Save Case Class as TSV On Spark

gistfile1.scala

 implicit class ProductRDD[T <: Product](rdd: RDD[T]) {

    /* Saves a RDD of Tuples into a TSV.
     * Ex: Employee(emp_id = 123, Name(first="Bob",last="Smith")) => "123\tBob\tSmith"
     */
    def saveAsTsv(path: String) {
      rdd.map(p => p.productIterator.flatMap {
        case a: Product => a.productIterator //flattens nested case classes
        case b => Seq(b)
      }.mkString("\t"))
        .saveAsTextFile(path)
    }

  }