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This report summarizes scanner evidence for alibaba/fastjson, a Java project with 25,562 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 280,144 lines of code across 3199 source files, recording 114 pattern matches distributed across 4 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.2 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.
Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.
Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 60 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 54 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 0 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 114 finding(s).
This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.
Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.
This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.
The scanner identified 114 distinct pattern matches across 4 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/test/TestASM.java | 105 | MyClassLoader loader = new MyClassLoader(com.alibaba.fastjson.serializer.ObjectSerializer.class.getClassLoader() | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …json/test/benchmark/jdk10/StringBenchmark_jackson.java | 31 | methodMap.put("org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.StringBenchmark.prepare(aaa,bbb,com.faste | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …alibaba/json/test/benchmark/jdk10/StringBenchmark.java | 25 | methodMap.put("org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.StringBenchmark.prepare(aaa,bbb,com.aliba | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/Base64Test2.java | 16 | String str = com.alibaba.json.test.Base64.encodeToString(bytes, true); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/Base64Test2.java | 22 | String str = com.alibaba.json.test.Base64.encodeToString(bytes, false); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/Base64Test2.java | 35 | String str = "\0" + com.alibaba.json.test.Base64.encodeToString(bytes, false) + "\0"; | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/util/Base64Test.java | 11 | String base64Str = com.alibaba.json.test.Base64.encodeToString(bytes, false); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …libaba/json/bvt/writeClassName/WriteClassNameTest.java | 12 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.getGlobalInstance().addAccept(this.getClass().getName() + "."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/bvt/writeClassName/WriteClassNameTest_Collection.java | 15 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.writeClassName.WriteClassNameTes | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue_748.java | 14 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Issue_748."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue859.java | 21 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_zhaoyao."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue859.java | 27 | String text = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(gzipInputStream); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue585.java | 25 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Issue585."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/TestJSONMap.java | 13 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.TestJSONMap."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue146.java | 10 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Issue146."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_SpitFire_6.java | 14 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_SpitFire_6."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_lenolix_9.java | 16 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_lenolix_9."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue408.java | 20 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Issue408."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Issue74.java | 16 | String text = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(is); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_lenolix_8.java | 22 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_lenolix_8."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …c/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/SerDeserTest.java | 32 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvtVO."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …est/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_zhaoyao.java | 13 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_zhaoyao."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_wuyexiong.java | 60 | String text = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(is); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_wuyexiong.java | 61 | org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.closeQuietly(is); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …est/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_stv_liu.java | 13 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.bug.Bug_for_stv_liu."); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …alibaba/json/bvt/parser/deser/MapDeserializerTest.java | 12 | com.alibaba.fastjson.parser.ParserConfig.global.addAccept("com.alibaba.json.bvt.parser.deser.MapDeserializerTest | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …a/com/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/SerializeConfig.java | 584 | } else if (org.w3c.dom.Node.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) { | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 196 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldInfo.declaringClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 605 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 629 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 647 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 665 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc((Class<?>) elementType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 708 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 725 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 737 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1101 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc((Class<?>) fieldInfo.fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1426 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1453 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1470 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(elementClass))); // fieldType | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1491 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc((Class<?>) elementType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1613 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 1683 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(String.class))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 2082 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(itemType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/ASMSerializerFactory.java | 2104 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldInfo.fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 335 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 383 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 446 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(itemClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1022 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldClass))); // cast | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1373 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(itemType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1449 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(itemType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1609 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(itemType))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1726 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldInfo.fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1747 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldInfo.fieldClass))); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1773 | mw.visitLdcInsn(com.alibaba.fastjson.asm.Type.getType(desc(fieldInfo.fieldClass))); | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …a/com/alibaba/json/demo/hibernate/LazyLoadingTest.java | 41 | System.out.println("--- JSON ---"); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …a/com/alibaba/json/demo/hibernate/LazyLoadingTest.java | 61 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/alibaba/json/demo/hibernate/ForceLazyLoadingTest.java | 41 | // /* | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/test/A1.java | 21 | String json = JSON.toJSONString(obj, SerializerFeature.BrowserCompatible); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/test/TestASM.java | 21 | // ClassWriter cw = new ClassWriter(0); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/test/FNVHashTest.java | 21 | // Map<Long, char[]> map = new HashMap<Long, char[]>(COUNT); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/test/FNVHashTest.java | 41 | // Long hash = bkdr_hash(chars); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ava/com/alibaba/json/test/benchmark/BenchmarkMain.java | 21 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ava/com/alibaba/json/test/benchmark/BenchmarkMain.java | 41 | // executor.getCaseList().add(new IntArray1000Decode()); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …m/alibaba/json/test/benchmark/basic/LongBenchmark.java | 21 | public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { | COMMENT |
| LOW | …m/alibaba/json/test/benchmark/basic/DateBenchmark.java | 21 | // model.v1 = new Random().nextDouble(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …alibaba/json/test/benchmark/basic/DoubleBenchmark.java | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | …m/alibaba/json/test/benchmark/basic/UUIDBenchmark.java | 21 | // Model model = new Model(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/SqlDateTest1.java | 41 | // java.sql.Date ds = new java.sql.Date(d.getTime()); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_2100/Issue2156.java | 21 | // assertEquals("\"2018-07-15\"", str); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …r/SerializeWriterTest_BrowserSecure_6_name_script.java | 21 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | …r/SerializeWriterTest_BrowserSecure_6_name_script.java | 41 | // for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++) { | COMMENT |
| LOW | …va/com/alibaba/json/bvt/path/JSONPath_10_contains.java | 61 | //// String json = FileUtils.readFileToString(file); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …c/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/path/JSONPath_11.java | 41 | //// String json = FileUtils.readFileToString(file); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/test/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/path/JSONPath_6.java | 21 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_1300/Issue1371.java | 41 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_1300/Issue1371.java | 61 | // String oldStyleJson = "{1:\"abc\", 2:\"cde\"}"; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_Exception.java | 21 | // assertEquals(RuntimeException.class, throwable.getClass()); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …t/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/bug/Bug_for_issue_318.java | 41 | pa.setManagers(managers); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …alibaba/json/bvt/parser/error/ParseErrorTest_date.java | 41 | // Assert.assertNotNull(error); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_2700/Issue2743.java | 21 | // 场景:验证数字数组 | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_2700/Issue2743.java | 41 | // assertArrayEquals(strs, strs[0].split(strArrayRegex)); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …st/java/com/alibaba/json/bvt/issue_1200/Issue1225.java | 21 | // assertEquals("2", JSON.parseObject("{\"data\":[\"1\",\"2\",\"3\"]}", | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONPath.java | 2581 | array = (JSONArray) context.object; | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONPath.java | 2601 | // lexer.nextToken(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONPath.java | 2621 | // } | COMMENT |
| LOW | …a/com/alibaba/fastjson/serializer/SerializeWriter.java | 201 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | …c/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/asm/MethodWriter.java | 121 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Ulf Adams | COMMENT |
| LOW | …main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/parser/JSONScanner.java | 1301 | // if (type.isAssignableFrom(HashSet.class)) { | COMMENT |
| LOW | …in/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/parser/JSONLexerBase.java | 1681 | // list = new HashSet<String>(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …in/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/parser/JSONLexerBase.java | 2741 | chLocal = charAt(bp + (offset++)); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 981 | , "(L" + JSONLexerBase + ";[C" + desc(ObjectDeserializer.class) + ")Ljava/lang/Enum;"); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …stjson/parser/deserializer/ASMDeserializerFactory.java | 1001 | // mw.visitVarInsn(ASTORE, context.var(fieldInfo.name + "_asm_enumName")); | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 120 | // Step 1: Decode the floating point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 186 | // Step 2: Determine the interval of legal decimal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 193 | // Step 3: Convert to a decimal power base using 128-bit arithmetic. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 288 | // Step 4: Find the shortest decimal representation in the interval of legal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 349 | // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 81 | // Step 1: Decode the floating point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 149 | // Step 2: Determine the interval of legal decimal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 157 | // Step 3: Convert to a decimal power base using 128-bit arithmetic. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 392 | // Step 4: Find the shortest decimal representation in the interval of legal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 500 | // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 120 | // Step 1: Decode the floating point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 186 | // Step 2: Determine the interval of legal decimal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 193 | // Step 3: Convert to a decimal power base using 128-bit arithmetic. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 288 | // Step 4: Find the shortest decimal representation in the interval of legal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuFloat.java | 349 | // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 81 | // Step 1: Decode the floating point number, and unify normalized and subnormal cases. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 149 | // Step 2: Determine the interval of legal decimal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 157 | // Step 3: Convert to a decimal power base using 128-bit arithmetic. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 392 | // Step 4: Find the shortest decimal representation in the interval of legal representations. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/util/RyuDouble.java | 500 | // Step 5: Print the decimal representation. | COMMENT |