1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapper.java b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapper.java
index 2459b51af4..338a841a7a 100644
--- a/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapper.java
+++ b/cps-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/utils/JsonObjectMapper.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.onap.cps.utils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -87,4 +88,20 @@ public class JsonObjectMapper {
                     + "JSON content to specific class type.", e.getMessage());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserialize JSON content from given JSON content String to JsonNode.
+     *
+     * @param jsonContent   JSON content
+     * @return a json node
+     */
+    public JsonNode convertToJsonNode(final String jsonContent) {
+        try {
+            return objectMapper.readTree(jsonContent);
+        } catch (final JsonProcessingException e) {
+            log.error("Parsing error occurred while converting JSON content to Json Node.");
+            throw new DataValidationException("Parsing error occurred while converting "
+                    + "JSON content to Json Node.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
 }