does kotlin serialziation uses `Serializable` of java ? why I am asking this question, actually we ...

# serialization

[Rohan Maity]

does kotlin serialziation uses Serializable of java ?
why I am asking this question, actually we need to store the some serialized data in local/Room DB
With Java's Serializable, problem is if we make any changes to the class implementing Serializable,. Its serialVersionUID gets changed, which causes the problem in deserializing

[Casey Brooks]

No, kotlinx.serialization is for converting Kotlin objects into standard structured representations, like JSON or Protobuf. Java's Serializable is an internal format that is only useful within Java, and kotlinx.serialization has no interop or compatibility with it.

Note that you can have a class be "serializable" with both Kotlinx.serialization, and also by the Java interface.

[Casey Brooks]

You really shouldn't be using Java Serializable for any reason other than marshalling data around your application. Because of its serialVersionUID and the fact that the serialized representation is so closely linked with the Class binary, it's not really meant to persist serialized state over time.

In contrast, the standard formats like JSON are very-much designed to be parsed at a later date, with changes to the class/schema that originally produced it, or even to pass into other programming languages.

[Rohan Maity]

Ok cool, just wanted to confirm this

[Rohan Maity]

For SerialVersionUID I just got to know this Today

[Rohan Maity]

I was not aware of this thing