Hi ! Is there any way to write a function which ta...

# serialization

[mmaillot]

Hi !
Is there any way to write a function which takes any Serializable class like : fun doSomething(input: Serializable) { Json.encodeToString(input) } ? My current solution is to use a serializable sealed interface which force me to write all my serializable data in the same package.

[Emil Kantis]

you could do something like:

inline fun <reified T> doSomething(input: T): String {
  serializerOrNull(typeOf<T>())?.let { serializer ->
    Json.encodeToString(serializer, input)
  } ?: error("No serializer for ${T::class.simpleName}")
}

[mmaillot]

Thanks ! it works but I'm looking for a solution which throw an error at the compile, not at the runtime.