---
title: outputFormatting
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/jsonencoder/outputformatting-swift.property
---

# outputFormatting

A value that determines the readability, size, and element order of the encoded JSON object.

## Declaration

```swift
var outputFormatting: JSONEncoder.OutputFormatting { get set }
```

## See Also

### Customizing Encoding

- [JSONEncoder.OutputFormatting](foundation/jsonencoder/outputformatting-swift.struct.md)
- [keyEncodingStrategy](foundation/jsonencoder/keyencodingstrategy-swift.property.md)
- [JSONEncoder.KeyEncodingStrategy](foundation/jsonencoder/keyencodingstrategy-swift.enum.md)
- [userInfo](foundation/jsonencoder/userinfo.md)