I'm trying to write a custom serializer for `Enum`...

# serialization

[Sebastian Schuberth]

I'm trying to write a custom serializer for Enum, the "common base class of all enum classes", but I'm struggling with the syntax for the generic type parameter. Has some done this successfully?

[Sebastian Schuberth]

In particular, I'm struggling with overriding deserialize to create an instance of the Enum from a string which that enum uses in its overridden toString.

[Sebastian Schuberth]

Basically something like this:

@Serializer(Enum::class)
class EnumSerializer<E : Enum<E>> : KSerializer<E> {
    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: E) = encoder.encodeString(value.toString())
    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor
        get() = TODO("Not yet implemented")

    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder) = // find the enum that uses decoder.decodeString() in its toString() here
}