Adapt to parse structure suggested in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/198655#issuecomment-1985943125

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 json2kdl is a program that generates KDL files from JSON
 
-![A terminal screenshot of me running cat to show the contents of an example json file, then running json2kdl on it and showing the kdl output in a new file](https://eldritchcafe.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/109/972/564/372/013/139/original/ab2e73d17967d369.png)
+```sh
+json2kdl input.json output.kdl
+```
 
 ## Intended Use
 
@@ -10,13 +12,13 @@ json2kdl was made specifically for [Nixpkgs Issue #198655](https://github.com/Ni
  which means, these features are currently out of scope:
 - Parsing arbitrary JSON  
   Currently, the input file structure must follow a specific schema:
-  - [Nodes](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#node) can be defined as fields of the root JSON object (`{}`)
-  - Each node can have these optional fields:
+  - [Nodes](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#node) can be defined as elements of the root JSON array (`[]`)
+  - Each node must have the `identifier` field of type [Identifier](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#identifier) and can have these optional fields:
     - `arguments` (Array of [Values](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#value))
     - `properties` (Object with [Identifier](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#identifier):[Value](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#value) pairs)
-    - `children` (Object with fields representing [Nodes](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#node))  
+    - `children` (Array of objects representing [Nodes](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl/blob/main/SPEC.md#node))  
     
   See `examples/example.json`
 - Comments (As JSON does not support them)
 - Type Annotations
-- Types that KDL has but JSON does not and vice versa
+- Types that KDL has but JSON does not and vice versa

examples/example.json

@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-{
-  "thermal-paste": {
+[
+  {
+    "identifier": "thermal-paste",
     "arguments": [
       "NT-H1"
     ],
-    "children": {
-      "description": {
+    "children": [
+      {
+        "identifier": "description",
         "arguments": [
           "it tastes nice:)"
         ]
       }
-    },
+    ],
     "properties": {
       "amount": "3.5g"
     }
   }
-}
+]

src/main.rs

@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
 fn json_to_kdl(json: Value) -> Result<KdlDocument> {
     let nodes: Vec<Result<KdlNode>> = json
-        .as_object()
-        .ok_or_else(|| miette!("Document root must be a JSON object"))?
+        .as_array()
+        .ok_or_else(|| miette!("Document root must be a JSON array"))?
         .iter()
-        .map(|(key, value)| {
-            let mut node = KdlNode::new(key.as_str());
+        .map(|value| {
+            let mut node = KdlNode::new(
+                value
+                    .get("identifier")
+                    .and_then(|ident| ident.as_str())
+                    .ok_or_else(|| miette!("`identifier` must exist and be a String"))?,
+            );
 
             if let Some(arguments) = value.get("arguments") {
                 let args: Vec<KdlValue> = arguments
@@ -105,8 +110,9 @@ fn value_to_kdl(value: Value) -> Result<KdlValue> {
 #[test]
 fn test_conversion() -> Result<()> {
     let input = serde_json::json!(
-    {
-      "bees": {
+    [
+      {
+        "identifier": "bees",
         "arguments": [
           true,
           42,
@@ -119,22 +125,27 @@ fn test_conversion() -> Result<()> {
           "state?": "quite upset"
         }
       },
-      "lemon": {
-        "children": {
-          "child": {
+      {
+        "identifier": "lemon",
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "identifier": "child",
             "properties": {
               "age": 3
-            }
+             }
           },
-          "child-eater": {
+          {
+            "identifier": "child-eater",
             "arguments": [
               ":^)"
             ]
           }
-        }
+        ]
       },
-      "ohno": {}
-    });
+      {
+        "identifier": "ohno"
+      }
+    ]);
 
     assert_eq!(
         json_to_kdl(input)?.to_string(),