import net.liftweb.json.JsonAST.{JField, JObject, JString, JValue}
import net.liftweb.json.{DefaultFormats, JsonParser, ShortTypeHints}




val json:JValue = JObject(List(JField("nodeType",JString("Scope")), JField("name",JString("peter")), JField("jsonClass",JString("Test"))))
val jsonString : String = "{\"nodeType\":\"Scope\",\"name\":\"peter\",\"jsonClass\":\"Test\"}"

val myJson = JsonParser.parse(jsonString)



trait Testing{
  val id:Option[String]
  val name:String
  val nodeType:String
}

object Testing{
  def allClasses : List[Class[_]] = List(classOf[Test])
}

case class Test(name:String,nodeType:String,id:Option[String]=None) extends Testing

implicit val formats=DefaultFormats.withHints(ShortTypeHints(Testing.allClasses))

val d = myJson.extract[Testing]
d match {
  case Test(name,nodeType,None) => "hey"
}