Is it currently impossible to serialize inherited ...

# serialization

[JoakimForslund]

Is it currently impossible to serialize inherited classes for iOS? Seems to work great with jvm/js. The README.md kind of states it, but it does not really say that inheritance does not work.
Anyone knows?

[Jonas Bark]

related: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C7A1U5PTM/p1547025037033400

[sandwwraith]

It is just not implemented for now, but we have it in plans of course

[JoakimForslund]

@sandwwraith Do you have any tips in how one might be able to get around it for now? Would very much like not having to write a long switch case to handle specific init of objects

[JoakimForslund]

Been trying different ideas on how to solve this, but I come up with nothing

[sandwwraith]

Not sure about that. I think the only possible way is to get rid of inheritance

[JoakimForslund]

@sandwwraith I did that, and tried to use interface instead, but that seems to bring on another set of problems.

[JoakimForslund]

Which sadfully brings me to having to use one class where I do a when(...) setup to make sure the right task is performed given a persisted object with a specific key.

I can for sure say I'm looking forward to iOS inheritance being added then 🙂

[JoakimForslund]

I know this sounds like whining, but you guys are doing awesome work!