Hi, quick question, I have and endpoint that has a dynamic property, it could be a `String`, an `Int...

# serialization

[Alejandro Moya]

Hi, quick question, I have and endpoint that has a dynamic property, it could be a String, an Integer or a Boolean , is there a way to achieve that behaviour with serialization?

[Alejandro Moya]

tried having the property as a polymorphic Any and adding the types to the serialization module but it failed

[Alejandro Moya]

@Polymorphic val value: Any

[Alejandro Moya]

SerializersModule {
    polymorphic(Any::class) {
        subclass(String::class, String.serializer())
        subclass(Int::class, Int.serializer())
        subclass(Boolean::class, Boolean.serializer())
    }
}

[Paul Woitaschek]

Try if using a JsonPrimitive works

[Alejandro Moya]

will try

[Paul Woitaschek]

If it doesn't then a JsonElement probably will

[nschulzke]

For cases like this I've tended to write my own sealed interface composed of inline classes. I dislike the ergonomics of the built-in JsonPrimitive class, and writing a sealed interface with the types that I need is pretty painless.