Hi, is there way to access the serializer() companion object in a generic way with a reified type? I...

# serialization

[suresh]

Hi, is there way to access the serializer() companion object in a generic way with a reified type? I checked the generated Serializable class to see if there is a any common interface. What i am doing is,

@Serializable
data class TT(
    val ciId: Long = -1,
    val ciAttributes: Map<String, String?> = emptyMap()
) {
    inline fun <reified T> asType(serializer: KSerializer<T>): T {
        return Mapper.unmapNullable(serializer, ciAttributes)
    }

}

val t: TT = ....
val x = t.asType(XX.serializer())

[Robert Jaros]

Perhaps you want T::class.serializer() ?

[suresh]

@Robert Jaros thanks, yeah that worked. I had to fix the reified type parameter bound to Any

[suresh]

I was trying to avoid reflection as much as possible as i want to create a native-image (Graal AOT)

[suresh]

thanks for the help.

[sandwwraith]

You may also find this function (and/or typeOf stdlib function) helpful: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/runtime/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/SerializerResolving.kt#L29

[suresh]

@sandwwraith thanks!, will check that.