scala - Requests / Responses DTO objects in Play -

i have simple question.

in java code, used use data transfer objects requests / responses.

for example, in spring webapp creating request dto,

public class saveofficerequest {     private string officename;     private string officephone;     private string officeaddress;      /* getters / setters */ } 

after had controller "mapped" method like

@responsebody public saveofficeresponse saveoffice(@requestbody saveofficerequest) { ... } 

.

every request json request. when controller method called converted request dto domain dto entities , business logic.

so!

should save practice in new scala project based on play framework?

case classes can used represent request , response objects. helps make api explicit, documented , type-safe, , isolate concerns, avoiding use domain objects directly in external interface.

for example, json endpoint, controller action use pattern this:

request.body.asjson.map { body =>   body.asopt[customerinsertrequest] match {     case some(req) => {       try {         val toinsert = req.tocustomer()  // convert request dto domain object         val inserted = customersservice.insert(toinsert)         val dto = customerdto.fromcustomer(inserted))  // convert domain object response dto         val response = ... // convert dto json response         ok(response)       } catch {         // handle exception , return failure response       }     }     case none => badrequest("a customerinsertrequest entity expected in body.")   } }.getorelse {   unsupportedmediatype("expecting application/json request body.") }