Config is now sorted

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'org.example'
-version '1.3'
+version '1.4'
 
 repositories {
     repositories {

src/main/kotlin/Editors.kt

@@ -107,14 +107,9 @@ enum class Editors(val data: EditorData) {
 
         override fun save() {
             val array = JSONArray()
-            TableData.npcConfigs.forEach {
+            TableData.npcConfigs.forEach { array.add(it) }
-                array.add(it)
+
-            }
+            val prettyPrintedJson = generateJSON(array)
-            val manager = ScriptEngineManager()
-            val scriptEngine = manager.getEngineByName("JavaScript")
-            scriptEngine.put("jsonString", array.toJSONString())
-            scriptEngine.eval("result = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(jsonString), null, 2)")
-            val prettyPrintedJson = scriptEngine["result"] as String
 
             try {
                 FileWriter(EditorConstants.CONFIG_PATH + File.separator + fileName).use { file ->
@@ -147,14 +142,9 @@ enum class Editors(val data: EditorData) {
 
         override fun save() {
             val array = JSONArray()
-            TableData.itemConfigs.forEach {
+            TableData.itemConfigs.forEach { array.add(it) }
-                array.add(it)
+            val prettyPrintedJson = generateJSON(array)
-            }
+
-            val manager = ScriptEngineManager()
-            val scriptEngine = manager.getEngineByName("JavaScript")
-            scriptEngine.put("jsonString", array.toJSONString())
-            scriptEngine.eval("result = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(jsonString), null, 2)")
-            val prettyPrintedJson = scriptEngine["result"] as String
 
             try {
                 FileWriter(EditorConstants.CONFIG_PATH + File.separator + fileName).use { file ->
@@ -179,12 +169,15 @@ enum class Editors(val data: EditorData) {
 
         override fun save() {
             val array = JSONArray()
-            TableData.objConfigs.forEach {
+            TableData.objConfigs.forEach { array.add(it) }
-                array.add(it)
+            val sortedList = array
-            }
+                .map { it as JSONObject }
+                .sortedBy { (it["ids"] as String) }
+            val sortedArray = JSONArray()
+            sortedList.forEach { sortedArray.add(it) }
             val manager = ScriptEngineManager()
             val scriptEngine = manager.getEngineByName("JavaScript")
-            scriptEngine.put("jsonString", array.toJSONString())
+            scriptEngine.put("jsonString", sortedArray.toJSONString())
             scriptEngine.eval("result = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(jsonString), null, 2)")
             val prettyPrintedJson = scriptEngine["result"] as String
 
@@ -421,3 +414,48 @@ private fun saveTable(table: WeightBasedTable): JSONArray{
     }
     return arr
 }
+
+/**
+ * Sorts and generates a string from an unsorted JSONArray.
+ * Currently this is only used by NPC_Config or item_config as it assumes each entry has 1 ID.
+ * Most other tables have some collection of IDs
+ * ID name and examine will be first if present then everything else will be alphabetical
+ * If other things wish to be sorted add them to the when statement
+ * @param array the JSONArray from npc_config or item_config
+ * @return The string ready to write out
+ */
+private fun generateJSON(array: JSONArray): String{
+    val sortedArray = array
+        .map{ it as JSONObject }
+        // Sort IDs
+        .sortedBy { (it["id"] as String).toIntOrNull() ?: Int.MAX_VALUE }
+        .map { itemJSONObj ->
+            val sortedKeys = itemJSONObj.keys
+                .asSequence()
+                .map { it as String}
+                .sortedWith(compareBy<String> { key ->
+                    when (key) {
+                        "id" -> 0
+                        "name" -> 1
+                        "examine" -> 2
+                        else -> 3
+                    }
+                }.thenBy { it })
+                .toList()
+
+            val orderedItem = LinkedHashMap<String, Any?>()
+            for (key in sortedKeys){
+                orderedItem[key] = itemJSONObj[key]
+            }
+            orderedItem
+        }
+    val sortedJSONArray = JSONArray()
+    sortedArray.forEach { sortedJSONArray.add(it) }
+
+    val manager = ScriptEngineManager()
+    val scriptEngine = manager.getEngineByName("JavaScript")
+    scriptEngine.put("jsonString", sortedJSONArray.toJSONString())
+    scriptEngine.eval("result = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(jsonString), null, 2)")
+    val prettyPrintedJson = scriptEngine["result"] as String
+    return prettyPrintedJson
+}