(C#) Sort JSON Object by Member Key Name

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Demonstrates how to sort the members of a JSON object by the key name.

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Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();

json.UpdateString("xyz","1234");
json.UpdateString("abc.xyz","1234");
json.UpdateString("abc.def","1234");
json.UpdateString("abc.aaa","1234");
json.UpdateString("ghi","1234");
json.UpdateString("nmo","1234");

json.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

// This is our initial JSON:

// {
//   "xyz": "1234",
//   "abc": {
//     "xyz": "1234",
//     "def": "1234",
//     "aaa": "1234"
//   },
//   "ghi": "1234",
//   "nmo": "1234"
// }

// Sort the top-level JSON object by key.
bool ascending = true;
bool caseSensitive = true;
json.Sort(ascending,caseSensitive);

// Look at the sorted JSON..
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

// {
//   "abc": {
//     "xyz": "1234",
//     "def": "1234",
//     "aaa": "1234"
//   },
//   "ghi": "1234",
//   "nmo": "1234",
//   "xyz": "1234"
// }

// Now sort the members of the "abc" object..
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonAbc = json.ObjectOf("abc");
jsonAbc.Sort(ascending,caseSensitive);

// Now look at the JSON with the members under "abc" also sorted..
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());

// {
//   "abc": {
//     "aaa": "1234",
//     "def": "1234",
//     "xyz": "1234"
//   },
//   "ghi": "1234",
//   "nmo": "1234",
//   "xyz": "1234"
// }