Convert JSON string to "Object.class"
I am currently trying to use Jackson to turn an object into a JSON string this was easily done by 

    public byte[] toJSON(Object obj) throws IOException {
            ObjectMapper map = new ObjectMapper();
            return map.writeValueAsString(obj).getBytes();
        }

Where i run into trouble is when i was to take the array of bytes and turn them into an Object.  Currently i have:

    public Object toObject(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        ObjectMapper map = new ObjectMapper();
        return (Object)map.readValue(bytes, Object.class);
    }

I successfully convert an object to a JSON string but the Object returned from the toObject method is always a LinkedHashMap instead of the object that was initially turned into the JSON string.

Sorry if i did a poor job communicating my problem but ill try to sum it up simply.  I want my code to be able to do the following:

    MyClass someObject = new MyClass();
    String json = toJSON(someObject);
    Object tempObject = toObject(json);
    MyClass sameObject = (MyClass) tempObject;

this code currently throws the following:

    java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to com.MyClass

Any help on the matter would be appreciated!
Convert JSON string to "Object.class"
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I am currently trying to use Jackson to turn an object into a JSON string this was easily done by 

    public byte[] toJSON(Object obj) throws IOException {
            ObjectMapper map = new ObjectMapper();
            return map.writeValueAsString(obj).getBytes();
        }

Where i run into trouble is when i was to take the array of bytes and turn them into an Object.  Currently i have:

    public Object toObject(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        ObjectMapper map = new ObjectMapper();
        return (Object)map.readValue(bytes, Object.class);
    }

I successfully convert an object to a JSON string but the Object returned from the toObject method is always a LinkedHashMap instead of the object that was initially turned into the JSON string.

Sorry if i did a poor job communicating my problem but ill try to sum it up simply.  I want my code to be able to do the following:

    MyClass someObject = new MyClass();
    String json = toJSON(someObject);
    Object tempObject = toObject(json);
    MyClass sameObject = (MyClass) tempObject;

this code currently throws the following:

    java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to com.MyClass

Any help on the matter would be appreciated!