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====== LIST_TO_JSON ====== 

===== Description =====  
Converts a list of business objects into a JSON string. Specified attributes of each list member are printed out.
===== Parameters =====  
  - A list to print out or a query finding business objects to print
  - If a list is specified an additional parameter can be optionally specified to contain sorting criteria in the Rule Language format.
  - Second, third, fourth and other parameters - attribute specification to include in JSON. 
    - Attribute specification consists of an attribute name, optionally followed by a JSON name and format separated by @ delimiter.
    - If an attribute name starts with the # symbol the content of the attribute value is already a JSON formatted string which just needs to be inserted.
  - Returns a text string representing members of the list converted to JSON
===== Example =====  
<code aim>LIST_TO_JSON_FUNCTION(Client.Children, 'ORDER BY Client.Name DESC', 'FirstName', 'LastName', 'Age', 'ID@My id', 'Date@Date@MMM dd yyyy')</code>
This produces the following string:
<code aim>
{
   "FirstName": "Jane",
   "LastName" : "Allison",
   "Age" : 15,
   "My id" : "some value",
   "Date": "Jan 2 2024"
},
{
   "FirstName": "Bob",
   "LastName" : "Fisk",
   "Age" : 30,
   "My id" : "some other value",
   "Date": "Feb 12 2024"
}
...
</code>