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How to parse custom JSON to POJO java

Hi,
I have a situation where I'm getting a post with a json in format of

  {
    "importantThing": "value",
    "metadata": 
        {  
	  "param1": "info1",
	  "param2": "info2",
	  "param3": "info3"
           ... maybe an array in here or another object.. i dont know this part.
         }
  }

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I need to create an object that has 2 fields: 1 - String importantThing.. and THE REST OF THE JSON PAYLOAD.
object mapper barfs when jackson tries to deserialize the rest of the json payload..

I would like to create an object where i have the important thing be a string field, and one STRING to represent THE REST of the json payload (raw form even).. how is this possible? I've tried to create a pojo with a string and a byte[] but cant seem to feed the remainder of the json to that byte[]... any ideas? or am i doing this wrong? (i dont care about the metadata, i just need to convert it to a string or clob or whatever and store it - it wont be used)
So in other words how to say "take the important field and save it as string, then take EVERYTHING ELSE and save it as "x"

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gurpsbassi

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gurpsbassi

Or if you don't care about the meta, then don't map it to a pojo field. It will get dropped if your deserialise config ignores unknown props.

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Siva Prasanna Kumar

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