In a VS Code context, I'm posting a message to a w...

# javascript

[Edoardo Luppi]

In a VS Code context, I'm posting a message to a webview (via postMessage).
I've noticed that an interface like

@JsExport
public interface Report {
  public val rdz: ReportElement?
  ...
}

will have the rdz field exposed as a function rdz, with an internal object property using an unstable name.
postMessage will erase all functions, so how am I supposed to access the field?

[andylamax]

Best option now is to serialize and deserialize your object

[Edoardo Luppi]

@andylamax as far as I'm aware functions are not serializable, or are they?

[andylamax]

functions aren't serializable. But when you serialize your object, you'll get it as a property not as a getter function

[Edoardo Luppi]

@andylamax so you're saying stuff like JSON.stringify will transform the getter to a property?

[andylamax]

hahahaha, I wish. I am saying stuff like Json.encodeToString will transform the getter to a propperty

Json from kotlinx.serialization

[Edoardo Luppi]

Ahhhhh lol, I wasn't sure about which serialization you were talking about

[Edoardo Luppi]

I've decided to move the processing of the object before the postMessage.
I'll process it and post a simple JSON object.

[andylamax]

that too is serialization and it should work

[Edoardo Luppi]

Yeah I just didn't want to add another dependency on the Kotlin side

[andylamax]

thats actually a nice move.

[Edoardo Luppi]

Thinking about it, it's also logically better. The less a webview knows/has to process, the better.

[Edoardo Luppi]

But maybe there should be a way to expose fields as object properties instead of getters.