Can I somehow replace the default `Instant` serializer? I don't want to annotate every `Instant` wi...

# serialization

[Christian Würthenr]

Can I somehow replace the default Instant serializer? I don't want to annotate every Instant with @Serializable(with = ...) or @Contextual

[Assaf Shouval]

you can write on the top of the file: @file:UseSerializers(DateAsLongSerializer::class)

[Assaf Shouval]

see: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/serializers.md#specifying-serializers-for-a-file

[Christian Würthenr]

Ohh, this is what I was looking for: typealias DateAsText = @Serializable(DateAsSimpleTextSerializer::class) Date

[Christian Würthenr]

Thanks for pointing me into the right direction!

[Assaf Shouval]

Ah yes, even better, I forgot about it

[nschulzke]

@Christian Würthenr, thank you! I've been sprinkling @Contextual in my code all over the place and didn't know this was a feature!