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NSJSONSerialization vs stream based parser

My iPad app needs to parse a 10 MB JSON file and save its contents in Core Data.

Would you recommend using NSJSONSerialization considering the large file size and memory usage or would you rather choose a stream based JSON parser (which stream based parser would you recommend in this case)? By the way: The file has been created with NSJSONSerialization by another iOS app.

Thank you!

Solution

  • I'd recommend both, because NSJSONSerialization has the method JSONObjectWithStream:options:error:.

    You could instead use this JSON parsing framework.