Optimize Dumas JSON node hot paths

dumas_json_nodes.py

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-import copy
+from functools import lru_cache
+from itertools import islice
 import json
 
 
+def _clone_container(value):
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return dict(value)
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return list(value)
+    return value
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=256)
 def _parse_json_path(path):
     if not path.strip():
-        return []
+        return ()
 
     segments = []
     for raw_segment in path.split("."):
@@ -15,7 +25,7 @@ def _parse_json_path(path):
             segments.append(int(segment))
         else:
             segments.append(segment)
-    return segments
+    return tuple(segments)
 
 
 def _get_json_path_value(data, path):
@@ -33,6 +43,56 @@ def _get_json_path_value(data, path):
     return current
 
 
+def _build_missing_container(next_segment):
+    return [] if isinstance(next_segment, int) else {}
+
+
+def _set_json_path_value_recursive(current, segments, value):
+    if not segments:
+        return value
+
+    segment = segments[0]
+    is_last = len(segments) == 1
+
+    if isinstance(segment, int):
+        if not isinstance(current, list):
+            return None
+
+        result = list(current)
+        while segment >= len(result):
+            result.append(None)
+
+        if is_last:
+            result[segment] = value
+            return result
+
+        next_current = result[segment]
+        if not isinstance(next_current, (dict, list)):
+            next_current = _build_missing_container(segments[1])
+        updated = _set_json_path_value_recursive(next_current, segments[1:], value)
+        if updated is None:
+            return None
+        result[segment] = updated
+        return result
+
+    if not isinstance(current, dict):
+        return None
+
+    result = dict(current)
+    if is_last:
+        result[segment] = value
+        return result
+
+    next_current = result.get(segment)
+    if not isinstance(next_current, (dict, list)):
+        next_current = _build_missing_container(segments[1])
+    updated = _set_json_path_value_recursive(next_current, segments[1:], value)
+    if updated is None:
+        return None
+    result[segment] = updated
+    return result
+
+
 def _set_json_path_value(data, path, value):
     if not isinstance(data, dict):
         return None
@@ -41,48 +101,20 @@ def _set_json_path_value(data, path, value):
     if not segments:
         return value
 
-    result = copy.deepcopy(data)
+    return _set_json_path_value_recursive(data, segments, value)
-    current = result
-
-    for index, segment in enumerate(segments[:-1]):
-        next_segment = segments[index + 1]
-        if isinstance(segment, int):
-            if not isinstance(current, list):
-                return None
-            while segment >= len(current):
-                current.append({} if not isinstance(next_segment, int) else [])
-            current = current[segment]
-            continue
-
-        if segment not in current or not isinstance(current[segment], (dict, list)):
-            current[segment] = [] if isinstance(next_segment, int) else {}
-        current = current[segment]
-
-    last_segment = segments[-1]
-    if isinstance(last_segment, int):
-        if not isinstance(current, list):
-            return None
-        while last_segment >= len(current):
-            current.append(None)
-        current[last_segment] = value
-        return result
-
-    if not isinstance(current, dict):
-        return None
-    current[last_segment] = value
-    return result
 
 
 def _merge_json_objects(base_object, overlay_object):
     if not isinstance(base_object, dict) or not isinstance(overlay_object, dict):
         return None
 
-    merged = copy.deepcopy(base_object)
+    merged = dict(base_object)
     for key, value in overlay_object.items():
-        if isinstance(merged.get(key), dict) and isinstance(value, dict):
+        base_value = merged.get(key)
-            merged[key] = _merge_json_objects(merged[key], value)
+        if isinstance(base_value, dict) and isinstance(value, dict):
+            merged[key] = _merge_json_objects(base_value, value)
         else:
-            merged[key] = copy.deepcopy(value)
+            merged[key] = _clone_container(value)
     return merged
 
 
@@ -290,13 +322,12 @@ class DumasJSONObjectIteratorNode:
         if not isinstance(json_input, dict):
             return (None, None, -1, 0)
 
-        items = list(json_input.items())
+        total_items = len(json_input)
-        total_items = len(items)
         if total_items == 0:
             return (None, None, -1, 0)
 
         current_index = _resolve_iteration_index(index, mode, total_items)
-        key, value = items[current_index]
+        key, value = next(islice(json_input.items(), current_index, None))
         return (key, value, current_index, total_items)