I'm working with multiplatform, and I'm trying to ...

# reflect

[Megan Teahan]

I'm working with multiplatform, and I'm trying to get the KType from a class. It seems like the jvm versions of Kotlin have the ability to get KType (createType or starProjectedType), but I'm trying to find a way to get the class using the common libs. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Mostly I'm trying to get the KType of an object to generate a serializer, which requires a KType to generate :

/**
 * Retrieves a serializer for the given type [T].
 * This method is a reified version of `serializer(KType)`.
 */
public inline fun <reified T> serializer(): KSerializer<T> {
    return serializer(typeOf<T>()).cast()
}

/**
 * Creates a serializer for the given [type].
 * [type] argument can be obtained with experimental [typeOf] method.
 */
@OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
public fun serializer(type: KType): KSerializer<Any?> {
    val result = EmptySerializersModule.serializerByKTypeImpl(type) ?: type.kclass().serializerNotRegistered()
    return result.nullable(type.isMarkedNullable)
}