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+Centralized JSON document I/O behind free functions in `zarr.core._json` and removed the unused private `Store._get_bytes`/`_get_json` methods and their per-store overrides.
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-import json
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import starmap
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
-from zarr.core.sync import sync
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterator, Iterable, Sequence
     from types import TracebackType
@@ -219,228 +216,6 @@ async def get(
         """
         ...
 
-    async def _get_bytes(
-        self, key: str, *, prototype: BufferPrototype, byte_range: ByteRequest | None = None
-    ) -> bytes:
-        """
-        Retrieve raw bytes from the store asynchronously.
-
-        This is a convenience method that wraps ``get()`` and converts the result
-        to bytes. Use this when you need the raw byte content of a stored value.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        key : str
-            The key identifying the data to retrieve.
-        prototype : BufferPrototype
-            The buffer prototype to use for reading the data.
-        byte_range : ByteRequest, optional
-            If specified, only retrieve a portion of the stored data.
-            Can be a ``RangeByteRequest``, ``OffsetByteRequest``, or ``SuffixByteRequest``.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        bytes
-            The raw bytes stored at the given key.
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-        FileNotFoundError
-            If the key does not exist in the store.
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        get : Lower-level method that returns a Buffer object.
-        get_bytes : Synchronous version of this method.
-        get_json : Asynchronous method for retrieving and parsing JSON data.
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        >>> async def example():
-        ...     from zarr.core.buffer.cpu import Buffer
-        ...     from zarr.storage import MemoryStore
-        ...
-        ...     store = await MemoryStore.open()
-        ...     await store.set("data", Buffer.from_bytes(b"hello world"))
-        ...     # No need to specify prototype for MemoryStore
-        ...     return await store._get_bytes("data")
-
-        >>> import asyncio
-        >>> asyncio.run(example())
-        b'hello world'
-        """
-
-        buffer = await self.get(key, prototype, byte_range)
-        if buffer is None:
-            raise FileNotFoundError(key)
-        return buffer.to_bytes()
-
-    def _get_bytes_sync(
-        self, key: str = "", *, prototype: BufferPrototype, byte_range: ByteRequest | None = None
-    ) -> bytes:
-        """
-        Retrieve raw bytes from the store synchronously.
-
-        This is a synchronous wrapper around ``get_bytes()``. It should only
-        be called from non-async code. For async contexts, use ``get_bytes()``
-        instead.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        key : str, optional
-            The key identifying the data to retrieve. Defaults to an empty string.
-        prototype : BufferPrototype
-            The buffer prototype to use for reading the data.
-        byte_range : ByteRequest, optional
-            If specified, only retrieve a portion of the stored data.
-            Can be a ``RangeByteRequest``, ``OffsetByteRequest``, or ``SuffixByteRequest``.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        bytes
-            The raw bytes stored at the given key.
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-        FileNotFoundError
-            If the key does not exist in the store.
-
-        Warnings
-        --------
-        Do not call this method from async functions. Use ``get_bytes()`` instead
-        to avoid blocking the event loop.
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        get_bytes : Asynchronous version of this method.
-        get_json_sync : Synchronous method for retrieving and parsing JSON data.
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        >>> from zarr.core.buffer.cpu import Buffer
-        >>> from zarr.storage import MemoryStore
-        >>> store = MemoryStore()
-        >>> store.set_sync("data", Buffer.from_bytes(b"hello world"))
-        >>> store._get_bytes_sync("data")  # No need to specify prototype for MemoryStore
-        b'hello world'
-        """
-
-        return sync(self._get_bytes(key, prototype=prototype, byte_range=byte_range))
-
-    async def _get_json(
-        self, key: str, *, prototype: BufferPrototype, byte_range: ByteRequest | None = None
-    ) -> Any:
-        """
-        Retrieve and parse JSON data from the store asynchronously.
-
-        This is a convenience method that retrieves bytes from the store and
-        parses them as JSON.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        key : str
-            The key identifying the JSON data to retrieve.
-        prototype : BufferPrototype
-            The buffer prototype to use for reading the data.
-        byte_range : ByteRequest, optional
-            If specified, only retrieve a portion of the stored data.
-            Can be a ``RangeByteRequest``, ``OffsetByteRequest``, or ``SuffixByteRequest``.
-            Note: Using byte ranges with JSON may result in invalid JSON.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        Any
-            The parsed JSON data. This follows the behavior of ``json.loads()`` and
-            can be any JSON-serializable type: dict, list, str, int, float, bool, or None.
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-        FileNotFoundError
-            If the key does not exist in the store.
-        json.JSONDecodeError
-            If the stored data is not valid JSON.
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        get_bytes : Method for retrieving raw bytes.
-        get_json_sync : Synchronous version of this method.
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        >>> async def example():
-        ...     from zarr.core.buffer.cpu import Buffer
-        ...     from zarr.storage import MemoryStore
-        ...
-        ...     store = await MemoryStore.open()
-        ...     metadata = {"zarr_format": 3, "node_type": "array"}
-        ...     await store.set("zarr.json", Buffer.from_bytes(json.dumps(metadata).encode()))
-        ...     # No need to specify prototype for MemoryStore
-        ...     return await store._get_json("zarr.json")
-
-        >>> import asyncio
-        >>> asyncio.run(example())
-        {'zarr_format': 3, 'node_type': 'array'}
-        """
-
-        return json.loads(await self._get_bytes(key, prototype=prototype, byte_range=byte_range))
-
-    def _get_json_sync(
-        self, key: str = "", *, prototype: BufferPrototype, byte_range: ByteRequest | None = None
-    ) -> Any:
-        """
-        Retrieve and parse JSON data from the store synchronously.
-
-        This is a synchronous wrapper around ``get_json()``. It should only
-        be called from non-async code. For async contexts, use ``get_json()``
-        instead.
-
-        Parameters
-        ----------
-        key : str, optional
-            The key identifying the JSON data to retrieve. Defaults to an empty string.
-        prototype : BufferPrototype
-            The buffer prototype to use for reading the data.
-        byte_range : ByteRequest, optional
-            If specified, only retrieve a portion of the stored data.
-            Can be a ``RangeByteRequest``, ``OffsetByteRequest``, or ``SuffixByteRequest``.
-            Note: Using byte ranges with JSON may result in invalid JSON.
-
-        Returns
-        -------
-        Any
-            The parsed JSON data. This follows the behavior of ``json.loads()`` and
-            can be any JSON-serializable type: dict, list, str, int, float, bool, or None.
-
-        Raises
-        ------
-        FileNotFoundError
-            If the key does not exist in the store.
-        json.JSONDecodeError
-            If the stored data is not valid JSON.
-
-        Warnings
-        --------
-        Do not call this method from async functions. Use ``get_json()`` instead
-        to avoid blocking the event loop.
-
-        See Also
-        --------
-        get_json : Asynchronous version of this method.
-        get_bytes_sync : Synchronous method for retrieving raw bytes without parsing.
-
-        Examples
-        --------
-        >>> from zarr.core.buffer.cpu import Buffer
-        >>> from zarr.storage import MemoryStore
-        >>> store = MemoryStore()
-        >>> metadata = {"zarr_format": 3, "node_type": "array"}
-        >>> store.set_sync("zarr.json", Buffer.from_bytes(json.dumps(metadata).encode()))
-        >>> store._get_json_sync("zarr.json")  # No need to specify prototype for MemoryStore
-        {'zarr_format': 3, 'node_type': 'array'}
-        """
-
-        return sync(self._get_json(key, prototype=prototype, byte_range=byte_range))
-
     @abstractmethod
     async def get_partial_values(
         self,
 
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+"""Helpers for moving JSON documents in and out of zarr stores.
+
+These are free functions, deliberately not methods on the ``Store`` ABC:
+reading and writing JSON is a composition of the store's ``get``/``set``
+primitives with a buffer/JSON conversion, not part of the store contract.
+Keeping them as functions means stores cannot (and need not) override them,
+and the ``Store`` definition stays free of any dependency on the buffer
+prototype.
+
+These functions are pure: the JSON encoding parameters (``indent``,
+``allow_nan``) are explicit arguments rather than read from the global config.
+Callers that want zarr's configured indentation pass
+``indent=config.get("json_indent")``.
+
+Two layers:
+
+- ``buffer_to_json`` / ``json_to_buffer`` convert between a ``Buffer`` and a
+  parsed JSON value. The buffer prototype lives here, at buffer construction,
+  where it is meaningful.
+- ``get_json`` / ``set_json`` compose those with ``Store.get`` / ``Store.set``.
+  ``get_json`` returns ``None`` for a missing key (the contract most callers
+  want); callers that require presence check for ``None`` themselves.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+
+from zarr.core.buffer import default_buffer_prototype
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from zarr.abc.store import ByteRequest, Store
+    from zarr.core.buffer import Buffer, BufferPrototype
+    from zarr.core.common import JSON
+
+
+def buffer_to_json(buffer: Buffer) -> JSON:
+    """Parse the contents of a `Buffer` as a JSON value."""
+    # json.loads is typed as returning Any; the result is by definition JSON.
+    return cast("JSON", json.loads(buffer.to_bytes()))
+
+
+def buffer_to_json_object(buffer: Buffer) -> dict[str, JSON]:
+    """Parse the contents of a `Buffer` as a JSON object (a `dict`).
+
+    Every metadata document zarr reads is a JSON object, so this narrows the
+    `JSON` union to `dict[str, JSON]` once, here, instead of at each call site.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    buffer
+        The buffer whose contents are parsed as a JSON object.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    TypeError
+        If the parsed value is not a JSON object.
+    """
+    obj = buffer_to_json(buffer)
+    if not isinstance(obj, dict):
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected a JSON object, got {type(obj).__name__}.")
+    return obj
+
+
+def json_to_buffer(
+    obj: JSON,
+    *,
+    prototype: BufferPrototype | None = None,
+    indent: int | None = None,
+    allow_nan: bool = True,
+) -> Buffer:
+    """Serialize a JSON value into a `Buffer`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    obj
+        The JSON-serializable value to encode.
+    prototype
+        The buffer prototype to construct the result with. Defaults to
+        `default_buffer_prototype()`.
+    indent
+        Indentation passed to `json.dumps`. `None` (the default) writes
+        without newline indentation, using json's default separators.
+        Callers that want zarr's configured indentation pass
+        `indent=config.get("json_indent")`.
+    allow_nan
+        Whether to permit `NaN`/`Infinity` in the output, passed to
+        `json.dumps`.
+    """
+    if prototype is None:
+        prototype = default_buffer_prototype()
+    return prototype.buffer.from_bytes(json.dumps(obj, indent=indent, allow_nan=allow_nan).encode())
+
+
+async def get_json(store: Store, key: str, *, byte_range: ByteRequest | None = None) -> JSON | None:
+    """Read and parse the JSON document at `key`, or `None` if it is absent.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    store
+        The store to read from.
+    key
+        The key identifying the JSON document.
+    byte_range
+        If given, read only this portion of the value. Note that a partial
+        read of a JSON document may not be valid JSON.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    JSON or None
+        The parsed JSON value, or `None` if `key` does not exist.
+    """
+    buffer = await store.get(key, default_buffer_prototype(), byte_range)
+    return None if buffer is None else buffer_to_json(buffer)
+
+
+async def set_json(
+    store: Store,
+    key: str,
+    obj: JSON,
+    *,
+    prototype: BufferPrototype | None = None,
+    indent: int | None = None,
+    allow_nan: bool = True,
+) -> None:
+    """Serialize `obj` as JSON and write it to `key` in `store`.
+
+    `indent` and `allow_nan` are forwarded to `json_to_buffer`.
+    """
+    await store.set(
+        key, json_to_buffer(obj, prototype=prototype, indent=indent, allow_nan=allow_nan)
+    )
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