What is the best way to clone by value a class ins...

# multiplatform

[Christian Sousa]

What is the best way to clone by value a class instance on a multiplatform project (under the common code)? I’ve not found anything related to it, only the Cloneable on Java, but that doesn’t really help because I was trying to do it under the common part

[gildor]

You can use kotlinx.serialization

[Christian Sousa]

Thanks @gildor, is there any example on how can I accomplish this with serialization?

[gildor]

Serialize and then deserialize, it will be essentially copy.
You can use simple map for this (something like this apporach - https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/examples/example-jvm/src/NamedMapDemo.kt)

[gildor]

But now I thinking, that you just can use Data classes. it will be just as straight forward solution

[gildor]

serialization will not work with some arbitrary class anyway

[gildor]

there is no way maigcally clone, as on JVM for example for native or js

[gildor]

so you need some interface for this

[gildor]

so data class or kotlin serialization provides it for you