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Capcom’s RE:Dox uses a shared token representation for structured data formats

github.com 12 min read Editor score 6/10

RE:Dox parses formats including JSON, CBOR, TOML and XML into a compact token representation used for editing, conversion and serialization; it also supports parallel deserialization. The design is worth examining for engineers building high-performance data tooling.

What
RE:Dox is a token-based structured data engine for .NET that supports parsing, editing, conversion, serialization, and deserialization across formats.
How
It parses formats into a compact token DOM / IR shared by readers, writers, serializers, and converters.
Why it matters
A shared representation lets engineers handle multiple data formats through common conversion abstractions and supports automatic parallel deserialization.
parse read deserialize JSON Compact tokenDOM / IR Deserializer .NET objects
The diagram shows structured data flowing through RE:Dox's shared token model into .NET objects. Sketched from the article's own text.

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