diff --git a/ln.json.tests/JSONTests.cs b/ln.json.tests/JSONTests.cs
index 27916f4..c0c5e43 100644
--- a/ln.json.tests/JSONTests.cs
+++ b/ln.json.tests/JSONTests.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ namespace ln.json.tests
 
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestDeserialize()
+        {
+            Assert.IsTrue(JSONMapper.DefaultMapper.Deserialize("[\"A\",\"B\",\"C\"]", out string[] texts));
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, texts.Length);
+            Assert.AreEqual("A", texts[0]);
+            Assert.AreEqual("B", texts[1]);
+            Assert.AreEqual("C", texts[2]);
+        }
+
         void TestPrimitiveMapping(object primitiveValue)
         {
             Type primitiveType = primitiveValue.GetType();
diff --git a/ln.json/ln.json.csproj b/ln.json/ln.json.csproj
index 992f27f..22204d8 100644
--- a/ln.json/ln.json.csproj
+++ b/ln.json/ln.json.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
-        <Version>1.0.5</Version>
+        <Version>1.0.6</Version>
         <Authors>Harald Wolff-Thobaben</Authors>
         <Company>l--n.de</Company>
         <Product>ln.json</Product>
diff --git a/ln.json/mapping/JSONMapper.cs b/ln.json/mapping/JSONMapper.cs
index 2f2307d..0c25a70 100644
--- a/ln.json/mapping/JSONMapper.cs
+++ b/ln.json/mapping/JSONMapper.cs
@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ namespace ln.json.mapping
             return false;
         }
 
+        public virtual bool Deserialize<T>(string jsonSource, out T v) => Deserialize(JSONParser.Parse(jsonSource), out v);
+        public virtual bool Deserialize<T>(JSONValue json, out T v)
+        {
+            if (Deserialize(json, typeof(T), out object o))
+            {
+                v = (T)o;
+                return true;
+            }
+            v = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public virtual bool Deserialize(string jsonSource, Type nativeType, out object o) => Deserialize(JSONParser.Parse(jsonSource), nativeType, out o);
         public virtual bool Deserialize(JSONValue json, Type nativeType, out object o)
         {
             o = null;