Handle Null values in server side or client side?












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I have a Json that contains a lot of null values.
Is it better that server eliminate null values and then send it to client
or server send all data to client then the null values handle in client side?
which method has less overhead and increase speed?






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  • depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 7:27











  • @finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

    – navid sedigh
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:25











  • I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

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  • If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

    – Eric Cochran
    Dec 3 '18 at 23:44
















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I have a Json that contains a lot of null values.
Is it better that server eliminate null values and then send it to client
or server send all data to client then the null values handle in client side?
which method has less overhead and increase speed?






android node.js json server moshi







share|improve this question

























  • depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 7:27











  • @finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

    – navid sedigh
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:25











  • I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:29











  • If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

    – Eric Cochran
    Dec 3 '18 at 23:44














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I have a Json that contains a lot of null values.
Is it better that server eliminate null values and then send it to client
or server send all data to client then the null values handle in client side?
which method has less overhead and increase speed?






android node.js json server moshi







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I have a Json that contains a lot of null values.
Is it better that server eliminate null values and then send it to client
or server send all data to client then the null values handle in client side?
which method has less overhead and increase speed?






android node.js json server moshi




android node.js json server moshi






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  • depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 7:27











  • @finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

    – navid sedigh
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:25











  • I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:29











  • If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

    – Eric Cochran
    Dec 3 '18 at 23:44



















  • depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 7:27











  • @finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

    – navid sedigh
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:25











  • I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

    – finki
    Nov 28 '18 at 8:29











  • If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

    – Eric Cochran
    Dec 3 '18 at 23:44

















depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

– finki
Nov 28 '18 at 7:27





depends on how you are parsing json and if bandwidth is a factor. provide code, how you parse json on your client.

– finki
Nov 28 '18 at 7:27













@finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

– navid sedigh
Nov 28 '18 at 8:25





@finki with moshi that is a libarary in android to parse json files

– navid sedigh
Nov 28 '18 at 8:25













I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

– finki
Nov 28 '18 at 8:29





I know, I'm using it. Show your code you need help on

– finki
Nov 28 '18 at 8:29













If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

– Eric Cochran
Dec 3 '18 at 23:44





If null doesn't have any semantic difference for your use case than absent, then avoid sending it from the server and save your users bytes over the network!

– Eric Cochran
Dec 3 '18 at 23:44












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Server should avoid sending null values as much as they can. Because putting all conditions at client side makes the response slow.






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    I think null checking is better to be done from Server side but also it's not that much work if you just added null checking before using the object and its contents...






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              I think null checking is better to be done from Server side but also it's not that much work if you just added null checking before using the object and its contents...






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