@Converter
public class JsonToMapConverter 
                    implements AttributeConverter> 
{
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonToMapConverter.class);

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Map convertToDatabaseColumn(String attribute)
    {
        if (attribute == null) {
           return new HashMap<>();
        }
        try
        {
            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
            return objectMapper.readValue(attribute, HashMap.class);
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            LOGGER.error("Convert error while trying to convert string(JSON) to map data structure.");
        }
        return new HashMap<>();
    }

    @Override
    public String convertToEntityAttribute(Map dbData)
    {
        try
        {
            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
            return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(dbData);
        }
        catch (JsonProcessingException e)
        {
            LOGGER.error("Could not convert map to json string.");
            return null;
        }
    }
}