Add JsonMarshal.GetRawUtf8Value

src/libraries/System.Text.Json/ref/System.Text.Json.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 // Changes to this file must follow the https://aka.ms/api-review process.
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+namespace System.Runtime.InteropServices
+{
+    public static partial class JsonMarshal
+    {
+        public static System.ReadOnlySpan<byte> GetRawUtf8Value(System.Text.Json.JsonElement element) { throw null; }
+    }
+}
 namespace System.Text.Json
 {
     public enum JsonCommentHandling : byte

src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System.Text.Json.csproj

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The System.Text.Json library is built-in as part of the shared framework in .NET
     <Compile Include="..\Common\JsonUnknownTypeHandling.cs" Link="Common\System\Text\Json\Serialization\JsonUnknownTypeHandling.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\Common\ReflectionExtensions.cs" Link="Common\System\Text\Json\Serialization\ReflectionExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\Common\ThrowHelper.cs" Link="Common\System\Text\Json\ThrowHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="System\Runtime\InteropServices\JsonMarshal.cs" />
     <Compile Include="System\Text\Json\AppContextSwitchHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="System\Text\Json\BitStack.cs" />
     <Compile Include="System\Text\Json\Document\JsonDocument.cs" />

src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Runtime/InteropServices/JsonMarshal.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace System.Runtime.InteropServices
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An unsafe class that provides a set of methods to access the underlying data representations of JSON types.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class JsonMarshal
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a <see cref="ReadOnlySpan{T}"/> view over the raw JSON data of the given <see cref="JsonElement"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="element">The JSON element from which to extract the span.</param>
+        /// <returns>The span containing the raw JSON data of<paramref name="element"/>.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">The underlying <see cref="JsonDocument"/> has been disposed.</exception>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// While the method itself does check for disposal of the underlying <see cref="JsonDocument"/>,
+        /// it is possible that it could be disposed after the method returns, which would result in
+        /// the span pointing to a buffer that has been returned to the shared pool. Callers should take
+        /// extra care to make sure that such a scenario isn't possible to avoid potential data corruption.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> GetRawUtf8Value(JsonElement element)
+        {
+            return element.GetRawValue().Span;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/JsonElementParseTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using Xunit;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace System.Text.Json.Tests
 {
@@ -225,5 +226,134 @@ public static void TryParseValueInvalidDataFail(string json)
 
             Assert.Equal(0, reader.BytesConsumed);
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("null")]
+        [InlineData("\r\n    null ")]
+        [InlineData("false")]
+        [InlineData("true ")]
+        [InlineData("   42.0 ")]
+        [InlineData(" \"str\" \r\n")]
+        [InlineData(" \"string with escaping: \\u0041\\u0042\\u0043\" \r\n")]
+        [InlineData(" [     ]")]
+        [InlineData(" [null, true, 42.0, \"str\", [], {}, ]")]
+        [InlineData(" {  } ")]
+        [InlineData("""
+
+            {
+                /* I am a comment */
+                "key1" : 1,
+                "key2" : null,
+                "key3" : true,
+            }
+
+            """)]
+        public static void JsonMarshal_GetRawUtf8Value_RootValue_ReturnsFullValue(string json)
+        {
+            JsonDocumentOptions options = new JsonDocumentOptions { AllowTrailingCommas = true, CommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip };
+            using JsonDocument jDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(json, options);
+            JsonElement element = jDoc.RootElement;
+
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> rawValue = JsonMarshal.GetRawUtf8Value(element);
+            Assert.Equal(json.Trim(), Encoding.UTF8.GetString(rawValue.ToArray()));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public static void JsonMarshal_GetRawUtf8Value_NestedValues_ReturnsExpectedValue()
+        {
+            const string json = """
+                {
+                    "date": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                    "temperatureC": 25,
+                    "summary": "Hot",
+
+                    /* The next property is a JSON object */
+
+                    "nested": {
+                        /* This is a nested JSON object */
+
+                        "nestedDate": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                        "nestedTemperatureC": 25,
+                        "nestedSummary": "Hot"
+                    },
+
+                    /* The next property is a JSON array */
+
+                    "nestedArray": [
+                        /* This is a JSON array */
+                        {
+                            "nestedDate": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                            "nestedTemperatureC": 25,
+                            "nestedSummary": "Hot"
+                        },
+                    ]
+                }
+                """;
+
+            JsonDocumentOptions options = new JsonDocumentOptions { AllowTrailingCommas = true, CommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip };
+            using JsonDocument jDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(json, options);
+            JsonElement element = jDoc.RootElement;
+
+            AssertGetRawValue(json, element);
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z\"", element.GetProperty("date"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("25", element.GetProperty("temperatureC"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"Hot\"", element.GetProperty("summary"));
+
+            JsonElement nested = element.GetProperty("nested");
+            AssertGetRawValue("""
+                    {
+                        /* This is a nested JSON object */
+
+                        "nestedDate": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                        "nestedTemperatureC": 25,
+                        "nestedSummary": "Hot"
+                    }
+                """, nested);
+
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z\"", nested.GetProperty("nestedDate"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("25", nested.GetProperty("nestedTemperatureC"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"Hot\"", nested.GetProperty("nestedSummary"));
+
+            JsonElement nestedArray = element.GetProperty("nestedArray");
+            AssertGetRawValue("""
+                    [
+                        /* This is a JSON array */
+                        {
+                            "nestedDate": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                            "nestedTemperatureC": 25,
+                            "nestedSummary": "Hot"
+                        },
+                    ]
+                """, nestedArray);
+
+            JsonElement nestedArrayElement = nestedArray[0];
+            AssertGetRawValue("""
+                        {
+                            "nestedDate": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z",
+                            "nestedTemperatureC": 25,
+                            "nestedSummary": "Hot"
+                        }
+                """, nestedArrayElement);
+
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"2021-06-01T00:00:00Z\"", nestedArrayElement.GetProperty("nestedDate"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("25", nestedArrayElement.GetProperty("nestedTemperatureC"));
+            AssertGetRawValue("\"Hot\"", nestedArrayElement.GetProperty("nestedSummary"));
+
+            static void AssertGetRawValue(string expectedJson, JsonElement element)
+            {
+                ReadOnlySpan<byte> rawValue = JsonMarshal.GetRawUtf8Value(element);
+                Assert.Equal(expectedJson.Trim(), Encoding.UTF8.GetString(rawValue.ToArray()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public static void JsonMarshal_GetRawUtf8Value_DisposedDocument_ThrowsObjectDisposedException()
+        {
+            JsonDocument jDoc = JsonDocument.Parse("{}");
+            JsonElement element = jDoc.RootElement;
+            jDoc.Dispose();
+
+            Assert.Throws<ObjectDisposedException>(() => JsonMarshal.GetRawUtf8Value(element));
+        }
     }
 }