fastjson2 treats JSONPath as a first-class citizen and has made many optimizations for it.

Conclusion

In the test scenario below, fastjson2's performance is 4.5 times that of jayway.

• Test code: JSONPathPerf.java

Test Data

Benchmark                            Mode  Cnt     Score    Error   Units
JSONPathPerf.fastjsonReaderAuthors  thrpt    5  1260.479 ± 46.356  ops/ms
JSONPathPerf.jaywayReadAuthors      thrpt    5   276.301 ±  2.447  ops/ms