import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
MyClass[] myObjects = mapper.readValue(json, MyClass[].class); // array
List<MyClass> myObjects = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, new TypeReference<List<MyClass>>(){}); // list
List<MyClass> myObjects = mapper.readValue(jsonInput, mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(List.class, MyClass.class)); // list