Create List of objects from JSON
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String fileName = "dsdm.json";
File json = new File(fileFolder, fileName);
try {
// start reading from samples tag onwards
final JsonNode node = mapper.readTree(json).path("samples");
final CollectionType collectionType = TypeFactory.defaultInstance().constructCollectionType(List.class, TSOSample.class);
return mapper.readerFor(collectionType).readValue(node);
} catch (IOException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}