Is it possible to set serialization configuration ...

# kvision

[Tomas Kormanak]

Is it possible to set serialization configuration for whole project? We have a custom serialization configuration (using open polymorphic class structure) and we need same config in Rest client and Form.
(unfortunately we are still on version 4, but I am wondering whether the latest version support something like this)

[Robert Jaros]

No such feature at the moment. You can fill a feature request, I think it can be done.

[Tomas Kormanak]

Thanks, I'll add issue.

[Robert Jaros]

Hi, could you please specify what configuration do you need? Is it just about cusom serializers?

[Robert Jaros]

Or perhaps some other options as well?

[Tomas Kormanak]

my current config:

val instance = Json {
        ignoreUnknownKeys = true
        isLenient = true
        encodeDefaults = true
        serializersModule = SerializersModule {
            contextual(Date::class, DateSerializer)
            polymorphic(Entity::class) {
                subclass(Application::class)
                subclass(Asset::class)
                subclass(DialogueMixin::class)
                subclass(File::class)
                subclass(Voice::class)
            }
        }
        classDiscriminator = "__class"
    }

[Tomas Kormanak]

So I need other options as well

[Robert Jaros]

I'm asking because there are options which should not be changed in specific applications (e.g. inside Form)

[Tomas Kormanak]

Which one?

[Robert Jaros]

encodeDefaults = true

[Robert Jaros]

it will not work correctly if someone makes it false

[Tomas Kormanak]

I see.

[Robert Jaros]

But I'll probably just leave it to the user

[Tomas Kormanak]

You can create own instance of Json overriding it

[Tomas Kormanak]

something like:

val customMapper:Json = Json {...}

val formMapper = Json(from = customMapper) {
    encodeDefaults = true
}

[Robert Jaros]

Nice

[Robert Jaros]

I have a problem that I didn't think about before.

[Robert Jaros]

I've made kvision-rest module independent from KVision itself.

[Robert Jaros]

And now I can't make shared configuration.

[Robert Jaros]

it was not specifically announced so probably no one is using RestClient without KVision 😉 I'll just restore the dependency and we will see if there will be complaints ...