Jackson with JSON: Unrecognized field, not marked as ignorable

I need to convert a certain JSON string to a Java object. I am using Jackson for JSON handling. I have no control over the input JSON (I read from a web service). This is my input JSON: {“wrapper”:[{“id”:”13″,”name”:”Fred”}]} Here is a simplified use case: private void tryReading() { String jsonStr = “{\”wrapper\”\:[{\”id\”:\”13\”,\”name\”:\”Fred\”}]}”; ObjectMapper mapper … Read more