How do I write a polymorphic serializer for two pr...

# serialization

[Otis Goodman]

How do I write a polymorphic serializer for two primitive types?
I am trying to write an SDK for an API, and there are responses that can either be an int or a string. Is it possible to make a polymorphic serializer, that will serialize and deserialize API calls?

[ephemient]

easiest way is just to use JsonElement

[ephemient]

you can write a custom serializer that uses (decoder as JsonDecoder).decodeJsonElement().jsonPrimitive if you want it deserialized to your own custom type instead

[Eugen Martynov]

Is there a notion in json when it will be a string and when it will be int?