diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanDescriptor.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanDescriptor.java
index 9f26a4f34..18873232a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanDescriptor.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.meta;
 import io.ebean.annotation.Cache;
 import io.ebean.annotation.DocStore;
 import io.ebean.annotation.DocStoreMode;
-import io.ebean.annotation.PartitionMode;
 import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
 import io.ebean.config.TableName;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.IdType;
@@ -1260,10 +1259,7 @@ public class DeployBeanDescriptor<T> {
    */
   public Object /*AnnotatedClass*/ getJacksonAnnotatedClass() {
     if (jacksonAnnotatedClass == null) {
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper objectMapper = (com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper) serverConfig.getObjectMapper();
-      com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType javaType = objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(beanType);
-      jacksonAnnotatedClass = com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedClassResolver
-        .resolve(objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig(), javaType, objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig());
+      jacksonAnnotatedClass = new DeployBeanObtainJackson(serverConfig, beanType).obtain();
     }
     return jacksonAnnotatedClass;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9526c2aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/meta/DeployBeanObtainJackson.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.meta;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedClassResolver;
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Used to obtain the Jackson AnnotatedClass for a given bean type utlimately to obtain field level Jackson annotations.
+ */
+class DeployBeanObtainJackson<T> {
+
+  private final ServerConfig serverConfig;
+  private final Class<T> beanType;
+
+  DeployBeanObtainJackson(ServerConfig serverConfig, Class<T> beanType) {
+    this.serverConfig = serverConfig;
+    this.beanType = beanType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the Jackson AnnotatedClass for the given bean type.
+   */
+  Object obtain() {
+
+    ObjectMapper objectMapper = (ObjectMapper) serverConfig.getObjectMapper();
+    JavaType javaType = objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(beanType);
+    return AnnotatedClassResolver.resolve(objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig(), javaType, objectMapper.getDeserializationConfig());
+  }
+}