function simpleStringify(o) {
let cache = [];
let data = JSON.stringify(o, function(key, value) {
if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
if (cache.indexOf(value) !== -1) {
// Circular reference found, discard key
return;
}
// Store value in our collection
cache.push(value);
}
return value;
});
cache = null;
return data;
}
var testData = {"web-app": {
"servlet": [
{
"servlet-name": "cofaxCDS",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.CDSServlet",
"init-param": {
"configGlossary:installationAt": "Philadelphia, PA",
"configGlossary:adminEmail": "ksm@pobox.com",
"configGlossary:poweredBy": "Cofax",
"configGlossary:poweredByIcon": "/images/cofax.gif",
"configGlossary:staticPath": "/content/static",
"templateProcessorClass": "org.cofax.WysiwygTemplate",
"templateLoaderClass": "org.cofax.FilesTemplateLoader",
"templatePath": "templates",
"templateOverridePath": "",
"defaultListTemplate": "listTemplate.htm",
"defaultFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.htm",
"useJSP": false,
"jspListTemplate": "listTemplate.jsp",
"jspFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.jsp",
"cachePackageTagsTrack": 200,
"cachePackageTagsStore": 200,
"cachePackageTagsRefresh": 60,
"cacheTemplatesTrack": 100,
"cacheTemplatesStore": 50,
"cacheTemplatesRefresh": 15,
"cachePagesTrack": 200,
"cachePagesStore": 100,
"cachePagesRefresh": 10,
"cachePagesDirtyRead": 10,
"searchEngineListTemplate": "forSearchEnginesList.htm",
"searchEngineFileTemplate": "forSearchEngines.htm",
"searchEngineRobotsDb": "WEB-INF/robots.db",
"useDataStore": true,
"dataStoreClass": "org.cofax.SqlDataStore",
"redirectionClass": "org.cofax.SqlRedirection",
"dataStoreName": "cofax",
"dataStoreDriver": "com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver",
"dataStoreUrl": "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://LOCALHOST:1433;DatabaseName=goon",
"dataStoreUser": "sa",
"dataStorePassword": "dataStoreTestQuery",
"dataStoreTestQuery": "SET NOCOUNT ON;select test='test';",
"dataStoreLogFile": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/datastore.log",
"dataStoreInitConns": 10,
"dataStoreMaxConns": 100,
"dataStoreConnUsageLimit": 100,
"dataStoreLogLevel": "debug",
"maxUrlLength": 500}},
{
"servlet-name": "cofaxEmail",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.EmailServlet",
"init-param": {
"mailHost": "mail1",
"mailHostOverride": "mail2"}},
{
"servlet-name": "cofaxAdmin",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.AdminServlet"},
{
"servlet-name": "fileServlet",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.FileServlet"},
{
"servlet-name": "cofaxTools",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cms.CofaxToolsServlet",
"init-param": {
"templatePath": "toolstemplates/",
"log": 1,
"logLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/CofaxTools.log",
"logMaxSize": "",
"dataLog": 1,
"dataLogLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/dataLog.log",
"dataLogMaxSize": "",
"removePageCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=pages&id=",
"removeTemplateCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=templates&id=",
"fileTransferFolder": "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/content/fileTransferFolder",
"lookInContext": 1,
"adminGroupID": 4,
"betaServer": true}}],
"servlet-mapping": {
"cofaxCDS": "/",
"cofaxEmail": "/cofaxutil/aemail/*",
"cofaxAdmin": "/admin/*",
"fileServlet": "/static/*",
"cofaxTools": "/tools/*"},
"taglib": {
"taglib-uri": "cofax.tld",
"taglib-location": "/WEB-INF/tlds/cofax.tld"}}};
simpleStringify(testData);
JSON.stringify(testData)
--enable-precise-memory-info
flag.
Test case name | Result |
---|---|
simpleStringify | |
JSON.stringify |
Test name | Executions per second |
---|---|
simpleStringify | 54183.1 Ops/sec |
JSON.stringify | 103578.6 Ops/sec |
Measuring performance differences between two approaches for serializing JavaScript objects is an interesting task.
Benchmark Definition
The benchmark definition consists of two scripts: simpleStringify
and JSON.stringify
. The simpleStringify
function manually implements the serialization process, while JSON.stringify
uses the built-in JSON serializer.
Options Compared
Library Used
The simpleStringify
function uses a simple caching mechanism to avoid serializing circular references. The cache is implemented using an array (cache
), which stores values that have already been serialized.
Individual Test Cases
There are two test cases:
simpleStringify(testData)
function, where testData
is a complex JavaScript object containing various serializable and non-serializable properties.JSON.stringify(testData)
function, which serializes the same testData
object using the built-in JSON serializer.Latest Benchmark Result
The latest benchmark result shows that:
simpleStringify
approach has a higher execution frequency per second (103578.625) compared to the JSON.stringify
approach (54183.125). However, this may be due to the caching mechanism in simpleStringify
, which avoids unnecessary serializations.In conclusion, while the simpleStringify
function provides more control over the serialization process, it also introduces additional complexity and debugging time. The built-in JSON.stringify
function is widely supported, optimized for performance, and suitable for most use cases.