Deserialise enum with different names

[tagy]

The following deserialises fine:

    val dogXML = """
       <dog name="fluffy">
         <age>22</age>
         <breed>pug</breed>
       </dog>
    """.trimIndent()

    @Serializable
    @XmlSerialName(value = "breed")
    enum class Breed {
        pug,
        corgi,
        poodle
    }
    
    @Serializable
    class Dog(
        @XmlElement(false) val name: String,
        @XmlElement(true) val age: Int,
        @XmlElement(true) val breed: Breed
    )

But if the names of your enum do not match the xml I cannot see a way to rename them.

eg changing the enum to below does not work. It seems like the XmlSerialName is ignored in this case.

    @Serializable
    enum class Breed {
        @XmlSerialName(value = "pug")
        PUG,
        @XmlSerialName(value = "corgi")
        CORGI,
        @XmlSerialName(value = "poodle")
        POODLE
    }

Not sure if this should be possible? It looks like it is with regular Kotlinx serialisation and json.

In my case, the I have enum that are integers in the xml (0, 1, 2) which I would like to deserialise straight to an enum with useful names.

[Paul de Vrieze]

For enum constant names you have to use the regular @SerialName as that is what is picked up by the EnumSerializer (part of kotlinx.serialization). Yes, this means that enum constants can not map to qnames at this point.