From 461c7ef23a49062d4b1bf0e1afb3be294d007861 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: leaf corcoran <leafot@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:21:45 -0700
Subject: write sort_json, use it on perl tests to prevent hash table ordering
 failures

---
 tests/agentzh.t     | 13 +++++++-----
 tests/sort_json.lua | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/sort_json.lua

diff --git a/tests/agentzh.t b/tests/agentzh.t
index 7591902..2e7c8ce 100644
--- a/tests/agentzh.t
+++ b/tests/agentzh.t
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ print(cjson.encode({arr = empty_arr}))
 === TEST 6: empty_array_mt and empty tables as objects (explicit)
 --- lua
 local cjson = require "cjson"
+local sort_json = require "tests.sort_json"
 local empty_arr = setmetatable({}, cjson.empty_array_mt)
-print(cjson.encode({obj = {}, arr = empty_arr}))
+print(sort_json(cjson.encode({obj = {}, arr = empty_arr})))
 --- out
 {"arr":[],"obj":{}}
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ print(cjson.encode({obj = {}, arr = empty_arr}))
 === TEST 7: empty_array_mt and empty tables as objects (explicit)
 --- lua
 local cjson = require "cjson"
+local sort_json = require "tests.sort_json"
 cjson.encode_empty_table_as_object(true)
 local empty_arr = setmetatable({}, cjson.empty_array_mt)
 local data = {
@@ -88,15 +90,16 @@ local data = {
     }
   }
 }
-print(cjson.encode(data))
+print(sort_json(cjson.encode(data)))
 --- out
-{"foo":{"foobar":{"obj":{},"arr":[]},"obj":{}},"arr":[]}
+{"arr":[],"foo":{"foobar":{"arr":[],"obj":{}},"obj":{}}}
 
 
 
 === TEST 8: empty_array_mt on non-empty tables
 --- lua
 local cjson = require "cjson"
+local sort_json = require "tests.sort_json"
 cjson.encode_empty_table_as_object(true)
 local array = {"hello", "world", "lua"}
 setmetatable(array, cjson.empty_array_mt)
@@ -110,9 +113,9 @@ local data = {
     }
   }
 }
-print(cjson.encode(data))
+print(sort_json(cjson.encode(data)))
 --- out
-{"foo":{"foobar":{"obj":{},"arr":[]},"obj":{}},"arr":["hello","world","lua"]}
+{"arr":["hello","world","lua"],"foo":{"foobar":{"arr":[],"obj":{}},"obj":{}}}
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/sort_json.lua b/tests/sort_json.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c95ab3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sort_json.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+-- NOTE: This will only work for simple tests. It doesn't parse strings so if
+-- you put any symbols like {?[], inside of a string literal then it will break
+-- The point of this function is to test basic structures, and not test JSON
+-- strings
+
+local function sort_callback(str)
+  local inside = str:sub(2, -2)
+
+  local parts = {}
+  local buffer = ""
+  local pos = 1
+
+  while true do
+    if pos > #inside then
+      break
+    end
+
+    local append
+
+    local parens = inside:match("^%b{}", pos)
+    if parens then
+      pos = pos + #parens
+      append = sort_callback(parens)
+    else
+      local array = inside:match("^%b[]", pos)
+      if array then
+        pos = pos + #array
+        append = array
+      else
+        local front = inside:sub(pos, pos)
+        pos = pos + 1
+
+        if front == "," then
+          table.insert(parts, buffer)
+          buffer = ""
+        else
+          append = front
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    if append then
+      buffer = buffer .. append
+    end
+  end
+
+  if buffer ~= "" then
+    table.insert(parts, buffer)
+  end
+
+  table.sort(parts)
+
+  return "{" .. table.concat(parts, ",") .. "}"
+end
+
+local function sort_json(str)
+  return (str:gsub("%b{}", sort_callback))
+end
+
+
+return sort_json
-- 
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