bump on my question from above... is there a way in kotlin to serialize a json field that can essent...

# serialization

[Ryan Brink]

bump on my question from above... is there a way in kotlin to serialize a json field that can essentially be a union type (either a boolean, or a data class)

[kevin.cianfarini]

Defined a sealed interface/class that wraps the type and serialize that

[Casey Brooks]

You can make a custom Serializer https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/serializers.md#custom-serializers

[Adam S]

the quick-and-easy approach is to manually convert the property to or from a JsonElement

@Serializable
data class MyData(
  val someElement: JsonElement,
) {
  val someElementAsBoolean: Boolean? = if (JsonElement is JsonPrimitive) ... else null
}