xml
fun SerialDescriptor.xml(xmlDescriptor: SerialDescriptor = this, serialQName: QName? = null): XmlSerialDescriptor(source)
Helper function that allows the XML format to use a different descriptor for the given type. This is intended for use with custom serializers implementing XmlSerializer to handle xml serialization specially.
Receiver
The "normal"/default descriptor
Return
A subtype of the serializer that is recognized by the xml format and allows dynamic descriptions dependent on the format.
Parameters
xmlDescriptor
The descriptor to use in case of XML (not overridden by default).
serialQName
The name of the type as if specified by annotation. By default null (no name given)