diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Cell.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Cell.java
index 43175da11..61394c809 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Cell.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Cell.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.InjectableValues;
 
 import com.google.refine.expr.EvalError;
@@ -192,60 +189,6 @@ public class Cell implements HasFields {
         }
         return new Cell((Serializable)value, recon);
     }
-
-    static public Cell loadStreaming(JsonParser jp, Pool pool) throws Exception {
-        JsonToken t = jp.getCurrentToken();
-        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL || t != JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        
-        Serializable value = null;
-        String type = null;
-        Recon recon = null;
-        
-        while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
-            String fieldName = jp.getCurrentName();
-            jp.nextToken();
-            
-            if ("r".equals(fieldName)) {
-                if (jp.getCurrentToken() == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-                    String reconID = jp.getText();
-                    
-                    recon = pool.getRecon(reconID);
-                } else {
-                    // legacy
-                    recon = Recon.loadStreaming(jp, pool);
-                }
-            } else if ("e".equals(fieldName)) {
-                value = new EvalError(jp.getText());
-            } else if ("v".equals(fieldName)) {
-                JsonToken token = jp.getCurrentToken();
-            
-                if (token == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-                    value = jp.getText();
-                } else if (token == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
-                    value = jp.getLongValue();
-                } else if (token == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
-                    value = jp.getDoubleValue();
-                } else if (token == JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE) {
-                    value = true;
-                } else if (token == JsonToken.VALUE_FALSE) {
-                    value = false;
-                }
-            } else if ("t".equals(fieldName)) {
-                type = jp.getText();
-            }
-        }
-        
-        if (value != null) {
-            if (type != null && "date".equals(type)) {
-                value = ParsingUtilities.stringToDate((String) value); 
-            }
-            return new Cell(value, recon);
-        } else {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
     
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Row.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Row.java
index bfa5f7db6..846271f41 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Row.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/model/Row.java
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ package com.google.refine.model;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.InjectableValues;
 
 import com.google.refine.expr.CellTuple;
 import com.google.refine.expr.HasFields;
@@ -206,40 +209,25 @@ public class Row implements HasFields {
             loadStreaming(s, pool);
     }
     
+    @JsonCreator
+    static public Row deserialize(
+            @JsonProperty(STARRED)
+            boolean starred,
+            @JsonProperty(FLAGGED)
+            boolean flagged,
+            @JsonProperty("cells")
+            List<Cell> cells) {
+        if (cells == null) {
+            cells = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        return new Row(cells, flagged, starred);
+    }
+    
     static public Row loadStreaming(String s, Pool pool) throws Exception {
-        JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(); 
-        JsonParser jp = jsonFactory.createJsonParser(s);
-        
-        if (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        
-        List<Cell>  cells = new ArrayList<Cell>();
-        boolean     starred = false;
-        boolean     flagged = false;
-        
-        while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
-            String fieldName = jp.getCurrentName();
-            jp.nextToken();
-            
-            if (STARRED.equals(fieldName)) {
-                starred = jp.getBooleanValue();
-            } else if (FLAGGED.equals(fieldName)) {
-                flagged = jp.getBooleanValue();
-            } else if ("cells".equals(fieldName)) {
-                if (jp.getCurrentToken() != JsonToken.START_ARRAY) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                
-                while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_ARRAY) {
-                    Cell cell = Cell.loadStreaming(jp, pool);
-                    
-                    cells.add(cell);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return (cells.size() > 0) ? new Row(cells, flagged, starred) : new Row(0);
+        InjectableValues injectableValues = new InjectableValues.Std()
+                .addValue("pool", pool);
+        return ParsingUtilities.mapper.setInjectableValues(injectableValues)
+                .readValue(s, Row.class);
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/CellTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/CellTests.java
index 1083cb772..ded99c68b 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/CellTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/model/CellTests.java
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 package com.google.refine.tests.model;
 
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
-import java.util.Properties;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.refine.model.Cell;
 import com.google.refine.model.Recon;