Snippet to parse string JSON to a generic class using Jackson lib for Java

JavaJacksonGenericTypeJsonTest.java

class Event<T> {
    T payload;
}

public <T> T parseJsonToClass(String json, Class<T> targetClass) throw JsonProcessingException {
	var targetType = objectMapper
		.getTypeFactory()
		.constructParametricType(Event.class, targetClass);
  
	return objectMapper.readValue(json, targetType);
}


var object = parseJsonToClass("{\"payload\":{}}", SavePayload.class);