I need to create an updated instance from a case class instance (with any needed DecodeJsons implicitly derived), given an incomplete json (some fields missing). Ho
You can generate those implicit val defs / pd with macro annotation on Person (in object Person, for example, and do import Person._ to summon implicits). See this unfinished Simulacrum in scalameta (scala-reflect is fine too, but seems like scalameta can be enough here) for usage examples. Also you have to specify missing default value (42) somewhere, for example, in case class constructor (age: Int = 42, recognition can be done in macro too).