simdjson Serialization with C++26 Reflection

This directory now includes examples demonstrating both deserialization and serialization using C++26 reflection features.

🚀 Quick Start

Basic Round-Trip Demo

# Compile and run the simple round-trip demo
clang++ -std=c++26 -freflection -DSIMDJSON_STATIC_REFLECTION=1 \
    reflection_roundtrip_demo.cpp ../singleheader/simdjson.cpp \
    -o reflection_roundtrip_demo
./reflection_roundtrip_demo

Conference Demo with Serialization

# Run the extended conference demo that includes serialization
./conference_demo_serialization.sh

📝 What's New?

The experimental simdjson::builder::to_json_string() function enables one-line serialization:

// Deserialize JSON → Struct
MyStruct obj = simdjson::from(json);

// Serialize Struct → JSON (NEW!)
std::string json = simdjson::builder::to_json_string(obj);

🎯 Features

Zero boilerplate: No need to write serialization code
Automatic handling: Optional fields, containers, nested structures
Type-safe: Compile-time checking with reflection
Performant: Optimized string building

⚠️ Requirements

Bloomberg's clang fork (clang-p2996) with C++26 reflection support
Build with -DSIMDJSON_STATIC_REFLECTION=1
Include simdjson/builder/json_builder.h

📊 Performance

While serialization is generally slower than deserialization (due to string building vs parsing), the reflection-based approach is still highly optimized and significantly faster than manual string concatenation approaches.

🔧 Status

This serialization support is experimental and part of the builder API. The API may change as C++26 reflection features evolve.

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