Scala Utility class for parsing and writing Json(Write once and use everywhere )

JsonUtility.scala

import org.json4s._
import org.json4s.native.{JsonMethods, Serialization}

object JsonUtility {

  implicit val formats = DefaultFormats

  def write[T <: AnyRef](value: T): String = Serialization.write(value)

  def parse(value: String): JValue = JsonMethods.parse(value)


}

case class Person(name: String, email: String, age: Int)

object JsonApp extends App {

  import JsonUtility._

  /**
    * case class to json conversion 
    */
  val person: Person = Person("bob", "bob@gmail.com", 21)

  val personJson: String = write(person)
  println(personJson) // output => {"name":"bob","email":"bob@gmail.com","age":21}


  /**
    * Json  to  case class conversion 
    */
  val jsonData =
    """{"name":"rob","email":"rob@gmail.com","age":25}"""

  val personFromJson: Person = parse(jsonData).extract[Person]
  println(personFromJson) // output =>  Person(rob,rob@gmail.com,25)

  /**
    * List of case class to json conversion 
    */

  val persons = List(Person("bob", "bob@gmail.com", 21), Person("rob", "rob@gmail.com", 25), Person("joy", "joy@gmail.com", 35))
  val personsJson = write(persons)
  println(personsJson) // output => [{"name":"bob","email":"bob@gmail.com","age":21},{"name":"rob","email":"rob@gmail.com","age":25},{"name":"joy","email":"joy@gmail.com","age":35}]

}

//sbt dependency 
//  "org.json4s" %% "json4s-native" % "3.5.0"