Merge pull request #92 from dbarfield/jsonOrdering

[BUG] Changes to DataModelSerializer for ordering of JSON

Author: idlewis

Diff for: client-lib-tests/src/test/java/com/ibm/ws/repository/transport/client/test/DataModelSerializerTest.java

@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.ibm.ws.repository.common.enums.DisplayPolicy;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.common.enums.Visibility;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.client.DataModelSerializer;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.client.JSONIgnore;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.exceptions.BadVersionException;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.model.Asset;
+import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.model.Provider;
 import com.ibm.ws.repository.transport.model.WlpInformation;
 
 public class DataModelSerializerTest {
@@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ public void setStringList(List<String> stringList) {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void deserializePrimitives() throws Exception {
+    public void testDeserializePrimitives() throws Exception {
 
         DeserialisationHelperClass dhc = DataModelSerializer.deserializeObject(new ByteArrayInputStream("{ \"intField\": 25 }".getBytes()),
                                                                                DeserialisationHelperClass.class);
@@ -511,6 +513,59 @@ public void testDeserializeBooleans() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public static class JsonOrderingHelperClass {
+        String stringAlpha;
+        String stringGamma;
+        String stringBeta;
+
+        List<String> stringList;
+
+        public String getStringAlpha() {
+            return "alphaValue";
+        }
+
+        public String getStringGamma() {
+            return "gammaValue";
+        }
+
+        public String getStringBeta() {
+            return "betaValue";
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJsonOrdering() throws Exception {
+        String actual;
+        JsonOrderingHelperClass johc = new JsonOrderingHelperClass();
+        actual = DataModelSerializer.serializeAsString(johc);
+        String expected = "{\"stringAlpha\":\"alphaValue\",\"stringBeta\":\"betaValue\",\"stringGamma\":\"gammaValue\"}";
+        assertEquals("JSON was not alphabetically ordered or otherwise incorrect", expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJsonOrderingOfAnAsset() throws Exception {
+        Asset asset = new Asset();
+
+        Provider prov = new Provider();
+        prov.setName("IBM");
+        asset.setProvider(prov);
+
+        WlpInformation wlpInformation = new WlpInformation();
+        wlpInformation.setVisibility(Visibility.INSTALL);
+        wlpInformation.setDisplayPolicy(DisplayPolicy.HIDDEN);
+        Collection<String> providesFeature = new ArrayList<String>();
+        providesFeature.add("my.feature-1.0");
+        wlpInformation.setProvideFeature(providesFeature);
+
+        asset.setWlpInformation(wlpInformation);
+
+        String actual = DataModelSerializer.serializeAsString(asset);
+        String expected = "{\"provider\":{\"name\":\"IBM\"},\"wlpInformation\":{\"displayPolicy\":\"HIDDEN\",\"mainAttachmentSize\":0,\"provideFeature\":[\"my.feature-1.0\"]},\"wlpInformation2\":{\"visibility\":\"INSTALL\"}}";
+
+        assertEquals("JSON created from an asset was not in alphabetical order or otherwise incorrect",
+                     expected, actual);
+    }
+
     public static class LocaleTest {
         Locale locale;
 

Diff for: client-lib/src/main/java/com/ibm/ws/repository/transport/client/DataModelSerializer.java

@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import javax.json.Json;
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
@@ -222,13 +224,14 @@ private static JSONArtrifactPair findFieldsToSerialize(Object o) {
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Data Model Error: serialization only supported for Collections of String, or other Data Model elements");
                 }
             }
+
             JsonArray result = arrayBuilder.build();
             return new JSONArtrifactPair(result, null);
         }
 
         // object wasn't a collection.. better see what we can do with it.
         JsonObjectBuilder mainObjectBuilder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
-        Map<String, Method> gettersFromO = new HashMap<String, Method>();
+        SortedMap<String, Method> gettersFromO = new TreeMap<String, Method>();
         Class<? extends Object> classOfO = o.getClass();
 
         // See if we have any breaking changes that need to go into a separate object