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Posted to commits@johnzon.apache.org by rm...@apache.org on 2014/07/30 18:39:13 UTC

[2/2] git commit: FLEECE-10 FLEECE-11 performance enhancements from Hendrik Saly, thanks a lot!

FLEECE-10 FLEECE-11 performance enhancements from Hendrik Saly, thanks a lot!


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/commit/192c774a
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/tree/192c774a
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/diff/192c774a

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 192c774a8a3e89655faa5a9498cf28d05ce3dd82
Parents: 675ec9d
Author: Romain Manni-Bucau <rm...@gmail.com>
Authored: Wed Jul 30 18:38:58 2014 +0200
Committer: Romain Manni-Bucau <rm...@gmail.com>
Committed: Wed Jul 30 18:38:58 2014 +0200

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 .../core/EscapedStringAwareJsonParser.java      |  25 -
 .../fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java       |  85 ++-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java   | 102 +--
 .../fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java     |  26 +-
 .../java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java  |   6 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java  |  12 +-
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFacade.java | 186 -----
 .../fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java   |  89 ++-
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java   | 734 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java  |  93 +--
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java    |   8 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java    |   7 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java  |  19 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java      |  63 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java  |  61 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java      |  62 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonPrettyGeneratorImpl.java    | 306 ++++++--
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonProviderImpl.java    |  31 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonReaderFactoryImpl.java      |  26 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonReaderImpl.java  | 239 ++----
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonReaderListener.java  |  43 --
 .../fleece/core/JsonReaderListenerFactory.java  |  25 -
 .../fleece/core/JsonStreamParserImpl.java       |  20 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonStringImpl.java  |  28 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonWriterFactoryImpl.java      |  38 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonWriterImpl.java  |  32 +-
 .../core/RFC4627AwareInputStreamReader.java     |  30 +-
 .../java/org/apache/fleece/core/Strings.java    |  13 +-
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImplTest.java   |  33 +-
 .../fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImplTest.java      | 126 ++++
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImplTest.java  |   9 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserTest.java  |  63 +-
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonReaderImplTest.java  |  15 +
 .../apache/fleece/core/JsonWriterImplTest.java  |   7 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/core/LocationTest.java    |  49 +-
 .../java/org/apache/fleece/mapper/Mapper.java   |  12 +-
 .../org/apache/fleece/mapper/MapperTest.java    | 150 +++-
 37 files changed, 1865 insertions(+), 1008 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/EscapedStringAwareJsonParser.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/EscapedStringAwareJsonParser.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/EscapedStringAwareJsonParser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 56cb7a5..0000000
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/EscapedStringAwareJsonParser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.fleece.core;
-
-import javax.json.stream.JsonParser;
-
-public interface EscapedStringAwareJsonParser extends JsonParser {
-    String getEscapedString();
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java
index d5620fd..a92eede 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayBuilderImpl.java
@@ -18,114 +18,113 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-public class JsonArrayBuilderImpl implements JsonArrayBuilder, Serializable {
-    private final JsonArrayImpl array = new JsonArrayImpl();
+class JsonArrayBuilderImpl implements JsonArrayBuilder, Serializable {
+    private List<JsonValue> tmpList;
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final JsonValue value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            throw npe();
-        }
-        array.addInternal(value);
+        addValue(value);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final String value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            throw npe();
-        }
-        array.addInternal(new JsonStringImpl(value));
+        addValue(new JsonStringImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final BigDecimal value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            throw npe();
-        }
-        array.addInternal(new JsonNumberImpl(value));
+        addValue(new JsonNumberImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final BigInteger value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            throw npe();
-        }
-        array.addInternal(new JsonNumberImpl(new BigDecimal(value)));
+        addValue(new JsonNumberImpl(new BigDecimal(value)));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final int value) {
-        array.addInternal(new JsonLongImpl(value));
+        addValue(new JsonLongImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final long value) {
-        array.addInternal(new JsonLongImpl(value));
+        addValue(new JsonLongImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final double value) {
-        final Double valueObject = Double.valueOf(value);
-        if (valueObject.isInfinite()) {
-            throw new NumberFormatException("value must not be infinite");
-        }
-        if (valueObject.isNaN()) {
-            throw new NumberFormatException("value must not be NaN");
-        }
-        array.addInternal(new JsonDoubleImpl(value));
+        addValue(new JsonDoubleImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final boolean value) {
-        array.addInternal(value ? JsonValue.TRUE : JsonValue.FALSE);
+        addValue(value ? JsonValue.TRUE : JsonValue.FALSE);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder addNull() {
-        array.addInternal(JsonValue.NULL);
+        addValue(JsonValue.NULL);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final JsonObjectBuilder builder) {
-        if (builder == null) {
-            throw new NullPointerException("builder must not be null");
-        }
-        array.addInternal(builder.build());
+        addValue(builder.build());
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArrayBuilder add(final JsonArrayBuilder builder) {
-        if (builder == null) {
-            throw new NullPointerException("builder must not be null");
-        }
-        array.addInternal(builder.build());
+        addValue(builder.build());
         return this;
     }
+    
+    private void addValue(JsonValue value){
+        if (value == null) {
+            throw npe();
+        }
+        
+        if(tmpList==null){
+            tmpList=new ArrayList<JsonValue>();
+        }
+        
+        tmpList.add(value);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public JsonArray build() {
-        return array;
+        
+        if(tmpList == null) {
+            return new JsonArrayImpl(Collections.EMPTY_LIST);
+        } else {
+            List<JsonValue> dump = (Collections.unmodifiableList(tmpList));
+            tmpList=null;
+            return new JsonArrayImpl(dump);
+        }
+        
     }
 
     private static NullPointerException npe() {
-        throw new NullPointerException("value must not be null");
+        throw new NullPointerException("value/builder must not be null");
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java
index afb6b63..fa1e230 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonArrayImpl.java
@@ -18,26 +18,36 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.AbstractList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import javax.json.JsonString;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
 
-public class JsonArrayImpl extends LinkedList<JsonValue> implements JsonArray, Serializable {
+class JsonArrayImpl extends AbstractList<JsonValue> implements JsonArray, Serializable {
     private Integer hashCode = null;
+    private final List<JsonValue> unmodifieableBackingList;
+
+    JsonArrayImpl(List<JsonValue> backingList) {
+        super();
+        this.unmodifieableBackingList = backingList;
+    }
+
+
 
     private <T> T value(final int idx, final Class<T> type) {
-        if (idx > size()) {
-            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(idx + "/" + size());
+        if (idx > unmodifieableBackingList.size()) {
+            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(idx + "/" + unmodifieableBackingList.size());
         }
-        return type.cast(get(idx));
+        return type.cast(unmodifieableBackingList.get(idx));
     }
+    
+    
 
     @Override
     public JsonObject getJsonObject(final int index) {
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ public class JsonArrayImpl extends LinkedList<JsonValue> implements JsonArray, S
 
     @Override
     public <T extends JsonValue> List<T> getValuesAs(final Class<T> clazz) {
-        return (List<T>) this;
+        return (List<T>) unmodifieableBackingList;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -119,12 +129,12 @@ public class JsonArrayImpl extends LinkedList<JsonValue> implements JsonArray, S
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("[");
-        final Iterator<JsonValue> it = iterator();
+        final Iterator<JsonValue> it = unmodifieableBackingList.iterator();
         boolean hasNext = it.hasNext();
         while (hasNext) {
             final JsonValue jsonValue = it.next();
             if (JsonString.class.isInstance(jsonValue)) {
-                builder.append(JsonChars.QUOTE).append(jsonValue.toString()).append(JsonChars.QUOTE);
+                builder.append(jsonValue.toString());
             } else {
                 builder.append(jsonValue != JsonValue.NULL ? jsonValue.toString() : JsonChars.NULL);
             }
@@ -138,69 +148,27 @@ public class JsonArrayImpl extends LinkedList<JsonValue> implements JsonArray, S
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
-        return JsonArray.class.isInstance(obj) && super.equals(obj);
-    }
-
-    //make protected if class is supposed to be subclassed
-    //make package private otherwise
-    protected void addInternal(final JsonValue value) {
-        super.add(value);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean add(final JsonValue element) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean addAll(final int index, final Collection<? extends JsonValue> c) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean remove(final Object o) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonValue remove(final int index) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void add(final int index, final JsonValue element) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void clear() {
-        throw immutable();
+        return JsonArrayImpl.class.isInstance(obj) && unmodifieableBackingList.equals(JsonArrayImpl.class.cast(obj).unmodifieableBackingList);
     }
 
+    
     @Override
-    public boolean retainAll(final Collection<?> c) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean removeAll(final Collection<?> c) {
-        throw immutable();
+    public int hashCode() {
+        Integer h=hashCode;
+        if (h == null) {
+            h = unmodifieableBackingList.hashCode();
+            h=hashCode;
+        }
+        return h;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JsonValue set(final int index, final JsonValue element) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    private static UnsupportedOperationException immutable() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("JsonArray is immutable. You can create another one thanks to JsonArrayBuilder");
+    public JsonValue get(int index) {
+        return unmodifieableBackingList.get(index);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
-        if (hashCode == null) {
-            hashCode = super.hashCode();
-        }
-        return hashCode;
+    public int size() {
+        return unmodifieableBackingList.size();
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java
index 5e59640..76b0455 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonBuilderFactoryImpl.java
@@ -18,18 +18,30 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonBuilderFactory;
 import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
+class JsonBuilderFactoryImpl implements JsonBuilderFactory {
+    private final Map<String, Object> internalConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private static final String[] SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS = new String[] {
+    //nothing yet
+
+    };
 
-public class JsonBuilderFactoryImpl implements JsonBuilderFactory {
-    private final Map<String, ?> config;
+    JsonBuilderFactoryImpl(final Map<String, ?> config) {
+        if (config != null) {
 
-    public JsonBuilderFactoryImpl(final Map<String, ?> config) {
-        this.config = config;
+            for (final String configKey : SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS) {
+                if (config.containsKey(configKey)) {
+                    internalConfig.put(configKey, config.get(configKey));
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -44,6 +56,6 @@ public class JsonBuilderFactoryImpl implements JsonBuilderFactory {
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, ?> getConfigInUse() {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(config);
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(internalConfig);
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java
index 3a92c9b..b135886 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonChars.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public interface JsonChars {
     char END_OBJECT_CHAR = '}';
     char START_ARRAY_CHAR = '[';
     char END_ARRAY_CHAR = ']';
-    char QUOTE = '"';
-    char COMMA = ',';
+    char QUOTE_CHAR = '"';
+    char COMMA_CHAR = ',';
     char KEY_SEPARATOR = ':';
     
     char EOL = '\n';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public interface JsonChars {
     char FORMFEED = '\f';
     char CR = '\r';
 
-    String NULL = "null";
+    String NULL = "null".intern();
     
     static final byte START_ARRAY = (byte) Event.START_ARRAY.ordinal();
     static final byte START_OBJECT = (byte) Event.START_OBJECT.ordinal();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java
index 5b63d41..4ff90f9 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonDoubleImpl.java
@@ -18,14 +18,20 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-public class JsonDoubleImpl implements JsonNumber {
+import javax.json.JsonNumber;
+
+final class JsonDoubleImpl implements JsonNumber {
     private final double value;
 
-    public JsonDoubleImpl(final double value) {
+    JsonDoubleImpl(final double value) {
+        
+        if(Double.isInfinite(value) || Double.isNaN(value)) {
+            throw new NumberFormatException("double value must to be NaN or Infinite");
+        }
+        
         this.value = value;
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFacade.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFacade.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFacade.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bf1245a..0000000
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFacade.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.fleece.core;
-
-import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-
-// basically a proxy but java.lang.reflect.Proxy would be too slow for JSon
-//
-// just a facade allowing to reuse the same pointer (instance)
-// without using a fluent API
-public class JsonGeneratorFacade implements JsonGenerator, Serializable {
-    private JsonGenerator delegate;
-
-    public JsonGeneratorFacade(final JsonGenerator delegate) {
-        this.delegate = delegate;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeStartObject() {
-        delegate = delegate.writeStartObject();
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeStartObject(final String name) {
-        delegate = delegate.writeStartObject(name);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeStartArray() {
-        delegate = delegate.writeStartArray();
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeStartArray(final String name) {
-        delegate = delegate.writeStartArray(name);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final JsonValue value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final String value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final BigInteger value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final BigDecimal value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final int value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final long value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final double value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final boolean value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(name, value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeNull(final String name) {
-        delegate = delegate.writeNull(name);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeEnd() {
-        delegate = delegate.writeEnd();
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final JsonValue value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final String value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final BigDecimal value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final BigInteger value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final int value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final long value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final double value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator write(final boolean value) {
-        delegate = delegate.write(value);
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator writeNull() {
-        delegate = delegate.writeNull();
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        delegate.close();
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void flush() {
-        delegate.flush();
-    }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java
index a320a14..573ca70 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl.java
@@ -18,53 +18,104 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGeneratorFactory;
-
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-public class JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl implements JsonGeneratorFactory, Serializable {
-    private final Map<String, ?> config;
-    private final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonGeneratorFactory;
+
+public class JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl implements JsonGeneratorFactory, Serializable {    
+    public static final String BUFFER_LENGTH = "org.apache.fleece.default-char-buffer-generator";
+    public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH = Integer.getInteger(BUFFER_LENGTH, 1024); //TODO check default string length/buffer size
+    private final Map<String, Object> internalConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private static final String[] SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS = new String[] {
+        
+        JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING, BUFFER_LENGTH, JsonParserFactoryImpl.BUFFER_STRATEGY 
+        
+    };
+    //key caching currently disabled
+    private final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache = null;//new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
     private final boolean pretty;
+    private final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider;
 
     public JsonGeneratorFactoryImpl(final Map<String, ?> config) {
-        this.config = config;
-        this.pretty = Boolean.TRUE.equals(config.get(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING)) || "true".equals(config.get(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING));
+        
+          if(config != null) {
+          
+              for (String configKey : SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS) {
+                  if(config.containsKey(configKey)) {
+                      internalConfig.put(configKey, config.get(configKey));
+                  }
+              }
+          } 
+
+          if(internalConfig.containsKey(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING)) {
+              this.pretty = Boolean.TRUE.equals(internalConfig.get(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING)) || "true".equals(internalConfig.get(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING));
+          } else {
+              this.pretty = false;
+          }
+          
+          final int bufferSize = getInt(BUFFER_LENGTH);
+          if (bufferSize <= 0) {
+              throw new IllegalArgumentException("buffer length must be greater than zero");
+          }
+
+          this.bufferProvider = getBufferProvider().newCharProvider(bufferSize);
+    }
+    
+    private BufferStrategy getBufferProvider() {
+        final Object name = internalConfig.get(JsonParserFactoryImpl.BUFFER_STRATEGY);
+        if (name != null) {
+            return BufferStrategy.valueOf(name.toString().toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
+        }
+        return BufferStrategy.QUEUE;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public JsonGenerator createGenerator(final Writer writer) {
-        return new JsonGeneratorFacade(newJsonGeneratorImpl(writer));
+    private int getInt(final String key) {
+        final Object maxStringSize = internalConfig.get(key);
+        if (maxStringSize == null) {
+            return DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH;
+        } else if (Number.class.isInstance(maxStringSize)) {
+            return Number.class.cast(maxStringSize).intValue();
+        }
+        return Integer.parseInt(maxStringSize.toString());
     }
 
-    private JsonGenerator newJsonGeneratorImpl(final Writer writer) {
+    @Override
+    public JsonGenerator createGenerator(final Writer writer) {
         if (pretty) {
-            return new JsonPrettyGeneratorImpl(writer, cache);
+            return new JsonPrettyGeneratorImpl(writer, bufferProvider, cache);
         }
-        return new JsonGeneratorImpl<JsonGeneratorImpl<?>>(writer, cache);
+        return new JsonGeneratorImpl(writer, bufferProvider, cache);
     }
 
+   
+
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator createGenerator(final OutputStream out) {
-        return createGenerator(new OutputStreamWriter(out));
+        if (pretty) {
+            return new JsonPrettyGeneratorImpl(out, bufferProvider, cache);
+        }
+        return new JsonGeneratorImpl(out, bufferProvider, cache);
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator createGenerator(final OutputStream out, final Charset charset) {
-        return createGenerator(new OutputStreamWriter(out, charset));
+        if (pretty) {
+            return new JsonPrettyGeneratorImpl(out,charset, bufferProvider, cache);
+        }
+        return new JsonGeneratorImpl(out,charset, bufferProvider, cache);
     }
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, ?> getConfigInUse() {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(config);
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(internalConfig);
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java
index 7a77a11..a1d0a53 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonGeneratorImpl.java
@@ -18,144 +18,371 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.JsonString;
-import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerationException;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
-public class JsonGeneratorImpl<P extends JsonGeneratorImpl<?>> implements JsonGenerator, JsonChars, Serializable {
-    protected static final String START_ARRAY = "[";
-    protected static final String END_ARRAY = "]";
-    protected static final String END_OBJECT = "}";
-    protected static final String START_OBJECT = "{";
-    protected static final String NULL = "null";
-    protected static final String NULL_KEY = "null:";
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonException;
+import javax.json.JsonNumber;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonString;
+import javax.json.JsonStructure;
+import javax.json.JsonValue;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerationException;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
 
-    protected final Writer writer;
-    protected final P parent;
-    protected final boolean array;
-    protected final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache;
+class JsonGeneratorImpl implements JsonGenerator, JsonChars, Serializable {
+    private static final Charset UTF8_CHARSET = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
 
+    private final Writer writer;
+    private final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider;
+    private final char[] buffer;
+    private int bufferPos = 0;
+    //private final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache;
     protected boolean needComma = false;
 
-    public JsonGeneratorImpl(final Writer writer, final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache) {
-        this(writer, null, false, cache);
+    private StructureElement currentStructureElement = null;
+    private boolean valid = false;
+    protected int depth = 0;
+
+    //minimal stack implementation
+    private static final class StructureElement {
+        final StructureElement previous;
+        final boolean isArray;
+
+        StructureElement(final StructureElement previous, final boolean isArray) {
+            super();
+            this.previous = previous;
+            this.isArray = isArray;
+        }
     }
 
-    public JsonGeneratorImpl(final Writer writer, final P parent, final boolean array,
-                             final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache) {
+    JsonGeneratorImpl(final Writer writer, final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider,
+            final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache) {
         this.writer = writer;
-        this.parent = parent;
-        this.array = array;
-        this.cache = cache;
+        //this.cache = cache;
+        this.buffer = bufferProvider.newBuffer();
+        this.bufferProvider = bufferProvider;
+    }
+
+    JsonGeneratorImpl(final OutputStream out, final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider,
+            final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache) {
+        this(new OutputStreamWriter(out, UTF8_CHARSET), bufferProvider, cache);
     }
 
-    private void addCommaIfNeeded() {
+    JsonGeneratorImpl(final OutputStream out, final Charset encoding, final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider,
+            final ConcurrentMap<String, String> cache) {
+        this(new OutputStreamWriter(out, encoding), bufferProvider, cache);
+    }
+
+    protected void addCommaIfNeeded() {
         if (needComma) {
-            try {
-                writer.write(',');
-            } catch (final IOException e) {
-                throw new JsonGenerationException(e.getMessage(), e);
-            }
+            justWrite(COMMA_CHAR);
             needComma = false;
         }
-    }
 
-    protected JsonGenerator newJsonGenerator(final Writer writer, final P parent, final boolean array) {
-        return new JsonGeneratorImpl<P>(writer, parent, array, cache);
     }
 
-    // we cache key only since they are generally fixed
-    private String key(final String name) {
-        if (name == null) {
-            return NULL_KEY;
-        }
-        String k = cache.get(name);
+    //caching currently disabled
+    //two problems:
+    // 1) not easy to get the escaped value efficiently wen its streamed and the buffer is full and needs to be flushed
+    // 2) we have to use a kind of bounded threadsafe map to let the cache not grow indefinitely
+    private void writeCachedOrEscape(final String name) {
+      /*  String k = cache.get(name);
+        
         if (k == null) {
-            k = '"' + Strings.escape(name) + "\":";
-            cache.putIfAbsent(name, k);
+                
+                justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+                int start = bufferPos;
+                writeEscaped0(name);
+                int end = bufferPos;
+                String escaped= get from buffer
+                ---
+                //FIXME if buffer is flushed this will not work here
+                cache.putIfAbsent(name, escaped);
+                justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+                justWrite(KEY_SEPARATOR);
+        }else*/
+        {
+            justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+            writeEscaped0(name);
+            justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+            justWrite(KEY_SEPARATOR);
         }
-        return k;
+
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeStartObject() {
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(START_OBJECT);
-        return newJsonGenerator(writer, (P) this, false);
+
+        if (currentStructureElement == null && valid) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called more than once in no context");
+        }
+
+        if (currentStructureElement != null && !currentStructureElement.isArray) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called within an object context");
+        }
+
+        //push upon the stack
+        if (currentStructureElement == null) {
+            currentStructureElement = new StructureElement(null, false);
+        } else {
+            final StructureElement localStructureElement = new StructureElement(currentStructureElement, false);
+            currentStructureElement = localStructureElement;
+        }
+
+        if (!valid) {
+            valid = true;
+        }
+
+        noCheckWrite(START_OBJECT_CHAR);
+        depth++;
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeStartObject(final String name) {
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name) + START_OBJECT);
-        return newJsonGenerator(writer, (P) this, false);
+        if (currentStructureElement == null || currentStructureElement.isArray) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called within an array context");
+        }
+
+        //push upon the stack
+        if (currentStructureElement == null) {
+            currentStructureElement = new StructureElement(null, false);
+        } else {
+            final StructureElement localStructureElement = new StructureElement(currentStructureElement, false);
+            currentStructureElement = localStructureElement;
+        }
+
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWrite(START_OBJECT_CHAR);
+        depth++;
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeStartArray() {
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(START_ARRAY);
-        return newJsonGenerator(writer, (P) this, true);
+        if (currentStructureElement == null && valid) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called more than once in no context");
+        }
+
+        if (currentStructureElement != null && !currentStructureElement.isArray) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called within an object context");
+        }
+
+        //push upon the stack
+        if (currentStructureElement == null) {
+            currentStructureElement = new StructureElement(null, true);
+        } else {
+            final StructureElement localStructureElement = new StructureElement(currentStructureElement, true);
+            currentStructureElement = localStructureElement;
+        }
+
+        if (!valid) {
+            valid = true;
+        }
+
+        noCheckWrite(START_ARRAY_CHAR);
+        depth++;
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeStartArray(final String name) {
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name) + START_ARRAY);
-        return newJsonGenerator(writer, (P) this, true);
+        if (currentStructureElement == null || currentStructureElement.isArray) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called within an array context");
+        }
+
+        //push upon the stack
+        if (currentStructureElement == null) {
+            currentStructureElement = new StructureElement(null, true);
+        } else {
+            final StructureElement localStructureElement = new StructureElement(currentStructureElement, true);
+            currentStructureElement = localStructureElement;
+        }
+
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWrite(START_ARRAY_CHAR);
+        depth++;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    private void writeJsonValue(final String name, final JsonValue value) {
+        if (currentStructureElement != null) {
+            checkObject();
+        }
+        //TODO check null handling
+        switch (value.getValueType()) {
+            case ARRAY:
+                writeStartArray(name);
+                final JsonArray array = JsonArray.class.cast(value);
+                final Iterator<JsonValue> ait = array.iterator();
+                while (ait.hasNext()) {
+                    write(ait.next());
+                }
+                writeEnd();
+
+                break;
+            case OBJECT:
+                writeStartObject(name);
+                final JsonObject object = JsonObject.class.cast(value);
+                final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> oit = object.entrySet().iterator();
+                while (oit.hasNext()) {
+                    final Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> keyval = oit.next();
+                    write(keyval.getKey(), keyval.getValue());
+                }
+                writeEnd();
+
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                write(name, JsonString.class.cast(value).getString());
+                break;
+            case NUMBER:
+                //TODO optimize
+                final JsonNumber number = JsonNumber.class.cast(value);
+                if (number.isIntegral()) {
+                    write(name, number.longValueExact());
+                } else {
+                    write(name, number.bigDecimalValue());
+                }
+                break;
+            case TRUE:
+                write(name, true);
+                break;
+            case FALSE:
+                write(name, false);
+                break;
+            case NULL:
+                writeNull(name);
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new JsonGenerationException("Unknown JsonValue type");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeJsonValue(final JsonValue value) {
+        if (currentStructureElement != null) {
+            checkArray();
+        }
+        //TODO check null handling
+        switch (value.getValueType()) {
+            case ARRAY:
+                writeStartArray();
+                final JsonArray array = JsonArray.class.cast(value);
+                final Iterator<JsonValue> ait = array.iterator();
+                while (ait.hasNext()) {
+                    write(ait.next());
+                }
+                writeEnd();
+
+                break;
+            case OBJECT:
+                writeStartObject();
+                final JsonObject object = JsonObject.class.cast(value);
+                final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> oit = object.entrySet().iterator();
+                while (oit.hasNext()) {
+                    final Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> keyval = oit.next();
+                    write(keyval.getKey(), keyval.getValue());
+                }
+                writeEnd();
+
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                write(JsonString.class.cast(value).getString());
+                break;
+            case NUMBER:
+                //TODO optimize
+                final JsonNumber number = JsonNumber.class.cast(value);
+                if (number.isIntegral()) {
+                    write(number.longValueExact());
+                } else {
+                    write(number.bigDecimalValue());
+                }
+                break;
+            case TRUE:
+                write(true);
+                break;
+            case FALSE:
+                write(false);
+                break;
+            case NULL:
+                writeNull();
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new JsonGenerationException("Unknown JsonValue type");
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final JsonValue value) {
-        if (JsonString.class.isInstance(value)) {
-            return write(name, value == null ? null : value.toString());
-        }
-        checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(value == null ? NULL : value.toString());
+        writeJsonValue(name, value);
         return this;
     }
 
+
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final String value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(value == null ? NULL : "\"" + Strings.escape(value) + "\"");
+
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+        writeEscaped0(value);
+        justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+        needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final BigInteger value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(value == null ? NULL : value.toString());
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(String.valueOf(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final BigDecimal value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(value == null ? NULL : value.toString());
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(String.valueOf(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final int value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(String.valueOf(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeInt0(value);
+        needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final long value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(String.valueOf(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeLong0(value);
+        needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -163,47 +390,67 @@ public class JsonGeneratorImpl<P extends JsonGeneratorImpl<?>> implements JsonGe
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final double value) {
         checkObject();
         checkDoubleRange(value);
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(String.valueOf(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(String.valueOf(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String name, final boolean value) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(String.valueOf(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(String.valueOf(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeNull(final String name) {
         checkObject();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(key(name));
-        justWrite(NULL);
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeCachedOrEscape(name);
+        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(NULL);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator writeEnd() {
-        needComma = false;
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(array ? END_ARRAY : END_OBJECT);
-        return parent != null ? parent : this;
+        if (currentStructureElement == null) {
+            throw new JsonGenerationException("Method must not be called in no context");
+        }
+
+        writeEnd(currentStructureElement.isArray ? END_ARRAY_CHAR : END_OBJECT_CHAR);
+
+        //pop from stack
+        currentStructureElement = currentStructureElement.previous;
+        depth--;
+
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final JsonValue value) {
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(String.valueOf(value));
+        writeJsonValue(value);
+
+        if (JsonStructure.class.isInstance(value)) {
+            valid = true;
+        }
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final String value) {
         checkArray();
-        noCheckWriteAndForceComma(QUOTE+Strings.escape(value)+QUOTE);
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+        writeEscaped0(value);
+        justWrite(QUOTE_CHAR);
+        needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
 
+
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final BigDecimal value) {
         checkArray();
@@ -223,7 +470,8 @@ public class JsonGeneratorImpl<P extends JsonGeneratorImpl<?>> implements JsonGe
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final int value) {
         checkArray();
-        noCheckWrite(Integer.toString(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeInt0(value);
         needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
@@ -231,7 +479,8 @@ public class JsonGeneratorImpl<P extends JsonGeneratorImpl<?>> implements JsonGe
     @Override
     public JsonGenerator write(final long value) {
         checkArray();
-        noCheckWrite(Long.toString(value));
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        writeLong0(value);
         needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
@@ -263,56 +512,359 @@ public class JsonGeneratorImpl<P extends JsonGeneratorImpl<?>> implements JsonGe
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
+
         try {
-            writer.close();
-        } catch (final IOException e) {
-            throw new JsonGenerationException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            if (currentStructureElement != null || !valid) {
+
+                throw new JsonGenerationException("Invalid json " + currentStructureElement + " " + valid);
+            }
+        } finally {
+
+            flushBuffer();
+
+            try {
+                writer.close();
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                throw new JsonException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+
+            bufferProvider.release(buffer);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void flush() {
+
+        flushBuffer();
+
         try {
             writer.flush();
         } catch (final IOException e) {
-            throw new JsonGenerationException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new JsonException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
     }
 
-    protected JsonGenerator noCheckWriteAndForceComma(final String value) {
+    private JsonGenerator noCheckWriteAndForceComma(final String value) {
         noCheckWrite(value);
         needComma = true;
         return this;
     }
 
-    private void noCheckWrite(String value) {
+    protected JsonGenerator writeEnd(final char value) {
+        justWrite(value);
+        needComma = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    protected void noCheckWrite(final String value) {
         addCommaIfNeeded();
         justWrite(value);
     }
 
-    private void justWrite(final String value) {
-        try {
-            writer.write(value);
-        } catch (final IOException e) {
-            throw new JsonGenerationException(e.getMessage(), e);
+    protected void noCheckWrite(final char value) {
+        addCommaIfNeeded();
+        justWrite(value);
+    }
+
+    private void flushBuffer() {
+
+        if (bufferPos > 0) {
+
+            try {
+                writer.write(buffer, 0, bufferPos);
+                bufferPos = 0;
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                throw new JsonException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeEscaped0(final String value) {
+        int len = 0;
+        if (value == null || (len = value.length()) == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
+            char c = value.charAt(i);
+
+            while (c != ESCAPE_CHAR && c != QUOTE_CHAR && c >= SPACE) {
+                
+                //read fast
+                justWrite(c);
+
+                if (i >= len - 1) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                i++;
+                c = value.charAt(i);
+            }
+
+            switch (c) {
+                case QUOTE_CHAR:
+                case ESCAPE_CHAR:
+                    justWrite(ESCAPE_CHAR);
+                    justWrite(c);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    if (c < SPACE) {
+                        switch (c) {
+                            case EOL:
+                                justWrite("\\n");
+                                break;
+                            case '\r':
+                                justWrite("\\r");
+                                break;
+                            case '\t':
+                                justWrite("\\t");
+                                break;
+                            case '\b':
+                                justWrite("\\b");
+                                break;
+                            case '\f':
+                                justWrite("\\f");
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                justWrite(toUnicode(c));
+                        }
+                    } else if ((c >= '\u0080' && c < '\u00a0') || (c >= '\u2000' && c < '\u2100')) {
+                        justWrite(toUnicode(c));
+                    } else {
+                        justWrite(c);
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static final String UNICODE_PREFIX = "\\u";
+    private static final String UNICODE_PREFIX_HELPER = "000";
+
+    private static String toUnicode(final char c) {
+
+        final String hex = UNICODE_PREFIX_HELPER + Integer.toHexString(c);
+        final String s = UNICODE_PREFIX + hex.substring(hex.length() - 4);
+
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    protected void justWrite(final char[] chars) {
+
+        if (bufferPos + chars.length >= buffer.length) {
+
+            int start = 0;
+            int len = buffer.length - bufferPos;
+
+            while (true) {
+                int end = start + len;
+                if (end > chars.length) {
+                    end = chars.length;
+                }
+
+                System.arraycopy(chars, start, buffer, bufferPos, end - start);
+
+                bufferPos += (end - start);
+                start += (len);
+
+                if (start >= chars.length) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (bufferPos >= buffer.length) {
+                    flushBuffer();
+                    len = buffer.length;
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            //fits completely into the buffer
+            System.arraycopy(chars, 0, buffer, bufferPos, chars.length);
+            bufferPos += chars.length;
         }
+
     }
 
+    protected void justWrite(final String value) {
+        final int valueLength = value.length();
+
+        if (bufferPos + valueLength >= buffer.length) {
+
+            int start = 0;
+            int len = buffer.length - bufferPos;
+
+            while (true) {
+                int end = start + len;
+                if (end > valueLength) {
+                    end = valueLength;
+                }
+
+                value.getChars(start, end, buffer, bufferPos);
+
+                bufferPos += (end - start);
+                start += (len);
+
+                if (start >= valueLength) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (bufferPos >= buffer.length) {
+                    flushBuffer();
+                    len = buffer.length;
+                }
+
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            //fits completely into the buffer
+            value.getChars(0, valueLength, buffer, bufferPos);
+            bufferPos += valueLength;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    protected void justWrite(final char value) {
+
+        if (bufferPos >= buffer.length) {
+            flushBuffer();
+        }
+
+        buffer[bufferPos++] = value;
+
+    }
+    
     private void checkObject() {
-        if (array) {
+        if (currentStructureElement == null || currentStructureElement.isArray) {
             throw new JsonGenerationException("write(name, param) is only valid in objects");
         }
     }
 
     private void checkArray() {
-        if (!array) {
+        if (currentStructureElement == null || !currentStructureElement.isArray) {
             throw new JsonGenerationException("write(param) is only valid in arrays");
         }
     }
 
     private static void checkDoubleRange(final double value) {
         if (Double.isInfinite(value) || Double.isNaN(value)) {
-            throw new NumberFormatException("double can't be infinite and NaN");
+            throw new NumberFormatException("double can't be infinite or NaN");
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    //unopitimized, see below
+    private void writeLong0(final long i) {
+
+        justWrite(String.valueOf(i));
+    }
+
+    //unopitimized, see below
+    private void writeInt0(final int i) {
+
+        justWrite(String.valueOf(i));
+    }
+    
+    //optimized number optimizations
+/*
+    private void writeLong0(final long i) {
+        if (i == Long.MIN_VALUE) {
+            justWrite("-9223372036854775808");
+            return;
+        }
+        final int size = (i < 0) ? stringSize(-i) + 1 : stringSize(i);
+        final char[] buf = new char[size];
+        getChars(i, size, buf);
+        justWrite(buf);
+    }
+
+    private void writeInt0(final int i) {
+        if (i == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
+            justWrite("-2147483648");
+            return;
+        }
+        final int size = (i < 0) ? stringSize(-i) + 1 : stringSize(i);
+        final char[] buf = new char[size];
+        getChars(i, size, buf);
+        justWrite(buf);
+    }
+
+    private final static char[] DIGIT_TENS = { '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '1',
+            '1', '1', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '2', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '3', '4', '4', '4',
+            '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '4', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '5', '6', '6', '6', '6', '6', '6', '6', '6',
+            '6', '6', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '7', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '8', '9', '9', '9',
+            '9', '9', '9', '9', '9', '9', '9', };
+
+    private final static char[] DIGIT_ONES = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
+            '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2',
+            '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
+            '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '0', '1', '2',
+            '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', };
+
+    private final static char[] DIGITS = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i',
+            'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' };
+
+    // Requires positive x
+    private static int stringSize(final long x) {
+        long p = 10;
+        for (int i = 1; i < 19; i++) {
+            if (x < p) {
+                return i;
+            }
+            p = 10 * p;
+        }
+        return 19;
+    }
+
+    private static void getChars(long i, final int index, final char[] buf) {
+        long q;
+        int r;
+        int charPos = index;
+        char sign = 0;
+
+        if (i < 0) {
+            sign = '-';
+            i = -i;
+        }
+
+        // Get 2 digits/iteration using longs until quotient fits into an int
+        while (i > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            q = i / 100;
+            // really: r = i - (q * 100);
+            r = (int) (i - ((q << 6) + (q << 5) + (q << 2)));
+            i = q;
+            buf[--charPos] = DIGIT_ONES[r];
+            buf[--charPos] = DIGIT_TENS[r];
+        }
+
+        // Get 2 digits/iteration using ints
+        int q2;
+        int i2 = (int) i;
+        while (i2 >= 65536) {
+            q2 = i2 / 100;
+            // really: r = i2 - (q * 100);
+            r = i2 - ((q2 << 6) + (q2 << 5) + (q2 << 2));
+            i2 = q2;
+            buf[--charPos] = DIGIT_ONES[r];
+            buf[--charPos] = DIGIT_TENS[r];
+        }
+
+        // Fall thru to fast mode for smaller numbers
+        // assert(i2 <= 65536, i2);
+        for (;;) {
+            q2 = (i2 * 52429) >>> (16 + 3);
+            r = i2 - ((q2 << 3) + (q2 << 1)); // r = i2-(q2*10) ...
+            buf[--charPos] = DIGITS[r];
+            i2 = q2;
+            if (i2 == 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (sign != 0) {
+            buf[--charPos] = sign;
         }
     }
+*/
+   
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java
index 76f01d6..7a12fec 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonInMemoryParser.java
@@ -18,72 +18,84 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import javax.json.JsonString;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
 import javax.json.stream.JsonLocation;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonParser;
 
 // we don't use visitor pattern to ensure we work with other impl of JsonObject and JsonArray
-public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
+class JsonInMemoryParser implements JsonParser {
     private final Iterator<Entry> iterator;
 
     private Entry next = null;
 
-    public JsonInMemoryParser(final JsonObject object) {
+    JsonInMemoryParser(final JsonObject object) {
         final List<Entry> events = new LinkedList<Entry>();
         generateObjectEvents(events, object);
         iterator = events.iterator();
     }
 
-    public JsonInMemoryParser(final JsonArray array) {
+    JsonInMemoryParser(final JsonArray array) {
         final List<Entry> events = new LinkedList<Entry>();
         generateArrayEvents(events, array);
         iterator = events.iterator();
     }
 
     private static void generateObjectEvents(final List<Entry> events, final JsonObject object) {
-        events.add(new Entry(Event.START_OBJECT, object));
+        events.add(new Entry(Event.START_OBJECT, null));
         for (final Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> entry : object.entrySet()) {
             events.add(new Entry(Event.KEY_NAME, new JsonStringImpl(entry.getKey())));
             final JsonValue value = entry.getValue();
             addValueEvents(events, value);
         }
-        events.add(new Entry(Event.END_OBJECT, object));
+        events.add(new Entry(Event.END_OBJECT, null));
     }
 
     private static void generateArrayEvents(final List<Entry> events, final JsonArray array) {
-        events.add(new Entry(Event.START_ARRAY, array));
+        events.add(new Entry(Event.START_ARRAY, null));
         for (final JsonValue value : array) {
             addValueEvents(events, value);
         }
-        events.add(new Entry(Event.END_ARRAY, array));
+        events.add(new Entry(Event.END_ARRAY, null));
     }
 
     private static void addValueEvents(final List<Entry> events, final JsonValue value) {
-        if (JsonArray.class.isInstance(value)) {
-            generateArrayEvents(events, JsonArray.class.cast(value));
-        } else if (JsonObject.class.isInstance(value)) {
-            generateObjectEvents(events, JsonObject.class.cast(value));
-        } else if (JsonString.class.isInstance(value)) {
-            events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_STRING, JsonValue.class.cast(value)));
-        } else if (JsonNumber.class.isInstance(value)) {
-            events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_NUMBER, JsonValue.class.cast(value)));
-        } else if (value == JsonValue.TRUE) {
-            events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_TRUE, value));
-        } else if (value == JsonValue.FALSE) {
-            events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_FALSE, value));
-        } else if (value == JsonValue.NULL) {
-            events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_NULL, value));
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(value + " not supported");
+        
+        switch(value.getValueType()) {
+            case ARRAY:
+                generateArrayEvents(events, JsonArray.class.cast(value));
+                break;
+            case OBJECT:
+                generateObjectEvents(events, JsonObject.class.cast(value));
+                break;
+            case NUMBER:
+                events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_NUMBER, value));
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_STRING, value));
+                break;
+            case FALSE:
+                events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_FALSE, null));
+                break;
+            case NULL:
+                events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_NULL, null));
+                break;
+            case TRUE:
+                events.add(new Entry(Event.VALUE_TRUE, null));
+                break;
+            default: throw new IllegalArgumentException(value + " not supported");
+                
         }
+        
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -99,15 +111,15 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
 
     @Override
     public String getString() {
-        if (JsonObject.class.isInstance(next.value) || JsonArray.class.isInstance(next.value)) {
+        if (next.event != Event.KEY_NAME && next.event != Event.VALUE_STRING) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("String is for numbers and strings");
         }
-        return getEscapedString();
+        return JsonString.class.cast(next.value).getString();
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean isIntegralNumber() {
-        if (!JsonNumber.class.isInstance(next.value)) {
+        if (next.event != Event.VALUE_NUMBER) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("isIntegralNumber is for numbers");
         }
         return JsonNumber.class.cast(next.value).isIntegral();
@@ -115,7 +127,7 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
 
     @Override
     public int getInt() {
-        if (!JsonNumber.class.isInstance(next.value)) {
+        if (next.event != Event.VALUE_NUMBER) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("getInt is for numbers");
         }
         return JsonNumber.class.cast(next.value).intValue();
@@ -123,7 +135,7 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
 
     @Override
     public long getLong() {
-        if (!JsonNumber.class.isInstance(next.value)) {
+        if (next.event != Event.VALUE_NUMBER) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("getLong is for numbers");
         }
         return JsonNumber.class.cast(next.value).longValue();
@@ -131,7 +143,7 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
 
     @Override
     public BigDecimal getBigDecimal() {
-        if (!JsonNumber.class.isInstance(next.value)) {
+        if (next.event != Event.VALUE_NUMBER) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("getBigDecimal is for numbers");
         }
         return JsonNumber.class.cast(next.value).bigDecimalValue();
@@ -139,12 +151,7 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
 
     @Override
     public JsonLocation getLocation() { // no location for in memory parsers
-        return new JsonLocationImpl(-1, -1, -1);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getEscapedString() {
-        return JsonValue.class.cast(next.value).toString();
+        return JsonLocationImpl.UNKNOW_LOCATION;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -153,10 +160,10 @@ public class JsonInMemoryParser implements EscapedStringAwareJsonParser {
     }
 
     private static class Entry {
-        private final Event event;
-        private final JsonValue value;
+        final Event event;
+        final JsonValue value;
 
-        private Entry(final Event event, final JsonValue value) {
+        Entry(final Event event, final JsonValue value) {
             this.event = event;
             this.value = value;
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java
index c1c094e..5c36d58 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLocationImpl.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.stream.JsonLocation;
-
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-public class JsonLocationImpl implements JsonLocation, Serializable {
+import javax.json.stream.JsonLocation;
+
+final class JsonLocationImpl implements JsonLocation, Serializable {
     
     public static final JsonLocation UNKNOW_LOCATION = new JsonLocationImpl(-1, -1, -1);
     
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class JsonLocationImpl implements JsonLocation, Serializable {
     private final long columnNumber;
     private final long streamOffset;
 
-    public JsonLocationImpl(final long lineNumber, final long columnNumber, final long streamOffset) {
+    JsonLocationImpl(final long lineNumber, final long columnNumber, final long streamOffset) {
         this.lineNumber = lineNumber;
         this.columnNumber = columnNumber;
         this.streamOffset = streamOffset;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java
index b15a8b3..9928a42 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonLongImpl.java
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-public class JsonLongImpl implements JsonNumber {
+import javax.json.JsonNumber;
+
+final class JsonLongImpl implements JsonNumber {
     private final long value;
 
-    public JsonLongImpl(final long value) {
+    JsonLongImpl(final long value) {
         this.value = value;
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java
index c992a9f..f1b388a 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonNumberImpl.java
@@ -18,15 +18,20 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-public class JsonNumberImpl implements JsonNumber {
+import javax.json.JsonNumber;
+
+final class JsonNumberImpl implements JsonNumber {
     private final BigDecimal value;
     private Integer hashCode = null;
 
-    public JsonNumberImpl(final BigDecimal decimal) {
+    JsonNumberImpl(final BigDecimal decimal) {
+        if(decimal == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("decimal must not be null");
+        }
+        
         this.value = decimal;
     }
 
@@ -87,10 +92,12 @@ public class JsonNumberImpl implements JsonNumber {
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        if (hashCode == null) {
-            hashCode = value.hashCode();
+        Integer h=hashCode;
+        if (h == null) {
+            h = value.hashCode();
+            hashCode=h;
         }
-        return hashCode;
+        return h;
     }
 
     @Override

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java
index f76c26e..a61c9a3 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectBuilderImpl.java
@@ -18,85 +18,114 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 
-public class JsonObjectBuilderImpl implements JsonObjectBuilder, Serializable {
-    private final JsonObjectImpl delegate = new JsonObjectImpl();
+class JsonObjectBuilderImpl implements JsonObjectBuilder, Serializable {
+    private Map<String, JsonValue> tmpMap;
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final JsonValue value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, value);
+        putValue(name, value);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final String value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonStringImpl(value));
+        putValue(name, new JsonStringImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final BigInteger value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonNumberImpl(new BigDecimal(value)));
+        putValue(name, new JsonNumberImpl(new BigDecimal(value)));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final BigDecimal value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonNumberImpl(value));
+        putValue(name, new JsonNumberImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final int value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonLongImpl(value));
+        putValue(name, new JsonLongImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final long value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonLongImpl(value));
+        putValue(name, new JsonLongImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final double value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, new JsonDoubleImpl(value));
+        putValue(name, new JsonDoubleImpl(value));
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final boolean value) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, value ? JsonValue.TRUE : JsonValue.FALSE);
+        putValue(name, value ? JsonValue.TRUE : JsonValue.FALSE);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder addNull(final String name) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, JsonValue.NULL);
+        putValue(name, JsonValue.NULL);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final JsonObjectBuilder builder) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, builder.build());
+        putValue(name, builder.build());
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObjectBuilder add(final String name, final JsonArrayBuilder builder) {
-        delegate.putInternal(name, builder.build());
+        putValue(name, builder.build());
         return this;
     }
+    
+    private void putValue(String name, JsonValue value){
+        if(name == null || value == null) {
+            throw npe();
+        }
+        
+        if(tmpMap==null){
+            tmpMap=new LinkedHashMap<String, JsonValue>();
+        }
+        
+        tmpMap.put(name, value);
+    }
+    
+    private static NullPointerException npe() {
+        return new NullPointerException("name or value/builder must not be null");
+    }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObject build() {
-        return delegate;
+        
+        if(tmpMap==null) {
+            return new JsonObjectImpl(Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
+        } else {
+            Map<String, JsonValue> dump = (Collections.unmodifiableMap(tmpMap));
+            tmpMap=null;
+            return new JsonObjectImpl(dump);
+        }
+        
+        
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java
index c08f523..a71e42c 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonObjectImpl.java
@@ -18,26 +18,35 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonNumber;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
 import javax.json.JsonString;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
 
-public class JsonObjectImpl extends LinkedHashMap<String, JsonValue> implements JsonObject, Serializable {
+public final class JsonObjectImpl extends AbstractMap<String, JsonValue> implements JsonObject, Serializable {
     private Integer hashCode = null;
+    private final Map<String, JsonValue> unmodifieableBackingMap;
 
     private <T> T value(final String name, final Class<T> clazz) {
-        final Object v = get(name);
+        final Object v = unmodifieableBackingMap.get(name);
         if (v != null) {
             return clazz.cast(v);
         }
         throw new NullPointerException("no mapping for " + name);
     }
+   
+    public JsonObjectImpl(Map<String, JsonValue> backingMap) {
+        super();
+        this.unmodifieableBackingMap = backingMap;
+    }
+
 
     @Override
     public JsonArray getJsonArray(final String name) {
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ public class JsonObjectImpl extends LinkedHashMap<String, JsonValue> implements
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("{");
-        final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> it = entrySet().iterator();
+        final Iterator<Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> it = unmodifieableBackingMap.entrySet().iterator();
         boolean hasNext = it.hasNext();
         while (hasNext) {
             final Map.Entry<String, JsonValue> entry = it.next();
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ public class JsonObjectImpl extends LinkedHashMap<String, JsonValue> implements
 
             final JsonValue value = entry.getValue();
             if (JsonString.class.isInstance(value)) {
-                builder.append(JsonChars.QUOTE).append(value.toString()).append(JsonChars.QUOTE);
+                builder.append(value.toString());
             } else {
                 builder.append(value != JsonValue.NULL ? value.toString() : JsonChars.NULL);
             }
@@ -139,42 +148,20 @@ public class JsonObjectImpl extends LinkedHashMap<String, JsonValue> implements
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
-        return JsonObject.class.isInstance(obj) && super.equals(obj);
+        return JsonObjectImpl.class.isInstance(obj) && unmodifieableBackingMap.equals(JsonObjectImpl.class.cast(obj).unmodifieableBackingMap);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void clear() {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonValue put(String key, JsonValue value) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void putAll(Map<? extends String, ? extends JsonValue> jsonObject) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public JsonValue remove(Object key) {
-        throw immutable();
-    }
-
-    private static UnsupportedOperationException immutable() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("JsonObject is immutable. You can create another one thanks to JsonObjectBuilder");
-    }
-
-    public void putInternal(final String name, final JsonValue value) {
-        super.put(name, value);
-    }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         if (hashCode == null) {
-            hashCode = super.hashCode();
+            hashCode = unmodifieableBackingMap.hashCode();
         }
         return hashCode;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<java.util.Map.Entry<String, JsonValue>> entrySet() {
+        return unmodifieableBackingMap.entrySet();
+    }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-fleece/blob/192c774a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java
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diff --git a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java
index 505542e..f43ceee 100644
--- a/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/fleece-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fleece/core/JsonParserFactoryImpl.java
@@ -18,31 +18,49 @@
  */
 package org.apache.fleece.core;
 
-import javax.json.JsonArray;
-import javax.json.JsonObject;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonParser;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonParserFactory;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonParser;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonParserFactory;
+
+class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
     public static final String BUFFER_STRATEGY = "org.apache.fleece.buffer-strategy";
     public static final String MAX_STRING_LENGTH = "org.apache.fleece.max-string-length";
     public static final String BUFFER_LENGTH = "org.apache.fleece.default-char-buffer";
-    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE = Integer.getInteger(MAX_STRING_LENGTH, 8192*32);
-
-    private final Map<String, ?> config;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE = Integer.getInteger(MAX_STRING_LENGTH, 8192*32); //TODO check default string length/buffer size
+
+    private final Map<String, Object> internalConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+    private static final String[] SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS = new String[] {
+        
+        BUFFER_STRATEGY, MAX_STRING_LENGTH, BUFFER_LENGTH
+        
+    };
+      
     private final int maxSize;
     private final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> bufferProvider;
     private final BufferStrategy.BufferProvider<char[]> valueBufferProvider;
 
-    public JsonParserFactoryImpl(final Map<String, ?> config) {
-        this.config = config;
+    JsonParserFactoryImpl(final Map<String, ?> config) {
+        
+
+        if(config != null) {
+            
+            for (String configKey : SUPPORTED_CONFIG_KEYS) {
+                if(config.containsKey(configKey)) {
+                    internalConfig.put(configKey, config.get(configKey));
+                }
+            }
+        } 
+        
 
         final int bufferSize = getInt(BUFFER_LENGTH);
         if (bufferSize <= 0) {
@@ -55,10 +73,7 @@ public class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
     }
 
     private BufferStrategy getBufferProvider() {
-        if(config==null) {
-            return BufferStrategy.QUEUE;
-        }
-        final Object name = config.get(BUFFER_STRATEGY);
+        final Object name = internalConfig.get(BUFFER_STRATEGY);
         if (name != null) {
             return BufferStrategy.valueOf(name.toString().toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
         }
@@ -66,10 +81,7 @@ public class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
     }
 
     private int getInt(final String key) {
-        if(config==null) {
-            return DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE;
-        }
-        final Object maxStringSize = config.get(key);
+        final Object maxStringSize = internalConfig.get(key);
         if (maxStringSize == null) {
             return DEFAULT_MAX_SIZE;
         } else if (Number.class.isInstance(maxStringSize)) {
@@ -78,17 +90,17 @@ public class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
         return Integer.parseInt(maxStringSize.toString());
     }
 
-    private EscapedStringAwareJsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final InputStream in) {
+    private JsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final InputStream in) {
         //UTF Auto detection RFC 4627
         return new JsonStreamParserImpl(in, maxSize, bufferProvider, valueBufferProvider);
     }
 
-    private EscapedStringAwareJsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final InputStream in, final Charset charset) {
+    private JsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final InputStream in, final Charset charset) {
         //use provided charset
         return new JsonStreamParserImpl(in, charset, maxSize, bufferProvider, valueBufferProvider);
     }
 
-    private EscapedStringAwareJsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final Reader in) {
+    private JsonParser getDefaultJsonParserImpl(final Reader in) {
         //no charset necessary
         return new JsonStreamParserImpl(in, maxSize, bufferProvider, valueBufferProvider);
     }
@@ -120,18 +132,18 @@ public class JsonParserFactoryImpl implements JsonParserFactory, Serializable {
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, ?> getConfigInUse() {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(config);
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(internalConfig);
     }
 
-    public EscapedStringAwareJsonParser createInternalParser(final InputStream in) {
+    public JsonParser createInternalParser(final InputStream in) {
         return getDefaultJsonParserImpl(in);
     }
     
-    public EscapedStringAwareJsonParser createInternalParser(final InputStream in, final Charset charset) {
+    public JsonParser createInternalParser(final InputStream in, final Charset charset) {
         return getDefaultJsonParserImpl(in, charset);
     }
 
-    public EscapedStringAwareJsonParser createInternalParser(final Reader reader) {
+    public JsonParser createInternalParser(final Reader reader) {
         return getDefaultJsonParserImpl(reader);
     }
 }