src/main/java/com/jrjackson/RubyObjectDeserializer.java in jrjackson-0.2.2 vs src/main/java/com/jrjackson/RubyObjectDeserializer.java in jrjackson-0.2.3

@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@
 
   private final static RubyObject[] NO_OBJECTS = new RubyObject[0];
 
   protected final static Ruby __ruby__ = Ruby.getGlobalRuntime();
 
-  private static final HashMap<String, RubyKeyConverter> converters = new HashMap<String, RubyKeyConverter>(3);
-
   private RubyKeyConverter converter;
   
   public RubyObjectDeserializer() { 
     super(RubyObject.class);
   }
@@ -72,11 +70,12 @@
 
       case VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT:
         return RubyUtils.rubyObject(__ruby__, jp.getEmbeddedObject());
 
       case VALUE_STRING:
-        return RubyUtils.rubyString(__ruby__, jp.getText().getBytes());
+        // return RubyUtils.rubyString(__ruby__, jp.getText().getBytes("UTF-8"));
+        return RubyUtils.rubyString(__ruby__, jp.getText());
 
       case VALUE_NUMBER_INT:
         /* [JACKSON-100]: caller may want to get all integral values
          * returned as BigInteger, for consistency
          */
@@ -88,10 +87,9 @@
       case VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT:
         if (ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)) {
           return RubyUtils.rubyBigDecimal(__ruby__, jp.getDecimalValue());
         }
         return RubyUtils.rubyFloat(__ruby__, jp.getDoubleValue());
-        // return RubyUtils.rubyFloat(__ruby__, jp.getText());
 
       case VALUE_TRUE:
         return __ruby__.newBoolean(Boolean.TRUE);
 
       case VALUE_FALSE: