[TECH-DEBT] Move to jackson json provider in JsonPath instead of jsonsmart

[a1shadows]

We can have uniformity across the repo if we do this and can avoid pulling in the json-smart dependency

was raised during #647

[baulea]

@a1shadows You may assign this issue to me. I'll have a closer look at json array handling :-)

[baulea]

@a1shadows Do you know the reason, why Gson is used in the Kafka part? Couldn't that also be changed to Jackson?

[a1shadows]

shadows Do you know the reason, why Gson is used in the Kafka part? Couldn't that also be changed to Jackson?

Hey @authorjapps any idea on this?

[authorjapps]

Gson is used in the Kafka part?

@a1shadows, I vaguely remember, a collaborator introduced for a quick fix. I think it was introduced for Kafka "headers" (and elsewhere) to allow generic object structure ser/de using Gson easily over Jackson.
Yes, Jackson can be used instead of Gson 👍 .

Worth checking anywhere else Gson is not used before completely getting rid of it.