Is it possible to tell a `SerializersModule` to look for an attribute called `name` instead of `type...

# serialization

[jean]

Is it possible to tell a SerializersModule to look for an attribute called name instead of type without registering a custom serializer?

[jean]

I’m dealing with a json like that:

"attributes": [
  {
    "name": "attribute1",
    "value": 22.68
  },
  {
    "name": "attribute2",
    "value": false
  },
  {
    "name": "attribute3",
    "value": "test"
  },
  ...
]

[ephemient]

https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.serialization/kotlinx-serialization-json/kotlinx.serialization.json/-json-class-discriminator/index.html

[ephemient]

or https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.serialization/kotlinx-serialization-json/kotlinx.serialization.json/-json-builder/class-discriminator.html?query=var%20classDiscriminator:%20String if you want it to apply globally and not just to specifically annotated classes

[ephemient]

although… perhaps you want to use a https://kotlin.github.io/kotlinx.serialization/kotlinx-serialization-json/kotlinx.serialization.json/-json-transforming-serializer/index.html to transform it to

"attributes": {
  "attribute1": 22.68,
  "attribute2", false,
  "attribute3", "test",
  ...
},

instead of going through polymorphic serialization?

[jean]

I simplified a lot my json, each object has a lot more of specific attributes related to its type, so @JsonClassDiscriminator("message_type") is probably the way to go for me

[jean]

and the list of attribute isn’t fix neither