Re: [Pharo-users] Is it bad to have an order NeoJsonObject?

Tim Mackinnon wrote

Hi - I’ve hit some Json where the outputted values (they are field names) are written out in a specific order - and the author hasn’t chosen to use an array to represent those fields in a specific order.

{ ‘field1’ : { ….}, ‘field2’: { … } }

I think this is technically incorrect and should be:

{ [ {‘field1’ : { ….}, ‘field2’: { … } ]}

Anyway - given what I’ve got, would it be a terrible idea to create my own version NeoJsonObject and just make it a subclass of OrderedDictionary?

I can’t see any issues - but then I might be kidding myself…

Tim

Seems like those are two different JSON objects. The first is what you'd get from a NeoJSONObject holding a Dictionary. The second is what you'd get from a NeoJSONObject holding an Array holding a Dictionary as its only element. Maybe just double check that the right object is getting created. For JSON (https://json.org/) I think the order of the keys does not matter, but the hierarchy does, so making an OrderedDictionary subclass seems extra. -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html