Is there a way of doing something like this? ```fu...

# reflect

[jean]

Is there a way of doing something like this?

fun test(json: JsonObject) {
    val type = String::class
    json.decode<type>() //error : Unresolved reference: type
}

private inline fun <reified T> JsonObject.decode(): T = Json.decodeFromJsonElement(this)

[ephemient]

val json = Json { ... }
val serializer = json.serializersModule.serializer(type.createType()) // may fail
json.decodeFromJsonElement(serializer, element)

[marcinmoskala]

Not directly, but what you reference here is a class reference (not a type), and most Java libs expected class references, so you might use them.

fun readUser(gson: Gson, json: String): User {
    val clazz = User::class
    return gson.fromJson(json, clazz)
}

[ephemient]

I think it's clear they're using kotlinx.serialization in the original snippet though, which is why my response was tailored for that

[jean]

Yes I’m using kotlinx.serialization, I tried your snippet @ephemient but it didn’t work in my case and I had to work on something else