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Stop sorting the fields in alphabetical order in generated yaml file

See original GitHub issue

Description of the feature or enhancement:

Hi, I don’t know whether this feature already exist or not, Can someone please help me with this issue.

When I run cdk8s synth yaml files are getting generated in dist folder. List or directory declared in .ts file is getting sorted alphabetically in generated yaml file, is there a way to not sort these fields…?

Use Case: Avoiding alphabetical sort of dictionary or list resolves some pods to be not stuck in Creating Container

let tenant = new Tenant(this, 'tenant', {
            metadata: {
                name: 'minio',
                creationTimestamp: null,
                labels: {
                    app: 'minio'
                },
                scheduler: {
                    name: ""
                }
            },
            spec: {
                console: {
                    consoleSecret: {
                        name: 'minio-console-secret'
                    },
                    image: 'minio/console:v0.4.6',
                    replicas: 2,
                    resources: {},
                },
                credsSecret: {
                    name: 'minio-creds-secret'
                },
                image: 'minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z',
                mountPath: '/export',
                requestAutoCert: true,
                zones: [
                    {
                        resources: {},
                        servers: 4,
                        volumeClaimTemplate: {
                            apiVersion: 'v1',
                            kind: 'persistentvolumeclaims',
                            spec: {
                                storageClassName: 'provisioner',
                                accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce'],
                                resources: {
                                    requests: {
                                        storage: '1G'
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        volumesPerServer: 1,
                        affinity: {
                            podAntiAffinity: {
                                preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: [
                                    {
                                        weight: 1,
                                        podAffinityTerm: {
                                            labelSelector: {
                                                matchExpressions: [
                                                    {
                                                        key: 'app',
                                                        operator: 'In',
                                                        values: ['minio']
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            },
                                            topologyKey: 'kubernetes.io/hostname'
                                        }
                                    }
                                ]
                            }
                        }
                    }]
            }
        });

The generated yaml file from above .ts file is

kind: "Tenant"
metadata:
  labels:
    app: "minio"
  name: "minio"
  namespace: "minio"
  scheduler:
    name: ""
spec:
  console:
    consoleSecret:
      name: "minio-console-secret"
    image: "minio/console:v0.4.6"
    replicas: 2
    resources: {}
  credsSecret:
    name: "minio-creds-secret"
  image: "minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z"
  mountPath: "/export"
  requestAutoCert: true
  zones:
    - affinity:
        podAntiAffinity:
          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
            - podAffinityTerm:
                labelSelector:
                  matchExpressions:
                    - key: "app"
                      operator: "In"
                      values:
                        - "minio"
                topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
              weight: 1
      resources: {}
      servers: 4
      volumeClaimTemplate:
        apiVersion: "v1"
        kind: "persistentvolumeclaims"
        spec:
          accessModes:
            - "ReadWriteOnce"
          resources:
            requests:
              storage: "1G"
          storageClassName: "provisioner"
      volumesPerServer:

Proposed Solution: Generate YAML file without alphabetical sort

kind: "Tenant"
metadata:
  labels:
    app: "minio"
  name: "minio"
  namespace: "minio"
  scheduler:
    name: ""
spec:
  console:
    consoleSecret:
      name: "minio-console-secret"
    image: "minio/console:v0.4.6"
    replicas: 2
    resources: {}
  credsSecret:
    name: "minio-creds-secret"
  image: "minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z"
  mountPath: "/export"
  requestAutoCert: true
  zones:
    - resources: {}
      servers: 4
      volumeClaimTemplate:
        apiVersion: "v1"
        kind: "persistentvolumeclaims"
        spec:
          accessModes:
            - "ReadWriteOnce"
          resources:
            requests:
              storage: "1G"
          storageClassName: "provisioner"
      volumesPerServer: 1
      affinity:
      podAntiAffinity:
        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
        - weight: 1
          podAffinityTerm:
            labelSelector:
              matchExpressions:
                - key: "app"
                  operator: In
                  values:
                  - minio
            topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"