author.scala

case class Author(id: UUID, name: String, dateOfBirth: DateTime, dateOfDeath: Option[DateTime], createdAt: DateTime, updatedAt: DateTime)

def toJsonapi(author: Author) = {
  ResourceObject(
     `type` = author.`type`,
     id = Some(author.id),
     attributes = authorAttributes(author),
     relationships = authorRelationships(author),
     links = List(Links.Self(selfLink(author))
   )
}

def authorAttributes(author: Autor): Map[String, String] = { … }

def authorRelationships(author: Author): Map[String, Relationship] = { … }

def selfLink(author: Author): Link = Link(“/v1/author/${author.id}”)