Skip properties from Java classes for which the getter type is unknown

thus avoiding NPE when auto-generating external serializers.

#KT-55681 Fixed

(cherry picked from commit 0b4f534)

Author: sandwwraith

plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/backend/ir/IrSerializableProperties.kt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
  * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
  */
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ internal fun serializablePropertiesForIrBackend(
         if (irClass.isInternalSerializable) !it.annotations.hasAnnotation(SerializationAnnotations.serialTransientFqName)
         else !DescriptorVisibilities.isPrivate(it.visibility) && ((it.isVar && !it.annotations.hasAnnotation(SerializationAnnotations.serialTransientFqName)) || primaryParamsAsProps.contains(
             it
-        ))
+        )) && it.getter?.returnType != null // For some reason, some properties from Java (like java.net.URL.hostAddress) do not have getter. Let's ignore them, as they never have worked properly in K1 either.
 
     val (primaryCtorSerializableProps, bodySerializableProps) = properties
         .asSequence()

plugins/kotlinx-serialization/testData/boxIr/externalSerialierJava.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
+// TARGET_BACKEND: JVM_IR
+
+// WITH_STDLIB
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.*
+import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.*
+import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.*
+import java.net.URL
+
+
+// @Serializer should do nothing if all methods are overriden
+@Serializer(forClass = URL::class)
+object URLSerializer : KSerializer<URL> {
+    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor = PrimitiveSerialDescriptor("java.net.URL", PrimitiveKind.STRING)
+
+    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: URL) {
+        TODO()
+    }
+
+    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): URL {
+        TODO()
+    }
+}
+
+fun box(): String {
+    if (URLSerializer.descriptor.toString() != "PrimitiveDescriptor(java.net.URL)") return URLSerializer.descriptor.toString()
+    return "OK"
+}