From json.org "An object is an unordered set of name/value pairs."
IOW, it is not in the spec, it would be dangerous to rely up it in any way (not that you are suggesting that). It might look better sometimes, but even then alphabetic sorting might not be the most human friendly or most meaningful. Note that 'properties' in NeoJSONMapping is an OrderedCollection, so it keeps it order. So if you add them in the right order, that would do it. > On 25 Jul 2018, at 11:12, Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > would it be possible to provide option to automatically sort instance > variables when serializing objects? > > Either always sorted > > NeoJSONObjectMapping>>writeObject: anObject on: jsonWriter > jsonWriter writeMapStreamingDo: [ :jsonMapWriter | > (properties sorted: #propertyName ascending) do: [ :each | > each writeObject: anObject on: jsonMapWriter ] ] > > or put it behind some sortProperties boolean flag. (atm I don't see any > downsides in having sort always enabled) Speed ? A false suggestion that is part of the spec ? > Thanks, > Peter
