option to use ServiceStack json serializer

[ghost]

The ServiceStack json serializer is significantly faster than Newtonsoft's: http://www.servicestack.net/benchmarks/

We're looking to use Riak for logging and we need to get past some perf bottlenecks to do this. Faster serialization will be crucial.

[peschkaj]

I'll take a look into what it will take to add this. Right now I'm moving to finalize a few minor tweaks to push a functional 1.0 out the door. Changing out the serializer will be a bit of work - it'll be a 1.1 type of thing.

[peschkaj]

You know, I think I misunderstood... Are you looking for an option to serialize your C# objects using ServiceStack.NET?

[ghost]

Yes, I'd like to use ServiceStack.Net to serialize my objects instead of Newtonsoft.

[peschkaj]

Since ServiceStack.Net doesn't implement and BCL interfaces, what we can do is supply GetObject and SetObject methods that accept a delegate so you can pass in a function reference that will produce an appropriately encoded string. Ultimately, of course, it doesn't matter if you're making JSON, XML, ProtocolBuffers, or brainf*ck code, so the method will likely look like SetObject(T object, string mimeType, Delegate magicalDelegate).

Does that meet your needs?

[peschkaj]

Implemented a fix for this in commit c6d55b4