How to convert JSON to a type in Scala

Question

My problem is I receive an JSON text from say, twitter. Then I want to convert this text to an native object in scala. Is there a standard method to do this? I\'m also using Pla

Answer 1

Try Jerkson lib: https://github.com/codahale/jerkson/

It is a json library for scala based on Jackson. It is included to play 2: http://www.playframework.org/documentation/2.0.2/ScalaJson

Example:

    case class Person(id: Long, name: String)
    parse[Person]("""{"id":1,"name":"Coda"}""") //=> Person(1,"Coda")