Jackson deserialize based on type

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Lets say I have JSON of the following format:

{
    "type" : "Foo"
    "data" : {
        "object" : {
            "id" : "1"
            "fizz" : "bizz"
            ...
        },
        "metadata" : {
            ...
        },
        "owner" : {
            "name" : "John"
            ...
        }
    }
}

I am trying to avoid custom deserializer and attempting to deserialize the above JSON (called Wrapper.java) into Java POJOs. The "type" field dictates the "object" deserialization ie. type = foo means the deserialize the "object" field using the Foo.java. (if type = Bar, use Bar.java to deserialize the object field). Metadata/owner will always deserialize the same way using a simple Jackson annotated Java class for each. Is there a way to accomplish this using annotations? If not, how can this be done using a custom deserializer?

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