Hi, I was trying to write a generic networking cli...

# ktor

[sushma nayak]

Hi,
I was trying to write a generic networking client using ktor.

override suspend fun <T : Any> getJsonFromRouter(router: APIRouter, success: Success<T>, failure: Failure) {
        try {
            val json = httpClient.get<String>(requestFromRouter(router))
            Json.decodeFromString(T.serializer(), json)
                .entries
                .also(success)
        } catch (ex: Exception) {
            Failure(error = ex)
        }
    }

I’m getting error on T.serializer() . Error = “Not enough information to infer type variable T”. On iOS we have Decodable which allows these kind of generic implementation.
Was wondering if this is allowed on kotlin or this can’t be achieved and an actual type in place if generic T is required?

[rnett]

If you can make getJsonFromRouter inline, you can use reified on T. Otherwise I'd probably take the serializer as a parameter or take the KType (but you lose type safety with KType).

[sushma nayak]

Thanks!! Using the serializer as a parameter as I cant use inline reified on T because its defined in an interface.