Zig Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();

    json.updateString("xyz", "1234") catch {};
    json.updateString("abc.xyz", "1234") catch {};
    json.updateString("abc.def", "1234") catch {};
    json.updateString("abc.aaa", "1234") catch {};
    json.updateString("ghi", "1234") catch {};
    json.updateString("nmo", "1234") catch {};

    json.setEmitCompact(false);
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

    // 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.
    const ascending = true;
    const case_sensitive = true;
    json.sort(ascending, case_sensitive);

    // Look at the sorted JSON..
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

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

    // Now sort the members of the "abc" object..
    const json_abc = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_abc.deinit();
    json.objectOf2("abc", json_abc) catch {};

    json_abc.sort(ascending, case_sensitive);

    // Now look at the JSON with the members under "abc" also sorted..
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

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