trait Container {
  def aa: String
  def bb: Int
}

case class First(aa: String, bb: Int) extends Container
case class Second(aa: String, bb: Int) extends Container

implicit val aaContainerFormat: Format[First] = Json.format[First]

implicit val bbContainerFormat: Format[Second] = Json.format[Second]

implicit def nodeContainerReads: Reads[Container] =
  try {
    Json.format[First].map(x => x: Container) or
    Json.format[Second].map(x => x: Container)
  } catch {
    case e: Exception => Reads {
      case _ => JsError(JsonValidationError("Cannot De-serialize value."))
    }
  }

implicit def nodeContainerWrites = new Writes[Container] {
  override def writes(node: Container): JsValue = node match {
    case a: First => Json.toJson(a)
    case b: Second => Json.toJson(b)
    case _ => Json.obj("error" -> "wrong Json")
  }
}

// Example Usage....
val spark: SparkSession = SparkSession.builder.appName("Unit Test").getOrCreate()
val js: Container = First("unit", "test")

spark.createDataFrame(Seq(js))