Use static YAMLSpecWriter.sort_keys (#93)

rly · web-flow · commit c75cd0e7b5f8 · 2025-06-25T11:38:22.000-07:00
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ docs/_build
 # Add Hatch
 .hatch/
 .venv/
+
+# Hatch-vcs
+_version.py
diff --git a/hdmf_docutils/_version.py b/hdmf_docutils/_version.py
diff --git a/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py b/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ def spec_to_yaml(spec):
         
         # Convert to plain dict first
         clean_spec = json.loads(json.dumps(spec, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
+        
         # Sort keys using YAMLSpecWriter's sort_keys method
-        hdmf_yaml_writer = YAMLSpecWriter()
-        sorted_spec = hdmf_yaml_writer.sort_keys(clean_spec)
+        sorted_spec = YAMLSpecWriter.sort_keys(clean_spec)
         
         yaml = YAML(pure=True)
         yaml.default_flow_style = False
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ keywords = [
 dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "networkx",
-    "hdmf",
+    "hdmf>=4.1.0",
     "pillow",
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx-gallery",
