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+import org.apache.spark._
+import play.api.libs.json._
+import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
+
+case class Person(name: String, lovesPandas: Boolean)
+implicit val personReads = Json.format[Person]
+
+val text = """{"name":"Sparky The Bear", "lovesPandas":true}"""
+
+val input = sc.parallelize(List(text))
+val parsed = input.map(Json.parse(_))
+val result = parsed.flatMap(record => {    
+    personReads.reads(record).asOpt
+})
+result.filter(_.lovesPandas).map(Json.toJson(_)).saveAsTextFile("files/out/pandainfo.json")
+
+
+
+