MutableStateFlowSerializer

A KSerializer for MutableStateFlow.

This class wraps a KSerializer for the inner value type T, enabling serialization and deserialization of MutableStateFlow instances. The inner value serialization is delegated to the provided valueSerializer.

Note that the SavedState format uses this serializer automatically for a MutableStateFlow at root and there is no need to explicitly specify it. For example:

val msf = MutableStateFlow(123)
// No need to do `encodeToSavedState(MutableStateFlowSerializer(Int.serializer), msf)`
encodeToSavedState(msf)

However, when the MutableStateFlow is a property of a serializable class there is no automatic fallback and a Serializable annotation is still needed if the property is intended to be serialized with this serializer. For example:

@Serializable
data class MyData(
    @Serializable(with = MutableStateFlowSerializer::class)
    val flow: MutableStateFlow<Int>
)

Summary

<T : Any?> MutableStateFlowSerializer(valueSerializer: KSerializer<T>)

open fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): MutableStateFlow<T>

open fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: MutableStateFlow<T>): Unit

open val descriptor: SerialDescriptor