OpenTSDB/opentsdb — pull request #177 by manolama (2013-03-10 21:12:33+00:00)
Title: Added the Jackson dependency for de/serializing objects with JSON format...

... which will be used in the API as well as HBase data storage.

Added an src/utils directory for shared utilities that are not a part of the OpenTSDB core behavior
Added utils/JSON that provides instantiation of a static Jackson ObjectMaper and some helper methods
Tested standard and Maven builds