Another Play Framework 2.1 question as the documentation is too techie for me to wrap my head around.
If I have a scala case class object that represents something, say a server:
case class Server(name: String, ip: String, operatingsystem: enums.OperatingSystem)
implicit val serverreads = ((__ \ "name").read[String] and (__ \ "ip").read[String] and (__ \ "os").read[enums.OperatingSystem])(Server.apply _)
implicit val serverwrite = ((__ \ "name").write[String] and (__ \ "ip").write[String] and (__ \ "os").write[enums.OperatingSystem])(unlift(Server.unapply))
I create my Json reads and writes for it and I can process the whole object, this is fine.
But is it possible to map partial objects?
For example, if I had a server that wasn't active it may not have an IP, now I know I could change it to an Option[String] and map None, so this isn't a perfect example, but if I wanted to simplify my Json model without changing the underlying case class, can I map some values to my class fields, whilst leaving the others at the default?
Thanks
Tom