sealed class Animal {
    data class Dog(val isGoodBoy: Boolean) : Animal()
    data class Cat(val remainingLives: Int) : Animal()
}

private val moshi = Moshi.Builder()
    .build()

@Test
fun test() {
    val animal: Animal = Animal.Dog(true)
    println(moshi.adapter(Animal::class.java).toJson(animal))
}

class AnimalAdapter {
    @ToJson
    fun toJson(jsonWriter: JsonWriter, animal: Animal) {
        jsonWriter.beginObject()
        jsonWriter.name("type")
        when (animal) {
            is Animal.Dog -> jsonWriter.value("dog")
            is Animal.Cat -> jsonWriter.value("cat")
        }

        jsonWriter.name("properties").beginObject()
        when (animal) {
            is Animal.Dog -> jsonWriter.name("isGoodBoy").value(animal.isGoodBoy)
            is Animal.Cat -> jsonWriter.name("remainingLives").value(animal.remainingLives)
        }
        jsonWriter.endObject().endObject()
    }

    ....
}

{
    "type" : "cat",
    "properties" : {
        "remainingLives" : 6
    }
}

{
    "type" : "dog",
    "properties" : {
        "isGoodBoy" : true
    }
}