diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
index 3d1c05f423..3eb9315126 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializer.scala
@@ -152,7 +152,14 @@ object Serializer {
     // FIXME set ClassLoader on SJSONSerializer.SJSON
     def in(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef = SJSONSerializer.SJSON.in(bytes)
     
-    def in(json: String): AnyRef = SJSONSerializer.SJSON.in(json)
+    import scala.reflect.Manifest
+    def in[T](json: String)(implicit m: Manifest[T]): AnyRef = {
+      SJSONSerializer.SJSON.in(json)(m)
+    }
+
+    def in[T](bytes: Array[Byte])(implicit m: Manifest[T]): AnyRef = {
+      SJSONSerializer.SJSON.in(bytes)(m)
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/SerializerTest.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/SerializerTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e11e83a2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/SerializerTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase
+
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite
+import org.junit.{Test, Before, After}
+
+import scala.reflect.BeanInfo
+@BeanInfo 
+case class Foo(foo: String) {
+  def this() = this(null)
+}
+
+@BeanInfo
+case class MyMessage(val id: String, val value: Tuple2[String, Int]) {
+  private def this() = this(null, null)
+}
+
+
+class SerializerTest extends JUnitSuite {
+  @Test
+  def shouldSerializeString = {
+    val f = Foo("debasish")
+    val json = Serializer.ScalaJSON.out(f)
+    assert(new String(json) == """{"foo":"debasish"}""")
+    val fo = Serializer.ScalaJSON.in[Foo](new String(json)).asInstanceOf[Foo]
+    assert(fo == f)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def shouldSerializeTuple2 = {
+    val message = MyMessage("id", ("hello", 34))
+    val json = Serializer.ScalaJSON.out(message)
+    assert(new String(json) == """{"id":"id","value":{"hello":34}}""")
+    val f = Serializer.ScalaJSON.in[MyMessage](new String(json)).asInstanceOf[MyMessage]
+    assert(f == message)
+    val g = Serializer.ScalaJSON.in[MyMessage](json).asInstanceOf[MyMessage]
+    assert(f == message)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.3/sjson-0.3.jar b/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.3/sjson-0.3.jar
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index 5f3c358883..0000000000
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diff --git a/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.3/sjson-0.3.pom b/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.3/sjson-0.3.pom
deleted file mode 100755
index df7e623c43..0000000000
--- a/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.3/sjson-0.3.pom
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-   <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
-   <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-   <version>0.3</version>
-   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.4/sjson-0.4.jar b/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.4/sjson-0.4.jar
index 6c31d7861b..dcab322c81 100644
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