or not.

ilexp commented 9 years ago

Support for custom Serializers is now part of Duality, see here. Just define your own one in a Core Plugin, and it'll be a "first-class citizen" for serialization in both core and editor. This enables projects to use their own kind of serialization, as well as multiple distinct Serializers for different purposes - such as a fast binary format without metadata and versioning for non-dev releases of the game or similar.

ilexp commented 7 years ago

Closing this, as it has become a non-issue now that custom serialization can be added via plugin.