Play Framework JsReads for object names and values

Question

Consider the following JSON:

{
  "1992": "this is dog",
  "1883": "test string",
  "1732": "unknown",
  "2954": "future year"
}

Is there any way, using JSON reads to transform this JSON into a Scala case class? i.e. a Seq[Years] or a Map[String, String], where a Year holds the year and the description.

For reference, this is how you define a read for a "simple" JSON structure:

{
  "name": "george",
  "age": 24
}

The implicit JsReads

implicit val dudeReads = (
    (__ \ "name").read[String] and
    (__ \ "age").read[Int]
) (Dude)

Answer 1

Similar to @Pranav's answer, but more concise:

Json.parse("""
    {
      "1992": "this is dog",
      "1883": "test string",
      "1732": "unknown",
      "2954": "future year"
    }
""").as[Map[String, String]]

yields

Map[String,String] = Map(1992 -> this is dog, 1883 -> test string, 1732 -> unknown, 2954 -> future year)

The underlying Reads are defined here.