getElementDescriptor

Retrieves the descriptor of the child element for the given index. For the property of type T on the position i, getElementDescriptor(i) yields the same result as for T.serializer().descriptor, if the serializer for this property is not explicitly overridden with @Serializable(with = ...)`, Polymorphic or Contextual. This method can be used to completely introspect the type that the current descriptor describes.

Example:

@Serializable
@OnClassSerialAnnotation
class Nested(...)

@Serializable
class Outer(val nested: Nested)

val outerDescriptor = Outer.serializer().descriptor

outerDescriptor.getElementDescriptor(0).serialName // Returns "Nested"
outerDescriptor.getElementDescriptor(0).annotations // Returns [@OnClassSerialAnnotation]

Throws