ClassCastException on Simple Read

[rmayore]

// ext function

fun <T> JsonObject.complexGetValue(key: String): T? {
    return try {
        JsonPath.read<T>(this, key)
    } catch (_: PathNotFoundException) {
        null
    }
}

// test json

 {
        "_id" : "fake-id",
        "house": {
                "room" : "kitchen"
                }
}

// read house.room
var room = object.read<String>("$.house.room")

Fails with exception
java.lang.ClassCastException : kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonLiteral cannot be cast to java.lang.String
More:

• Java version 21
• Jsonpath version 2.9.0
• Kotlinx Serialization 1.8.1