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Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with Kotlin

You're reading from   Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with Kotlin Build robust software with reusable code using OOP principles and design patterns in Kotlin

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789617726
Length 370 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
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Abid Khan Abid Khan
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Abid Khan
Igor Kucherenko Igor Kucherenko
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Igor Kucherenko
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Kotlin 2. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming FREE CHAPTER 3. The Four Pillars of Object-Oriented Programming 4. Classes - Advanced Concepts 5. Data Collection, Iterators, and Filters 6. Object-Oriented Patterns in Kotlin 7. Coroutines - a Lightweight Thread? 8. Interoperability 9. Regular Expression and Serialization in Kotlin 10. Exception Handling 11. Testing in Object-Oriented Programming with Kotlin 12. Assessments 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introducing serialization

When we need to transform the state of an object to a format that can be stored or sent and restored after this, we can use serialization. The most common approach that is used in development is the serialization of objects to JSON format. An object represented in JSON is a collection of key-value pairs, while a key is represented by a string, and a value can have the following types:

  • string
  • number
  • array
  • object
  • boolean

The value can also be null. Keys and values are separated by colons, and pairs are separated by commas. In the following example code, JSON contains two pairs that contain values with string types:

{
    "first_name": "Igor",
    "last_name": "Kucherenko"
}

The following example code contains the "user" key in accordance with a value of an object type that, in turn, contains an array of...

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