I've got an endpoint that I know is liable to change on the server side in a way that isn't backward...

# serialization

[ankushg]

I've got an endpoint that I know is liable to change on the server side in a way that isn't backwards compatible for mobile clients. I have limited ability to influence the API.

I'd like to have
@Serializable data class MyDataClass(val inner: MyUnreliableDataClass?)

Where kotlinx.serialization will just insert null as the value for inner if the deserialization fails because the server-side json schema changed.

Is there an easy way to define this kind of a serializer?

[Shivam Verma]

I solved a similar problem once using a wrapper class. I have a complete gist here: https://gist.github.com/vshivam/5fd90e87be8958f5c9e1d1ff0c55f798