Serialize a method function or get (Dynamic serialization)

[ahaverty]

Probably a feature request as I can't find any examples

Would it be possible to serialize a function or typescript get function with @JsonProperty()?
Example:

    @JsonProperty("tally", Number, true)
    public get tally(): number {
        return this._currentTally;
    }

I know could keep the variable up to date as I call on model functions, but I think it would be beneficial to be able to serialize dynamically, and less remembering!
If the above is a language limitation, maybe an interface would be useful?

@JsonObject
export class Order implements JsonConvertHooks {

    before(): void {
        this._total = this.netTotal;
    }
    
    @JsonProperty("lineItems", LineItemConvert, true)
    private  _lineItems: LineItem[] = [];

    @JsonProperty("total", Number, true)
    total: number: number = undefined;

    public addLineItem(lineItem: LineItem) {
        this._lineItems.add(lineItem);
    }
    
    get netTotal(): number {
        let netTotal = 0;
        this.lineItems.forEach((lineItem) => {
            netTotal += lineItem.netPrice;
        });
        return netTotal;
    }
}

The before() function is called just before serialising each property.

(The only issue I can think of is the function naming. If someone added a function before() even if they didn't implement, the serializer would be called, as typescript isn't able to check if an instance inherits after compiling, so it's really just checking if the function exists, and calling)

I've got the above example working in my fork ahaverty@7282f2c

What do ye think?

[andreas-aeschlimann]

Thank you for your input. We will look into it for sure and come back to you when we discussed it (it might take a while).