How does one catch JsonDecodingException? seems li...

# serialization

[bjonnh]

How does one catch JsonDecodingException? seems like it is internal to kotlinx

[bjonnh]

I guess you just have to catch a SerializationException…

[Vsevolod Tolstopyatov [JB]]

Yeah, we recommend working with SerializationException instead, JsonDecodingException is just for better debuggability and diagnostics, not for programmatic use

[bjonnh]

I was using that for a tryMultipleTimes<T>(times: Int, exceptions: List<KClass<out Exception>> , f: ()->T):T

[bjonnh]

that would retry a certain number of times if it receive an exception from that list

[bjonnh]

but I can't do it with JsonDecodingException as I was doing: listExceptions.any { e::class == it }

[bjonnh]

I added a "text" based selector based on the java qualified so I can still catch that one, not the best way, but I'm not certain how to do that better.

[bjonnh]

I could also catch and re throw my own exception I guess