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# serialization

[Ken]

Sorry if this isn't the correct channel for this question. I attempted to upgrade to Kotlin 1.3. I had been using Kotlinx Serialization 0.6.2 and its associated plugins for Maven and Intellij. When I attempted to build, the compiler errors out on the @Serializable annotation with:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Backend Internal error: Exception during code generation
Cause: org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl.initialize(Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/types/KotlinType;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/ReceiverParameterDescriptor;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/types/KotlinType;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Modality;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Visibility;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/SimpleFunctionDescriptorImpl;

I removed the Kotlinx plugin from Maven pom, and rebuilt the compile succeeds but my unit test fail with the exception:
kotlinx.serialization.SerializationException: Can't locate default serializer for class <myclass>

I then tried by upgrading to Kotlinx Serializer 0.9.0, but the signature fo kotlinx.serialization.json.JSON.stringify and parse have change to require a Serializer as its first argument and the @ImplicitReflectionSerializer annotations for all clients - this change doesn't seem to be documented anywhere and for me has major implications. I have to ask all my clients to add @ImplicitReflectionSerializer before using my library methods.

Is there a better way to handle this change. It seems like a "breaking" change that should have been called out and documented.

Here is my code with the issue, wondering if Generics is contributing to the issue:
inline fun <reified T: Any> parseToClass(jsonResponse: String): T {
try {
return JSON.nonstrict.parse<T>(jsonResponse)
}
catch(ex: Exception) {
Logger.error("Failed to parse JSON to class ${T::class.simpleName}", ex)
throw ex
}
}

[sandwwraith]

You can use non-propagating annotation @UseExperimental(kotlinx.serialization.ImplicitReflectionSerializer::class) on your API. (see keep about experimental annotations for more info)

[sandwwraith]

Make sure to read @ImplicitReflectionSerializer docs in advance to understand the limitations of this approach