Benchmark for JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) implementations for Go

Tested implementations

• dolmen-go/jsonptr
• dustin/go-jsonpointer
• xeipuuv/gojsonpointer
• mickep76/jsonptr
• lestrrat/go-jspointer
• rnd42/go-jsonpointer
• twindagger/jsonptr
• qri-io/jsonpointer
• json-validate/json-pointer-go
• go-openapi/jsonpointer
• oas3/json-pointer
• yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer

Results

2023-04-25 (go1.20.3 darwin/amd64)

Get

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	601.9 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dustin/go-jsonpointer	609.1 ns/op	48 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	3497 ns/op	240 B/op	8 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	1953 ns/op	80 B/op	2 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	2772 ns/op	320 B/op	9 allocs/op
mickep76/jsonptr	1177 ns/op	64 B/op	1 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1485 ns/op	144 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1893 ns/op	48 B/op	1 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	1398 ns/op	128 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	2440 ns/op	136 B/op	3 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	1865 ns/op	144 B/op	3 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	4559 ns/op	317 B/op	17 allocs/op

Parse "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	597.3 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	1301 ns/op	120 B/op	4 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	1394 ns/op	72 B/op	2 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1452 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	852.8 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	2074 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	1586 ns/op	120 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	1742 ns/op	104 B/op	3 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	655.1 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	2349 ns/op	184 B/op	9 allocs/op

Parse "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	1113 ns/op	72 B/op	3 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	1356 ns/op	120 B/op	4 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	1631 ns/op	88 B/op	3 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1276 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	841.8 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1598 ns/op	72 B/op	3 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	2972 ns/op	136 B/op	4 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	1892 ns/op	120 B/op	4 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	595.5 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	3282 ns/op	173 B/op	9 allocs/op

Parse "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	1243 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	1325 ns/op	120 B/op	4 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	2009 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1108 ns/op	176 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	639.6 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1705 ns/op	80 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3015 ns/op	137 B/op	5 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	4139 ns/op	128 B/op	5 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	1073 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	3098 ns/op	168 B/op	9 allocs/op

BackToString "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	550.7 ns/op	72 B/op	3 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	905.3 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	2051 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	66.05 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1244 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1049 ns/op	40 B/op	2 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	33.83 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	2878 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	901.4 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	2000 ns/op	112 B/op	4 allocs/op

BackToString "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	646.4 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	568.7 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	1893 ns/op	112 B/op	5 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	38.75 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1197 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1645 ns/op	45 B/op	3 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	27.81 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	1670 ns/op	112 B/op	5 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	625.3 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	2057 ns/op	176 B/op	8 allocs/op

BackToString "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	496.1 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	499.1 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	2283 ns/op	112 B/op	6 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	38.46 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1333 ns/op	48 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	1686 ns/op	48 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	35.97 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	1656 ns/op	112 B/op	6 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	481.8 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	2353 ns/op	160 B/op	8 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	1556 ns/op	128 B/op	5 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	2027 ns/op	168 B/op	6 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	2254 ns/op	168 B/op	6 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1383 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1963 ns/op	120 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	2065 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	2092 ns/op	120 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	2350 ns/op	200 B/op	7 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	1536 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	4762 ns/op	296 B/op	13 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	2407 ns/op	136 B/op	6 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	2122 ns/op	168 B/op	6 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	2850 ns/op	200 B/op	8 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1625 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	1931 ns/op	120 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	2794 ns/op	117 B/op	6 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3168 ns/op	137 B/op	4 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	4816 ns/op	232 B/op	9 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	1651 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	5676 ns/op	349 B/op	17 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
dolmen-go/jsonptr	2038 ns/op	96 B/op	5 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	1844 ns/op	152 B/op	6 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	3979 ns/op	208 B/op	10 allocs/op
lestrrat/go-jspointer	1326 ns/op	176 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	2062 ns/op	104 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	4250 ns/op	136 B/op	8 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3707 ns/op	136 B/op	5 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	5139 ns/op	240 B/op	11 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	1036 ns/op	88 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	4162 ns/op	328 B/op	17 allocs/op

Run

go test -bench . -benchmem | tee bench.txt
perl ./bench-to-table.pl < bench.txt > bench.md

License

Copyright 2016-2021 Olivier Mengué

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