We saw how JSON-P and JSON-B have turned JSON into a first-class citizen for Java EE 8, which is a welcome addition for developers working on REST APIs. The JSON Processing is a flexible API, as it offers an object model for working with in-memory JSON data and a streaming option for processing large JSON data. The JSON APIs are RFC compliant and have been updated according to the standards of JSON Patch, Merge, and Pointer. A JSON Pointer can be used to lookup a value within the target document, while a Patch or Merge is used along with HTTP PATCH for partial updates.
JSON-B does for JSON what JAXB did for XML. It offers a standard way of mapping Java classes to/from JSON. If you don't like the default JSON Binding mapping rules, which are useful for most use cases, you can still use the customisations available for both compile time and runtime.
While these APIs...