KotlinX Serialization Standard Serializers (KS3)
This project aims to provide a set of serializers for common types.
⚠️ Consider this project to be Alpha for the time being. We would be happy for you to use it, and appreciate your feedback, but things may be re-written. We hope to reach Beta relatively quick.
Getting started
Add the dependency. With Gradle:
dependencies {
implementation("io.ks3:ks3-jdk:<version>")
}
Maven:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.ks3</groupId>
<artifactId>ks3-jdk-jvm</artifactId>
<version>0.0.2</version>
</dependency>
Note that when using Maven dependencies must specify the multiplatform variant. For example, append
-jvm
to specify the JVM variant ofks3-jdk
.
Now you can start using the provided serializers. There's several possible ways to do this.
- Using contextual serialization
- Passing a serializer manually
- Specifying serializer on a property
- Specifying serializers for a file
- Specifying serializer using a typealias
typealias
Using typealias LocalDateTimeAsString = @Serializable(LocalDateTimeAsStringSerializer::class) LocalDateTime
data class Appointment(
val datetime: LocalDateTimeAsString
)
For details, see the kotlinx.serialization guide
This method is most useful when you want to use different serial formats for the same type, or when you can't configure the serializer itself.
@Contextual
Using See the details in kotlinx.serialization guide
@Serializable
class ProgrammingLanguage(
val name: String,
@Contextual
val stableReleaseDate: Date
)
private val module = SerializersModule {
contextual(DateAsLongSerializer)
}
val format = Json { serializersModule = module }