How to set Json object to Json document without sorting the keys alphabetically

[flopoe]

I insert some keys and vals to my Json object like this: @jObj.insert(keyName, val);@

After inserting some key and val pairs to my object I am trying to set the object to Json document with: "void QJsonDocument::setObject(const QJsonObject & object)":http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt5-5.4/qjsondocument.html#setObject

However this method sorts the keys alphabetically and than puts them into Json document. But I need an unsorted Json document .

[raven-worx]

a simple question: why? :)

I am asking because it's not specified by the JSON standard that the input order should be the same like the output order. And for applications using the JSON data it also doesn't make a difference how the order is.

[flopoe]

Because I have a database with lots of columns on server side and I want to bind the values in a for loop easily that I got from the client and insert them into server database. Also I want to show the Json document exactly like my database. So I need the same order in database.

[raven-worx]

[quote author="flopoe" date="1422518779"]Because I have a database with lots of columns on server side and I want to bind the values in a for loop easily that I got from the client and insert them into server database.
[/quote]

But this is a matter how you design your for loop. For example you can do this with no problem:

@
foreach( QString key, myJsonObject->keys() ) {
// pseudo code
dbQuery.updateColumn( key, myJsonOject.value(key) );
}
@

So the database query also isn't dependent of the order actually.

[quote author="flopoe" date="1422518779"]
Also I want to show the Json document exactly like my database. So I need the same order in database.[/quote]

Again, for what purpose? It is simply not possible to guarantee this because of the internal data structures used in the Qt implementation. Most probably because of performance reason and because there is just no use case where this is mandatory.

[flopoe]

Yes I know there are many ways to do it using different methods but I've just wondered this. Thank you!

[andre]

It is quite simple. A JSON object is like a map: a set of keys referencing values, with no inherent order. If you need a specific order, you should not use an object, but a list (of objects).