Is it possible to implement my own custom format and hook into the `@Serializable` infrastructure? A...

# serialization

[Mendess]

Is it possible to implement my own custom format and hook into the @Serializable infrastructure? Aka, is it possible for me to define something like MyFormat.decodeFromString and MyFormat.encodeToMyFormat

[Mitchell Syer]

Yep, there are quite a few that do already, here is a list of most of them. https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/tree/master/formats

[Mendess]

yeah I saw that, but I didn't find instructions on how to implement my own

[Mitchell Syer]

I believe the docs for that are here https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/formats.md#custom-formats-experimental

[Mendess]

I see, I missed it

[Mendess]

thanks!

[andylamax]

I also missed this. Much thanks for this germ