Strict typing in comparators may produce a ClassCastException

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A JsonValueComparator uses the same type for the actual and expected parameters. This may be problematic when the actual type is not the same as the expected type.

Here's an example:

Actual is

{
 "date": null
}

Expected is

{
 "date": "{#date_time_format:iso_instant#}"
}

A ClassCastException will be thrown because "date" will be "deserialized" as a null JSONObject, and DateTimeFormatComparator expects an actual of type String.