TestNestedJsonParserTest.scala

class TestNestedJsonParserTest extends FreeSpec {

  "test" in {

    case class User(name: String, friends: Seq[User])

    lazy val reader: Reads[User] = {
      (
        (JsPath \ "name").read[String] and
          (JsPath \ "friends").lazyRead(Reads.seq[User](reader))
        )(User)
    }

    val jsonText =
      """
        |{
        | "name" : "nachinius",
        | "friends" : [
        |    {
        |       "name" : "gato",
        |       "friends" : []
        |    }
        |  ]
        |  }
      """.stripMargin

    val b = Json.parse(jsonText).validate[User](reader)
    b.isSuccess
    println(b.get)
  }
}