diff --git a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/JSONSchema.java b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/JSONSchema.java
index b7a252a92..55a90cf80 100644
--- a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/JSONSchema.java
+++ b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/JSONSchema.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 package io.pravega.schemaregistry.schemas;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchemaGenerator;
@@ -105,18 +106,20 @@ public static JSONSchema<Object> of(String type, JsonSchema schema) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Method to create a typed JSONSchema of type {@link Object} from the given schema string. 
+     * Method to create a typed JSONSchema of type T from the given schema string. 
      *
      * @param type type of object identified by {@link SchemaInfo#getType()}.
      * @param schemaString Schema string to use. 
+     * @param tClass class for the type of object
+     * @param <T> Type of object
      * @return Returns an JSONSchema with {@link Object} type. 
      */
-    public static JSONSchema<Object> of(String type, String schemaString) {
+    public static <T> JSONSchema<T> of(String type, String schemaString, Class<T> tClass) {
         Preconditions.checkNotNull(type, "Type cannot be null.");
         Preconditions.checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(schemaString), "Schema String cannot be null or empty.");
         try {
             JsonSchema schema = OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(schemaString, JsonSchema.class);
-            return new JSONSchema<>(schema, type, schemaString, Object.class);
+            return new JSONSchema<>(schema, type, schemaString, tClass);
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse schema string", e);
         }
@@ -147,18 +150,18 @@ public static <T> JSONSchema<T> ofBaseType(Class<? extends T> tDerived, Class<T>
     }
 
     /**
-     * Method to create a typed JSONSchema of type {@link Object} from the given schema. 
+     * Method to create a typed JSONSchema of type {@link JsonNode} from the given schema. 
      *
      * @param schemaInfo Schema info to translate into json schema. 
-     * @return Returns an JSONSchema with {@link Object} type. 
+     * @return Returns an JSONSchema with {@link JsonNode} type. 
      */
-    public static JSONSchema<Object> from(SchemaInfo schemaInfo) {
+    public static JSONSchema<JsonNode> from(SchemaInfo schemaInfo) {
         Preconditions.checkNotNull(schemaInfo);
         try {
             String schemaString = new String(schemaInfo.getSchemaData().array(), Charsets.UTF_8);
 
             JsonSchema schema = OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(schemaString, JsonSchema.class);
-            return new JSONSchema<>(schemaInfo, schema, schemaString, Object.class);
+            return new JSONSchema<>(schemaInfo, schema, schemaString, JsonNode.class);
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to get json schema from schema info", e);
         }
diff --git a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/JsonGenericDeserializer.java b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/JsonGenericDeserializer.java
index d1d955af7..29daaa05d 100644
--- a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/JsonGenericDeserializer.java
+++ b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/JsonGenericDeserializer.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class JsonGenericDeserializer extends AbstractDeserializer<WithSchema<JsonNode>>
         super(groupId, client, null, false, decoders, encodingCache, encodeHeader);
         this.objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
         objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.ALL, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
-        objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
-        objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.CREATOR, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/MultiFormatSerializerFactory.java b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/MultiFormatSerializerFactory.java
index abe8798b3..bee87cb01 100644
--- a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/MultiFormatSerializerFactory.java
+++ b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/MultiFormatSerializerFactory.java
@@ -167,12 +167,13 @@ private static AbstractSerializer<Object> getPravegaSerializer(
                 return new AvroSerializer<>(groupId, schemaRegistryClient,
                         AvroSchema.from(schemaInfo), config.getEncoder(), config.isRegisterSchema());
             case Protobuf:
-                ProtobufSerializer<?> m = new ProtobufSerializer<>(groupId, schemaRegistryClient,
+                ProtobufSerializer<?> pSerializer = new ProtobufSerializer<>(groupId, schemaRegistryClient,
                         ProtobufSchema.from(schemaInfo), config.getEncoder(), config.isRegisterSchema(), config.isWriteEncodingHeader());
-                return (AbstractSerializer<Object>) m;
+                return (AbstractSerializer<Object>) pSerializer;
             case Json:
-                return new JsonSerializer<>(groupId, schemaRegistryClient, JSONSchema.from(schemaInfo),
+                JsonSerializer<?> jsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer<>(groupId, schemaRegistryClient, JSONSchema.from(schemaInfo),
                         config.getEncoder(), config.isRegisterSchema(), config.isWriteEncodingHeader());
+                return (AbstractSerializer<Object>) jsonSerializer;
             case Custom:
                 return getCustomSerializer(config, customSerializers, schemaRegistryClient, groupId, schemaInfo);
             default:
diff --git a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/WithSchema.java b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/WithSchema.java
index a28853f67..25b0b9d19 100644
--- a/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/WithSchema.java
+++ b/serializers/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/WithSchema.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.protobuf.DescriptorProtos;
 import com.google.protobuf.DynamicMessage;
 import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3;
@@ -212,6 +213,8 @@ private static String toJsonString(SerializationFormat format, Object deserializ
      * @return A WithSchema object which has Avro Schema and the corresponding object.  
      */
     public static <T> WithSchema<T> avro(T object, AvroSchema<T> avroSchema) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(object, "object cannot be null");
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(avroSchema, "schema cannot be null");
         return new WithSchema<>(avroSchema.getSchemaInfo(), object, (x, y) -> object);
     }
 
@@ -224,6 +227,8 @@ public static <T> WithSchema<T> avro(T object, AvroSchema<T> avroSchema) {
      * @return A WithSchema object which has Protobuf Schema and the corresponding object.  
      */
     public static <T extends GeneratedMessageV3> WithSchema<T> proto(T object, ProtobufSchema<T> protobufSchema) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(object, "object cannot be null");
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(protobufSchema, "schema cannot be null");
         return new WithSchema<>(protobufSchema.getSchemaInfo(), object, (x, y) -> object);
     }
 
@@ -236,6 +241,8 @@ public static <T extends GeneratedMessageV3> WithSchema<T> proto(T object, Proto
      * @return A WithSchema object which has Json schema and the corresponding object.  
      */
     public static <T> WithSchema<T> json(T object, JSONSchema<T> jsonSchema) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(object, "object cannot be null");
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(jsonSchema, "schema cannot be null");
         return new WithSchema<>(jsonSchema.getSchemaInfo(), object, (x, y) -> object);
     }
 }
diff --git a/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/SchemasTest.java b/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/SchemasTest.java
index 3fff1c381..f3a6cba01 100644
--- a/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/SchemasTest.java
+++ b/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/schemas/SchemasTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 package io.pravega.schemaregistry.schemas;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.google.protobuf.DescriptorProtos;
 import com.google.protobuf.DynamicMessage;
 import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3;
@@ -99,12 +98,12 @@ public void testProtobufSchema() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testJsonSchema() throws JsonProcessingException {
+    public void testJsonSchema() {
         JSONSchema<User> schema = JSONSchema.of(User.class);
         assertNotNull(schema.getSchema());
         assertEquals(schema.getSchemaInfo().getSerializationFormat(), SerializationFormat.Json);
 
-        JSONSchema<Object> schema2 = JSONSchema.of("Person", JSON_SCHEMA_STRING);
+        JSONSchema<Object> schema2 = JSONSchema.of("Person", JSON_SCHEMA_STRING, Object.class);
         assertNotNull(schema2.getSchema());
         assertEquals(schema2.getSchemaInfo().getSerializationFormat(), SerializationFormat.Json);
         
diff --git a/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/SerializerTest.java b/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/SerializerTest.java
index 9bbc0f0ce..8ee567058 100644
--- a/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/SerializerTest.java
+++ b/serializers/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/serializers/SerializerTest.java
@@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ public void testJsonSerializers() throws JsonProcessingException {
 
         String schemaString = "{\"type\": \"object\",\"title\": \"The external data schema\",\"properties\": {\"content\": {\"type\": \"string\"}}}";
 
-        JSONSchema<Object> myData = JSONSchema.of("MyData", schemaString);
+        JSONSchema<HashMap> myData = JSONSchema.of("MyData", schemaString, HashMap.class);
         VersionInfo versionInfo3 = new VersionInfo("myData", 0, 2);
         doAnswer(x -> versionInfo3).when(client).getVersionForSchema(anyString(), eq(myData.getSchemaInfo()));
         doAnswer(x -> new EncodingId(2)).when(client).getEncodingId(anyString(), eq(versionInfo3), any());
         doAnswer(x -> new EncodingInfo(versionInfo3, myData.getSchemaInfo(), Codecs.None.getCodec().getCodecType())).when(client).getEncodingInfo(anyString(), eq(new EncodingId(2)));
 
-        Serializer<Object> serializer2 = SerializerFactory.jsonSerializer(config, myData);
-        Map<String, String> jsonObject = new HashMap<>();
+        Serializer<HashMap> serializer2 = SerializerFactory.jsonSerializer(config, myData);
+        HashMap<String, String> jsonObject = new HashMap<>();
         jsonObject.put("content", "mxx");
         
         ByteBuffer s = serializer2.serialize(jsonObject);
@@ -294,19 +294,19 @@ public void testJsonSerializers() throws JsonProcessingException {
         
         String stringSchema = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(JsonSchema.minimalForFormat(JsonFormatTypes.STRING));
 
-        JSONSchema<Object> strSchema = JSONSchema.of("string", stringSchema);
+        JSONSchema<String> strSchema = JSONSchema.of("string", stringSchema, String.class);
         VersionInfo versionInfo4 = new VersionInfo("myData", 0, 3);
         doAnswer(x -> versionInfo4).when(client).getVersionForSchema(anyString(), eq(strSchema.getSchemaInfo()));
         doAnswer(x -> new EncodingId(3)).when(client).getEncodingId(anyString(), eq(versionInfo4), any());
         doAnswer(x -> new EncodingInfo(versionInfo4, strSchema.getSchemaInfo(), Codecs.None.getCodec().getCodecType())).when(client).getEncodingInfo(anyString(), eq(new EncodingId(3)));
 
-        Serializer<Object> serializer3 = SerializerFactory.jsonSerializer(config, strSchema);
-        Serializer<Object> deserializer3 = SerializerFactory.jsonDeserializer(config, strSchema);
+        Serializer<String> serializer3 = SerializerFactory.jsonSerializer(config, strSchema);
+        Serializer<String> deserializer3 = SerializerFactory.jsonDeserializer(config, strSchema);
         Serializer<WithSchema<JsonNode>> generic3 = SerializerFactory.jsonGenericDeserializer(config);
         String string = "a";
         s = serializer3.serialize(string);
         Object x = deserializer3.deserialize(s);
-        assertTrue(x instanceof String);
+        assertNotNull(x);
         assertEquals(x, string);
         s = serializer3.serialize(string);
         Object jsonNode = generic3.deserialize(s);