How to convert Scala Map into JSON String?

val mapper = new ObjectMapper()
mapper.writeValueAsString(Map("a" -> 1))

result> {"empty":false,"traversableAgain":true}

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import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule

val mapper = new ObjectMapper()
mapper.registerModule(DefaultScalaModule)
mapper.writeValueAsString(Map("a" -> 1))

result> {"a":1}

As a non play solution, you can consider using json4s which provides a wrapper around jackson and its easy to use. If you are using json4s then you can convert map to json just by using:

write(m)                                        
//> res0: String = {"name":"john doe","age":18,"hasChild":true,"childs":[{"name":"dorothy","age":5,"hasChild":false},{"name":"bill","age":8,"hasChild":false}]}

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import org.json4s._
import org.json4s.native.Serialization._
import org.json4s.native.Serialization
implicit val formats = Serialization.formats(NoTypeHints)

 val m = Map(
  "name" -> "john doe",
  "age" -> 18,
  "hasChild" -> true,
  "childs" -> List(
    Map("name" -> "dorothy", "age" -> 5, "hasChild" -> false),
    Map("name" -> "bill", "age" -> 8, "hasChild" -> false)))

 write(m)

Output:

 res0: String = {"name":"john doe","age":18,"hasChild":true,"childs":[{"name" 
 :"dorothy","age":5,"hasChild":false},{"name":"bill","age":8,"hasChild":false }]}

Alternative way:

import org.json4s.native.Json
import org.json4s.DefaultFormats

Json(DefaultFormats).write(m)