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    Shan

    Shan

    2 years ago
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    Hey all. I'm trying to use this data class and getting this response:
    j.b.u: Can't locate argument-less serializer for class e.b.b.d.a (Kotlin reflection is not available). For generic classes, such as lists, please provide serializer explicitly.
    Can anyone confirm that this means I have to write my own serializer because it's using a 
    Map
    ? Or is there a way to do this that I'm missing somewhere? I'm using this with a Ktor request.
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    Dominaezzz

    Dominaezzz

    2 years ago
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    That's weird. You shouldn't need a custom serializer.
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    It should just work.
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    This is for json right?
    Shan

    Shan

    2 years ago
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    Yeah
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    just setting up Ktor like so:
    install(JsonFeature) {
    serializer = KotlinxSerializer()
}
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    I have another request class I am using that involves an Array. Should that just work out of box as well? 
    @Serializable
data class Request(
    val flags: Array<String>,
    val userInfo: UserAttributes
)
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    UserAttributes:
    @Serializable
data class UserAttributes(
    val booleanAttributes: Map<String, Boolean>,
    val numberAttributes: Map<String, Float>,
    val stringAttributes: Map<String, String>
)
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    Not quite sure from the error message which data class is having the problem unfortunately, I think it's getting eaten by ProGuard
    Dominaezzz

    Dominaezzz

    2 years ago
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    Yes the Array one should work as well.
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    Maybe proguard is the issue?
    Shan

    Shan

    2 years ago
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    The issue I was having is that Ktor wasn't using the generated 
    serializer()
    from Kotlinx.Serialization, and was instead trying to use reflection to find it but could not. I set it explicitly with 
    setMapper(KClass, KSerializer)
    and it is now working, though I do wonder why Ktor does not find the KSerializer without me explicitly setting it seeing as it is always generated when something is annotated with 
    @serialized
    .. 🤔
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