caseClassParsing.scala

case class SplitOnce(inputVideoUrl: String,
                     outputFolder: String,
                     outputPrefix: String,
                     outputExtension: String,
                     startTime: String,
                     stopTime: String) extends Inputs
                     
                     
//this had a runtime exeception, SplitOnce.getClass returned the SplitOnce Companion Obj

      val inputObj: SplitOnce = gson.fromJson[SplitOnce](data.toString, SplitOnce.getClass)
      applyMethod(inputObj)
      
      // this passed and parsed perfectly, as the classOf[] operator finds the class component of the case class.
      
      val inputObj: SplitOnce = gson.fromJson[SplitOnce](data.toString, classOf[SplitOnce])
      applyMethod(inputObj)