Hi, I have something I'm struggling with to implem...

# serialization

[Joshua Hansen]

Hi, I have something I'm struggling with to implement a custom serializer with. Not sure if it's possible or how to do it.

Basically, I have a sealed class Function which has a properties abstract val name: String and abstract val params: List<Parameter<*>>. Now, I also have sealed class Parameter<T>(private val value: T) where T can be a few kinds of primitives or a list.

My end goal is to have have an instance of the Function class serialize as a string to a typical function header style: name(param1.value, param2.value, param3.value). A few questions here:

• How might I use the name (which is unique among Function implementations) to dynamically deserialize the param list? Is this possible with a custom serializer?
• Can I do this with a single customer serializer? Or do I need one for each sublclass of Function?
• Since Function has a list of Parameters, do I need a customer Serializer for List<Parameter<*>>? Still not quite sure how this works.