I have a class `data class(val foo: String, ...)` and in one context I need field `foo` to be serial...

# serialization

[akowal]

I have a class data class(val foo: String, ...) and in one context I need field foo to be serialized as bar (don’t need deserialization), but in
other cases it should be de-/serialized as usual. How is it possible to achieve this?

[Paul Woitaschek]

Create a KSerializer and use it depending on your context

[akowal]

That won’t help. Serializers are protocol agnostic and only define how values are serialized, it doesn’t have any control over how fields are named in json.

[Paul Woitaschek]

Ah you want to name it differently and not serialize it differently. Then go with a JsonTransformingSerializer