#2013: add support for reading from / writing to a Path

And adding base tests for all createGenerator(..) and createParser(..) methods.

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/TokenStreamFactory.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -703,6 +705,32 @@ public PropertyNameMatcher constructCINameMatcher(List<Named> matches, boolean a
     public abstract JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
             File f) throws JacksonException;
 
+    /**
+     * Method for constructing parser instance to decode
+     * contents of specified path.
+     *<p>
+     * Encoding is auto-detected from contents according to JSON
+     * specification recommended mechanism. Json specification
+     * supports only UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32 as valid encodings,
+     * so auto-detection implemented only for this charsets.
+     * For other charsets use {@link #createParser(java.io.Reader)}.
+     *<p>
+     * Underlying input stream (needed for reading contents)
+     * will be <b>owned</b> (and managed, i.e. closed as need be) by
+     * the parser, since caller has no access to it.
+     *
+     * @param readCtxt Object read context to use
+     * @param p Path that contains content to parse
+     *
+     * @return Parser constructed
+     *
+     * @throws JacksonException If parser construction or initialization fails
+     *
+     * @since 3.0
+     */
+    public abstract JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
+            Path p) throws JacksonException;
+
     /**
      * Method for constructing JSON parser instance to decode
      * contents of resource reference by given URL.
@@ -1131,6 +1159,30 @@ public abstract JsonGenerator createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext writeCtxt, File
             JsonEncoding enc)
         throws JacksonException;
 
+    /**
+     * Method for constructing generator that writes contents
+     * to specified path, overwriting contents it might have (or creating
+     * it if such path does not yet exist).
+     *<p>
+     * Underlying stream <b>is owned</b> by the generator constructed,
+     * i.e. generator will handle closing of path when
+     * {@link JsonGenerator#close} is called.
+     *
+     * @param writeCtxt Object-binding context where applicable; used for providing contextual
+     *    configuration
+     * @param p Path to write contents to
+     * @param enc Character set encoding to use (usually {@link JsonEncoding#UTF8})
+     *
+     * @return Generator constructed
+     *
+     * @throws JacksonException If generator construction or initialization fails
+     *
+     * @since 3.0
+     */
+    public abstract JsonGenerator createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext writeCtxt, Path p,
+            JsonEncoding enc)
+        throws JacksonException;
+
     /**
      * Method for constructing generator that writes content into specified {@link DataOutput},
      * using UTF-8 encoding (with formats where encoding is user-configurable).
@@ -1329,6 +1381,15 @@ protected InputStream _fileInputStream(File f) throws JacksonException
         }
     }
 
+    protected InputStream _pathInputStream(Path p) throws JacksonException
+    {
+        try {
+            return Files.newInputStream(p);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw _wrapIOFailure(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected OutputStream _fileOutputStream(File f) throws JacksonException
     {
         try {
@@ -1338,6 +1399,15 @@ protected OutputStream _fileOutputStream(File f) throws JacksonException
         }
     }
 
+    protected OutputStream _pathOutputStream(Path p) throws JacksonException
+    {
+        try {
+            return Files.newOutputStream(p);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw _wrapIOFailure(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected JacksonException _wrapIOFailure(IOException e) {
         return WrappedIOException.construct(e, this);
     }

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/base/TextualTSFactory.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.IOContext;
@@ -95,6 +96,16 @@ public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
                 _decorate(ioCtxt, _fileInputStream(f)));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
+            Path p) throws JacksonException
+    {
+        // true, since we create InputStream from Path
+        IOContext ioCtxt = _createContext(p, true);
+        return _createParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
+                _decorate(ioCtxt, _pathInputStream(p)));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
             URL url) throws JacksonException
@@ -233,6 +244,20 @@ public JsonGenerator createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext writeCtxt,
                 _decorate(ioCtxt, _createWriter(ioCtxt, out, enc)));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public JsonGenerator createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext writeCtxt,
+            Path p, JsonEncoding enc)
+        throws JacksonException
+    {
+        final OutputStream out = _pathOutputStream(p);
+        final IOContext ioCtxt = _createContext(p, true, enc);
+        if (enc == JsonEncoding.UTF8) {
+            return _createUTF8Generator(writeCtxt, ioCtxt, _decorate(ioCtxt, out));
+        }
+        return _createGenerator(writeCtxt, ioCtxt,
+                _decorate(ioCtxt, _createWriter(ioCtxt, out, enc)));
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Factory methods: abstract, for sub-classes to implement

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/JsonFactoryTest.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.SerializedString;
@@ -200,4 +202,122 @@ public void testRootValues() throws Exception
         g.close();
         assertEquals("1/2/3", w.toString());
     }
+
+    public void test_createGenerator_OutputStream() throws Exception
+    {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory()
+                .createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), outputStream);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeString("value");
+        jsonGenerator.close();
+
+        assertEquals(new String(outputStream.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "\"value\"");
+
+        // the stream has not been closed by close
+        outputStream.write(1);
+    }
+
+    public void test_createGenerator_File() throws Exception
+    {
+        Path path = Files.createTempFile("", "");
+        JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory()
+                .createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), path.toFile(), JsonEncoding.UTF8);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeString("value");
+        jsonGenerator.close();
+
+        assertEquals(new String(Files.readAllBytes(path), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "\"value\"");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createGenerator_Path() throws Exception
+    {
+        Path path = Files.createTempFile("", "");
+        JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory()
+                .createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), path, JsonEncoding.UTF8);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeString("value");
+        jsonGenerator.close();
+
+        assertEquals(new String(Files.readAllBytes(path), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "\"value\"");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createGenerator_Writer() throws Exception
+    {
+        Writer writer = new StringWriter();
+        JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory()
+                .createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), writer);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeString("value");
+        jsonGenerator.close();
+
+        assertEquals(writer.toString(), "\"value\"");
+
+        // the writer has not been closed by close
+        writer.append('1');
+    }
+
+    public void test_createGenerator_DataOutput() throws Exception
+    {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        DataOutput dataOutput = new DataOutputStream(outputStream);
+        JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory()
+                .createGenerator(ObjectWriteContext.empty(), dataOutput);
+
+        jsonGenerator.writeString("value");
+        jsonGenerator.close();
+
+        assertEquals(new String(outputStream.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "\"value\"");
+
+        // the data output has not been closed by close
+        dataOutput.write(1);
+    }
+
+    public void test_createParser_OutputStream() throws Exception
+    {
+        ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("\"value\"".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonFactory()
+                .createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), inputStream);
+
+        assertEquals(jsonParser.nextTextValue(), "value");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createParser_File() throws Exception
+    {
+        Path path = Files.createTempFile("", "");
+        Files.write(path, "\"value\"".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonFactory()
+                .createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), path.toFile());
+
+        assertEquals(jsonParser.nextTextValue(), "value");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createParser_Path() throws Exception
+    {
+        Path path = Files.createTempFile("", "");
+        Files.write(path, "\"value\"".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonFactory()
+                .createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), path);
+
+        assertEquals(jsonParser.nextTextValue(), "value");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createParser_Reader() throws Exception
+    {
+        Reader reader = new StringReader("\"value\"");
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonFactory()
+                .createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), reader);
+
+        assertEquals(jsonParser.nextTextValue(), "value");
+    }
+
+    public void test_createParser_DataInput() throws Exception
+    {
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("\"value\"".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        DataInput dataInput = new DataInputStream(inputStream);
+        JsonParser jsonParser = new JsonFactory()
+                .createParser(ObjectReadContext.empty(), dataInput);
+
+        assertEquals(jsonParser.nextTextValue(), "value");
+    }
 }