seems like JSON does not support `writeStringEleme...

# serialization

[Nikky]

seems like JSON does not support writeStringElementValue or similar,
i hoped to be able to use the infrastructure to support writing customized JSON objects

[sandwwraith]

what do you mean by ‘not support’?

[sandwwraith]

if you want to write a custom serializer with code to similar what plugin generates, you can look for a hint here: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/runtime/common/src/test/kotlin/kotlinx/serialization/CustomSerializersTest.kt#L51

It even has the feature you want – ignore default value

[Nikky]

i think i get it now, i did that without writeBegin and writeEnd

[Nikky]

one more questions.. do indices indicate the positioning in the resulting json ?

[sandwwraith]

theirs main purpose is to indicate position in Kotlin class definition, to be able to retrieve name for them. Resulting json will be formed in order you’ve made writexxxElement calls.

[Nikky]

in the example you show that you can skip them with a if .. does that work always ?
i have ~20 variables that i want to to skip serializin when they are their default value