Mapping json to case class with Spark (spaces in the field name)

Question

I am trying to read a json file with the spark Dataset API, the problem is that this json contains spaces in some of the field names.

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Answer 1

A workaround is to create a column name without space (give underscore) & rename the DF column to match the case class column name.

case class MyType(Field_Name: String)

dataframe.withColumnRenamed("Field Name", "Field_Name").as[MyType]