public void readFields(Object object, Object jsonData) {
   OrderedMap<String, Object> jsonMap = (OrderedMap) jsonData;
   Class type = object.getClass();
   ObjectMap<String, FieldMetadata> fields = typeToFields.get(type);
   if (fields == null) fields = cacheFields(type);
   for (Entry<String, Object> entry : jsonMap.entries()) {
     FieldMetadata metadata = fields.get(entry.key);
     if (metadata == null) {
       if (ignoreUnknownFields) {
         if (debug)
           System.out.println(
               "Ignoring unknown field: " + entry.key + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
         continue;
       } else
         throw new SerializationException(
             "Field not found: " + entry.key + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
     }
     Field field = metadata.field;
     if (entry.value == null) continue;
     try {
       field.set(object, readValue(field.getType(), metadata.elementType, entry.value));
     } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
       throw new SerializationException(
           "Error accessing field: " + field.getName() + " (" + type.getName() + ")", ex);
     } catch (SerializationException ex) {
       ex.addTrace(field.getName() + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
       throw ex;
     } catch (RuntimeException runtimeEx) {
       SerializationException ex = new SerializationException(runtimeEx);
       ex.addTrace(field.getName() + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
       throw ex;
     }
   }
 }
  /**
   * @param type May be null if the type is unknown.
   * @param elementType May be null if the type is unknown.
   * @return May be null.
   */
  public <T> T readValue(Class<T> type, Class elementType, Object jsonData) {
    if (jsonData == null) return null;

    if (jsonData instanceof OrderedMap) {
      OrderedMap<String, Object> jsonMap = (OrderedMap) jsonData;

      String className = typeName == null ? null : (String) jsonMap.remove(typeName);
      if (className != null) {
        try {
          type = (Class<T>) Class.forName(className);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
          type = tagToClass.get(className);
          if (type == null) throw new SerializationException(ex);
        }
      }

      Object object;
      if (type != null) {
        Serializer serializer = classToSerializer.get(type);
        if (serializer != null) return (T) serializer.read(this, jsonMap, type);

        object = newInstance(type);

        if (object instanceof Serializable) {
          ((Serializable) object).read(this, jsonMap);
          return (T) object;
        }

        if (object instanceof HashMap) {
          HashMap result = (HashMap) object;
          for (Entry entry : jsonMap.entries())
            result.put(entry.key, readValue(elementType, null, entry.value));
          return (T) result;
        }
      } else object = new OrderedMap();

      if (object instanceof ObjectMap) {
        ObjectMap result = (ObjectMap) object;
        for (String key : jsonMap.orderedKeys())
          result.put(key, readValue(elementType, null, jsonMap.get(key)));
        return (T) result;
      }

      readFields(object, jsonMap);
      return (T) object;
    }

    if (type != null) {
      Serializer serializer = classToSerializer.get(type);
      if (serializer != null) return (T) serializer.read(this, jsonData, type);
    }

    if (jsonData instanceof Array) {
      Array array = (Array) jsonData;
      if (type == null || Array.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
        Array newArray = type == null ? new Array() : (Array) newInstance(type);
        newArray.ensureCapacity(array.size);
        for (int i = 0, n = array.size; i < n; i++)
          newArray.add(readValue(elementType, null, array.get(i)));
        return (T) newArray;
      }
      if (ArrayList.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
        ArrayList newArray = type == null ? new ArrayList() : (ArrayList) newInstance(type);
        newArray.ensureCapacity(array.size);
        for (int i = 0, n = array.size; i < n; i++)
          newArray.add(readValue(elementType, null, array.get(i)));
        return (T) newArray;
      }
      if (type.isArray()) {
        Class componentType = type.getComponentType();
        if (elementType == null) elementType = componentType;
        Object newArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(componentType, array.size);
        for (int i = 0, n = array.size; i < n; i++)
          java.lang.reflect.Array.set(newArray, i, readValue(elementType, null, array.get(i)));
        return (T) newArray;
      }
      throw new SerializationException(
          "Unable to convert value to required type: " + jsonData + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
    }

    if (jsonData instanceof Float) {
      Float floatValue = (Float) jsonData;
      try {
        if (type == null || type == float.class || type == Float.class)
          return (T) (Float) floatValue;
        if (type == int.class || type == Integer.class) return (T) (Integer) floatValue.intValue();
        if (type == long.class || type == Long.class) return (T) (Long) floatValue.longValue();
        if (type == double.class || type == Double.class)
          return (T) (Double) floatValue.doubleValue();
        if (type == short.class || type == Short.class) return (T) (Short) floatValue.shortValue();
        if (type == byte.class || type == Byte.class) return (T) (Byte) floatValue.byteValue();
      } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
      }
      jsonData = String.valueOf(jsonData);
    }

    if (jsonData instanceof Boolean) jsonData = String.valueOf(jsonData);

    if (jsonData instanceof String) {
      String string = (String) jsonData;
      if (type == null || type == String.class) return (T) jsonData;
      try {
        if (type == int.class || type == Integer.class) return (T) Integer.valueOf(string);
        if (type == float.class || type == Float.class) return (T) Float.valueOf(string);
        if (type == long.class || type == Long.class) return (T) Long.valueOf(string);
        if (type == double.class || type == Double.class) return (T) Double.valueOf(string);
        if (type == short.class || type == Short.class) return (T) Short.valueOf(string);
        if (type == byte.class || type == Byte.class) return (T) Byte.valueOf(string);
      } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
      }
      if (type == boolean.class || type == Boolean.class) return (T) Boolean.valueOf(string);
      if (type == char.class || type == Character.class) return (T) (Character) string.charAt(0);
      if (type.isEnum()) {
        Object[] constants = type.getEnumConstants();
        for (int i = 0, n = constants.length; i < n; i++)
          if (string.equals(constants[i].toString())) return (T) constants[i];
      }
      if (type == CharSequence.class) return (T) string;
      throw new SerializationException(
          "Unable to convert value to required type: " + jsonData + " (" + type.getName() + ")");
    }

    return null;
  }