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Deserializing a generic type using gson in kotlin
I have a generic type Animal implemented as a sealed class that can be a Dog or a Cat.
sealed class Animal(val typeOfAnimal: String) {
data class Dog(val barkVolume: Int): Animal("dog")
data class Cat(val hasStripes: Boolean): Animal("cat")
}

According to http://jansipke.nl/serialize-and-deserialize-a-list-of-polymorphic-objects-with-gson/ you can deserialize an...