From a5c3179cd168c459879b6ea17a89d31041ca7893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: asmhatre <asmhatre@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 17:29:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Part 1 extra: POJOs serialise alphabetically, records do not

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 .../B04PropertyOrdering.java                  | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 src/main/java/com/ankurm/jackson3/part1objectmapper/B04PropertyOrdering.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ankurm/jackson3/part1objectmapper/B04PropertyOrdering.java b/src/main/java/com/ankurm/jackson3/part1objectmapper/B04PropertyOrdering.java
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+package com.ankurm.jackson3.part1objectmapper;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+/**
+ * BEYOND THE POST — no blog section covers this, but it bites on first run.
+ *
+ * A record serialises in declaration order. A getter-based POJO serialises in
+ * ALPHABETICAL order. If you are diffing Jackson output against a fixture, this
+ * is usually the reason the diff is not empty.
+ */
+public class B04PropertyOrdering {
+
+    /** Getter-based POJO: output is alphabetical, NOT declaration order. */
+    public static class ProductPojo {
+        private Long   productId;
+        private String productName;
+        private double listPrice;
+        public ProductPojo(Long i, String n, double p) { productId = i; productName = n; listPrice = p; }
+        public Long   getProductId()   { return productId; }
+        public String getProductName() { return productName; }
+        public double getListPrice()   { return listPrice; }
+    }
+
+    /** Record: output follows the component declaration order. */
+    public record ProductRecord(Long productId, String productName, double listPrice) { }
+
+    /** Explicit ordering wins over both defaults. */
+    @JsonPropertyOrder({ "productId", "productName", "listPrice" })
+    public static class ProductOrdered {
+        private final Long   productId;
+        private final String productName;
+        private final double listPrice;
+        public ProductOrdered(Long i, String n, double p) { productId = i; productName = n; listPrice = p; }
+        public Long   getProductId()   { return productId; }
+        public String getProductName() { return productName; }
+        public double getListPrice()   { return listPrice; }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        JsonMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder().build();
+        System.out.println("POJO    : " + mapper.writeValueAsString(
+                new ProductPojo(1L, "Mechanical Keyboard", 79.99)));
+        System.out.println("record  : " + mapper.writeValueAsString(
+                new ProductRecord(1L, "Mechanical Keyboard", 79.99)));
+        System.out.println("ordered : " + mapper.writeValueAsString(
+                new ProductOrdered(1L, "Mechanical Keyboard", 79.99)));
+    }
+}