Can not deserialize instance of java.util.HashMap out of START_ARRAY token
<p>I am facing issue while parsing JSON using jackson-core-2.7.3.jar
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<p>My JSON File is</p>

<pre><code>[
    {
        "Name":  "System Idle Process",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.675345+330"
    },
    {
        "Name":  "System",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.675345+330"
    },
    {
        "Name":  "smss.exe",
        "CreationDate":  "20160409121836.684966+330"
    }
]
</code></pre>

<p>and the Java Code is by which I am trying to parse this is</p>

<pre><code>byte[] mapData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("process.txt"));
Map&lt;String,String&gt; myMap = new HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;();
ObjectMapper objectMapper=new ObjectMapper();
myMap = objectMapper.readValue(mapData, HashMap.class);
System.out.println("Map is: "+myMap);
</code></pre>

<p>But upon execution I am getting the error</p>

<pre><code>com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not deserialize instance of java.util.HashMap out of START_ARRAY token
 at [Source: [B@34ce8af7; line: 1, column: 1]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException.from(JsonMappingException.java:216)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:873)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext.mappingException(DeserializationContext.java:869)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer._deserializeFromEmpty(StdDeserializer.java:874)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:337)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.MapDeserializer.deserialize(MapDeserializer.java:26)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper._readMapAndClose(ObjectMapper.java:3789)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.readValue(ObjectMapper.java:2872)
</code></pre>

<p>I have tried searching over stackoverflow but couldnot find a matchable solution to this type of JSON.</p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>NOTE: This <code>JSON</code> mentioned here is different a <code>JSON</code> without <code>Key</code> , for the first element it has value directly and inside that value it has <code>key:value</code>pair. 
  I am not sure how do I access <code>key:value</code> pair which is inside a value.</p>
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