Hello. I am trying to use ktor-clients that use re...

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[Fedor Bobin]

Hello.
I am trying to use ktor-clients that use reified generics to handle return type and pass it to deserialization routine.

httpClient.get<Type>(...): Type <------ return type is handled from reified generic parameter
  
  interface JsonSerializer {
    suspend fun read(type: KClass<*>, content: IncomingContent): Any   <<------ and handled type is used to instantiate object
}

If I pass List<MyObject> as a type parameter, I silently get List of garbage because reified generics does not include inner parameters and only List<*> will be passed to JsonSerializer.read(...)

I am wonder why not:
1) either: do not allow to pass classes with inner generics to reified methods
2) or: pass something different then just KClass that supports chain of generics

[Deactivated User]

There is a #C0A974TJ9 channel. You can ask issues related to ktor there 🙂

[Deactivated User]

Is this your issue? https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/issues/346

[Fedor Bobin]

A am not asking about ktor itself but about Kotlin state in current question.

[Deactivated User]

Oh I see. Then ignore this comment 👍

[Deactivated User]

You can also try in the #C0B9K7EP2 channel