code: public T fromSmile(byte[] bytes)
              throws IllegalArgumentException
      {
          try {
              return mapper.readValue(bytes, javaType);
          }
          catch (IOException e) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("Invalid SMILE bytes for %s", javaType), e);
          }
      }
docs: Converts the specified smile bytes (UTF-8) into an instance of type T.
  
  @param bytes the bytes (UTF-8) to parse
  @return parsed response; never null
  @throws IllegalArgumentException if the bytes bytes can not be converted to the type T