How to parse a JSON string to an array using Jackson

I finally got it:

ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
TypeFactory typeFactory = objectMapper.getTypeFactory();
List<SomeClass> someClassList = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, typeFactory.constructCollectionType(List.class, SomeClass.class));

The other answer is correct, but for completeness, here are other ways:

List<SomeClass> list = mapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<List<SomeClass>>() { });
SomeClass[] array = mapper.readValue(jsonString, SomeClass[].class);

The complete example with an array. Replace "constructArrayType()" by "constructCollectionType()" or any other type you need.

import java.io.IOException;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;

public class Sorting {

    private String property;

    private String direction;

    public Sorting() {

    }

    public Sorting(String property, String direction) {
        this.property = property;
        this.direction = direction;
    }

    public String getProperty() {
        return property;
    }

    public void setProperty(String property) {
        this.property = property;
    }

    public String getDirection() {
        return direction;
    }

    public void setDirection(String direction) {
        this.direction = direction;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, IOException {
        final String json = "[{\"property\":\"title1\", \"direction\":\"ASC\"}, {\"property\":\"title2\", \"direction\":\"DESC\"}]";
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        Sorting[] sortings = mapper.readValue(json, TypeFactory.defaultInstance().constructArrayType(Sorting.class));
        System.out.println(sortings);
    }
}