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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.iiif.model;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import de.digitalcollections.iiif.model.jackson.IiifModule;
+import de.digitalcollections.iiif.model.jackson.IiifObjectMapper;
+
+public class ObjectMapperFactory {
+
+    private ObjectMapperFactory() {}
+
+    public static ObjectMapper getIiifObjectMapper() {
+        return new IiifObjectMapper();
+    }
+
+    public static SimpleModule getIiifModule() {
+        return new IiifModule();
+    }
+}