Kotlin type inference greatness

typedValueFromJson.kt

/**
 * this little piece of magic provides some nice type inference info to the compiler
 *
 * courtesy of [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/a/33420043)
 */
inline fun <reified T> fromJSON(json: String): T = gson.fromJson<T>(json, object : TypeToken<T>() {}.type)

//usable as follows, and type inference doesn't even break a sweat
val project: Project = fromJSON(request.body())
val client = fromJSON<Client>(request.body())

/**
 * using Moshi instead of Gson
 */
inline fun <reified T> fromJSONMoshi(json: String): T = moshi.adapter<T>(object : TypeToken<T>() {}.type).fromJson(json)!!