private void makeAttributeJSONArray(final SimpleFeatureType layerSft) throws JSONException {
    List<ConfiguredAttribute> cas = applicationLayer.getAttributes();
    // Sort the attributes, by featuretype and the featuretyp
    Collections.sort(
        cas,
        new Comparator<ConfiguredAttribute>() {
          @Override
          public int compare(ConfiguredAttribute o1, ConfiguredAttribute o2) {
            if (o1.getFeatureType() == null) {
              return -1;
            }
            if (o2.getFeatureType() == null) {
              return 1;
            }
            if (o1.getFeatureType().getId().equals(layerSft.getId())) {
              return -1;
            }
            if (o2.getFeatureType().getId().equals(layerSft.getId())) {
              return 1;
            }
            return o1.getFeatureType().getId().compareTo(o2.getFeatureType().getId());
          }
        });
    for (ConfiguredAttribute ca : cas) {
      JSONObject j = ca.toJSONObject();

      // Copy alias over from feature type
      SimpleFeatureType sft = ca.getFeatureType();
      if (sft == null) {
        sft = layerSft;
      }
      AttributeDescriptor ad = sft.getAttribute(ca.getAttributeName());
      j.put("alias", ad.getAlias());
      j.put("featureTypeAttribute", ad.toJSONObject());

      attributesJSON.put(j);
    }
  }