Include the ID inside case class

[mhriemers]

I'm trying to write a CRUD style application using this and Play. My case classes look like this:

case class Resume(
                 _id: Option[String],
                 name: String,
                 location: String,
                 additional: String,
                 experience: List[Experience],
                 education: List[Education]
                   )

case class Experience(
                     role: String,
                     period: String,
                     employer: String,
                     responsibilities: String,
                     skillsUsed: String
                       )

case class Education(
                    title: String,
                    institution: String,
                    period: String
                      )

How do I assign _id to the Mongo DB id?

[mhriemers]

I've used the dirtiest trick in the book and created my own Reads and Writes for the Resume case class.

val resumeReads: Reads[Resume] = (
      (JsPath \ "_id" \ "$oid").read[Option[String]] and
      (JsPath \ "name").read[String] and
      (JsPath \ "location").read[String] and
      (JsPath \ "additional").read[String] and
      (JsPath \ "experience").read[List[Experience]] and
      (JsPath \ "education").read[List[Education]]
    )(Resume.apply _)

  val resumeWrites: Writes[Resume] = (
      (JsPath \ "_id" \ "$oid").write[Option[String]] and
      (JsPath \ "name").write[String] and
      (JsPath \ "location").write[String] and
      (JsPath \ "additional").write[String] and
      (JsPath \ "experience").write[List[Experience]] and
      (JsPath \ "education").write[List[Education]]
    )(unlift(Resume.unapply))

  implicit val resumeFormat = Format(resumeReads, resumeWrites)

If there is a better solution (must be), please do tell me so! For peeps running into the same struggles, this works :)

[cchantep]

Hi @ipsq , it would better better to go to the Google Group to discuss of various possible ways (rather than there in the issue tracker). Thanks.

[cchantep]

Since the discussion is moved in the Google Group, this can be closed.