Could GSON be optional? / Jackson support?

[sebdehne]

I really appreciate the good work which has good into this excellent library, but does Jedis really need GSON for JSON-support?

For example there is a security issue with GSON (google/gson#1991) which now becomes everybodies problem who uses Jedis.
Would it be possible to at least make GSON optional such that Jedis still works even without GSON on the classpath? Or support both Jackson and GSON (which ever is found on the classpath) if one really needs the JSON capabilities?

Thanks a lot. If you need help - I can submit a change which makes gson optional.

[sazzad16]

can submit a change which makes gson optional.

@sebdehne You're always welcome to craft a PR.

[sazzad16]

@sebdehne Sorry about slow progress on this.

WDYT about replacing Gson completely with Jackson?

[sazzad16]

Thanks to #3223, GSON can now be excluded.

Keeping this issue open as the dependency is not exactly optional.