Scala (spray) json serialization and deserialization issue - json

Question

I'm using my own implicit implementation of JSON serializer and deserializer for my case object
My case class looks like (it's just a code snippet)
sealed trait MyTrait
case object MyCaseClass extends MyTrait
I want to write my own ser. and deser. of JSON for MyTrait
implicit val myTraitFormat = new JsonFormat[MyTrait] {
override def read(json: JsValue): MyTrait = json.asJsObject.getFields("value") match {
case Seq(JsString("TEST")) ⇒ MyCaseClass
case _ ⇒ throw new DeserializationException(s"$json is not a valid extension of my trait")
}
override def write(myTrait: MyTrait): JsValue = {
myTrait match {
case MyCaseClass => JsObject("value" -> JsString("TEST"))
}
}
}
Now my test is failing by throwing DeserializationException:
"The my JSON format" when {
"deserializing a JSON" must {
"return correct object" in {
val json = """{"value": "TEST"}""".asJson
json.convertTo[MyTrait] must equal (MyCaseClass)
}
}
}
Obviously json.asJsObject.getFields("value")can not be matched to Seq(JsString("TEST")). Maybe this is related to using traits?
But I have found example on official spray-json site https://github.com/spray/spray-json#providing-jsonformats-for-other-types
Any ideas how to properly match on field in JsObject?
Thanks!
Best

Answer 1

Write variable name instead of string:
override def read(json: JsValue): MyCaseClass = json.asJsObject.getFields("value") match {
case Seq(JsString(value)) ⇒ MyCaseClass
case _ ⇒ throw new DeserializationException(s"$json is not a valid case class")
}
Does that work for you?
Update:
Yes, your test is wrong. I tried it with the following (note parseJson instead of asJson) and it worked:
scala> val json = """{"value": "TEST"}""".parseJson
json: spray.json.JsValue = {"value":"TEST"}
scala> json.convertTo[MyCaseClass]
res2: MyCaseClass = MyCaseClass()
Update 2: Tried it with trait:
scala> import spray.json._
import spray.json._
scala> import spray.json.DefaultJsonProtocol._
import spray.json.DefaultJsonProtocol._
[Your code]
scala> val json = """{"value": "TEST"}""".parseJson
json: spray.json.JsValue = {"value":"TEST"}
scala> json.convertTo[MyTrait]
res1: MyTrait = MyCaseClass