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kotlinx-serialization-core/kotlinx.serialization.descriptors/serialDescriptor

serialDescriptor

inline fun <reified T> serialDescriptor(): SerialDescriptor(source)

Retrieves descriptor of type T using reified serializer function.

Example:

serialDescriptor<List<String>>() // Returns kotlin.collections.ArrayList(PrimitiveDescriptor(kotlin.String))
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fun serialDescriptor(type: KType): SerialDescriptor(source)

Retrieves descriptor of a type associated with the given KType.

Example:

val type = typeOf<List<String>>()

serialDescriptor(type) // Returns kotlin.collections.ArrayList(PrimitiveDescriptor(kotlin.String))
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