is it currently possible to write a .main.kts that defines and uses `@Serializable` classes? how wo...

# scripting

[Nikky]

is it currently possible to write a .main.kts that defines and uses @Serializable classes?
how would is enable to kotlinx-serialization plugin ?
i want to write a script to do a bit of json processing

[Javier]

you can't apply the Gradle plugin so it can't codegen the needed things so you should use moshi or gson

[mbonnin]

There's a '-XPlugin' option iirc

[mbonnin]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0BT46EL8/p1624772919049000?thread_ts=1624772919.049000&cid=C0BT46EL8

[mbonnin]

But most of the time, I just use the kotlinx.serialization runtime and parse everything dynamically

[Nikky]

i tried those tricks but i cannot use Foo.serializer() or such

[mbonnin]

You can use something like Json.decodeFromString(str)

[mbonnin]

And it gives you a JsonElement or so

[mbonnin]

Don't take this as gospel, I'm on mobile right now but it's definitely doable without any gradle or compiler plugin