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Sealed interface @Serializable support

See original GitHub issue

I don’t know if it is a bug but just wanted to ask, why can I do abstract val stuff with sealed classes but can’t do the same thing with interfaces.

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Created 2 years ago
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sandwwraithcommented, Jul 2, 2021

sealed interfaces are currently treated as regular interfaces (can’t have serializable annotation and require serializers module). In the future, yes, @Serializable annotation on sealed interfaces would be supported

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y9san9commented, Jul 5, 2021

Then the issue is actual, waiting for implementation 🙃

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