JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Now in Incubator)

JEP 540 proposes adding a simple, standard JSON parsing and generation API to Java's standard library, eliminating the need for external libraries for basic JSON processing tasks. The incubating feature aims to provide a small, easy-to-learn API compliant with RFC 8259 that enables straightforward navigation and data extraction from JSON documents. Unlike existing comprehensive libraries like Jackson or Gson, this API deliberately avoids advanced features such as data binding and streaming, focusing instead on enabling simple JSON tasks with minimal code.