(Lianja) 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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loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")

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

loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJson.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.
llAscending = .T.
llCaseSensitive = .T.
loJson.Sort(llAscending,llCaseSensitive)

// Look at the sorted JSON..
? loJson.Emit()

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

// Now sort the members of the "abc" object..
loJsonAbc = loJson.ObjectOf("abc")
loJsonAbc.Sort(llAscending,llCaseSensitive)
release loJsonAbc

// Now look at the JSON with the members under "abc" also sorted..
? loJson.Emit()

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


release loJson