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src/main/java/com/omertron/themoviedbapi/methods/AbstractMethod.java

@@ -19,14 +19,10 @@
  */
 package com.omertron.themoviedbapi.methods;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.omertron.themoviedbapi.MovieDbException;
 import com.omertron.themoviedbapi.tools.HttpTools;
-import java.util.Map;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.yamj.api.common.exception.ApiExceptionType;
 
 /**
  * Abstract methods
@@ -55,19 +51,4 @@ public class AbstractMethod {
         this.httpTools = httpTools;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Use Jackson to convert Map to JSON string.
-     *
-     * @param map
-     * @return
-     * @throws MovieDbException
-     */
-    protected static String convertToJson(Map<String, ?> map) throws MovieDbException {
-        try {
-            return MAPPER.writeValueAsString(map);
-        } catch (JsonProcessingException ex) {
-            throw new MovieDbException(ApiExceptionType.MAPPING_FAILED, "JSON conversion failed", "", ex);
-        }
-    }
-
 }