Dataweave: JSON -> HashMap

Question

Is there a way to convert a JSON string to a HashMap object using Dataweave? I know I can do this using the JSON to Object transformer, however, I'm unable to do do this using Dataweave. I'm running into complaints about not being able to coerce a :string to an :object.

Answer 1

You can do that without DataWeave too, like below -

<json:json-to-object-transformer
                            returnClass="java.util.HashMap" doc:name="JSON to Object" />

Answer 2

Just return a (payload) from weave. It will be a HashMap.