added direct bytes interface

gjson.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gjson
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/match"
 )
@@ -1080,6 +1081,11 @@ func parseArray(c *parseContext, i int, path string) (int, bool) {
 	return i, false
 }
 
+type parseContext struct {
+	json  string
+	value Result
+}
+
 // Get searches json for the specified path.
 // A path is in dot syntax, such as "name.last" or "age".
 // This function expects that the json is well-formed, and does not validate.
@@ -1127,9 +1133,18 @@ func Get(json, path string) Result {
 	return c.value
 }
 
-type parseContext struct {
-	json  string
-	value Result
+// GetBytes searches json for the specified path.
+// If working with bytes, this method preferred over Get(string(data), path)
+func GetBytes(json []byte, path string) Result {
+	var result Result
+	if json != nil {
+		// unsafe cast to string
+		result = Get(*(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&json)), path)
+		// copy of string data for safety
+		result.Raw = string(*(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&result.Raw)))
+		result.Str = string(*(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&result.Str)))
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 // unescape unescapes a string

gjson_test.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestRandomData(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		lstr = string(b[:n])
-		Get(lstr, "zzzz")
+		GetBytes([]byte(lstr), "zzzz")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -125,6 +125,21 @@ var basicJSON = `{"age":100, "name":{"here":"B\\\"R"},
     	]
 	}
 }`
+var basicJSONB = []byte(basicJSON)
+
+func TestByteSafety(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonb := []byte(`{"name":"Janet"}`)
+	mtok := GetBytes(jsonb, "name")
+	if mtok.String() != "Janet" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "Jason", mtok.String())
+	}
+	jsonb[9] = 'T'
+	jsonb[12] = 'd'
+	jsonb[13] = 'y'
+	if mtok.String() != "Janet" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "Jason", mtok.String())
+	}
+}
 
 func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	var mtok Result
@@ -134,6 +149,11 @@ func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "1002,3", mtok.String())
 	}
 
+	mtok = GetBytes(basicJSONB, `loggy.programmers.#[age=101].firstName`)
+	if mtok.String() != "1002.3" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "1002,3", mtok.String())
+	}
+
 	mtok = Get(basicJSON, `loggy.programmers.#[firstName == "Brett"].email`)
 	if mtok.String() != "aaaa" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", "aaaa", mtok.String())
@@ -740,3 +760,41 @@ func BenchmarkJSONParserGet(t *testing.B) {
 	}
 	t.N *= len(benchPaths) // because we are running against 3 paths
 }
+
+var massiveJSON = func() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	buf.WriteString("[")
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		if i > 0 {
+			buf.WriteByte(',')
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(exampleJSON)
+	}
+	buf.WriteString("]")
+	return buf.String()
+}()
+
+func BenchmarkConvertNone(t *testing.B) {
+	json := massiveJSON
+	t.ReportAllocs()
+	t.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+		Get(json, "50.widget.text.onMouseUp")
+	}
+}
+func BenchmarkConvertGet(t *testing.B) {
+	data := []byte(massiveJSON)
+	t.ReportAllocs()
+	t.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+		Get(string(data), "50.widget.text.onMouseUp")
+	}
+}
+func BenchmarkConvertGetBytes(t *testing.B) {
+	data := []byte(massiveJSON)
+	t.ReportAllocs()
+	t.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < t.N; i++ {
+		GetBytes(data, "50.widget.text.onMouseUp")
+	}
+}