Done ticket GEPAFINBE-202

src/main/java/net/gepafin/tendermanagement/util/Utils.java

@@ -986,5 +986,30 @@ public class Utils {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	public static List<Map<String, Object>> convertJsonToListMap(String jsonString) {
+		try {
+			if (jsonString == null || jsonString.trim().isEmpty()) {
+				return Collections.emptyList();
+			}
+
+			ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+			String unescaped;
+
+			// First try: parse as if it's double-encoded (escaped string containing a JSON array)
+			try {
+				unescaped = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, String.class);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				// If that fails, assume it's already a proper JSON array
+				unescaped = jsonString;
+			}
+
+			// Now parse the actual JSON array
+			return objectMapper.readValue(unescaped, new TypeReference<List<Map<String, Object>>>() {});
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+	}
+
 }