Why deserialize returns `dict` instead of actual Object ?

[AnumSheraz]

Testing the example code as it is, I was expecting the deserializer would return me the actual object, instead of dict.

import datetime
from strainer import (serializer, field, child,
                           formatters, validators,
                           ValidationException)

artist_serializer = serializer(
  field('name', validators=[validators.required()])
)

album_schema = serializer(
  field('title', validators=[validators.required()]),
  field('release_date',
        validators=[validators.required(), validators.datetime()],
        formatters=[formatters.format_datetime()]),
  child('artist', serializer=artist_serializer, validators=[validators.required()])
)


class Artist(object):
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name


class Album(object):
    def __init__(self, title, release_date, artist):
        self.title = title
        self.release_date = release_date
        self.artist = artist


bowie = Artist(name='David Bowie')
album = Album(
    artist=bowie,
    title='Hunky Dory',
    release_date=datetime.datetime(1971, 12, 17)
)

print(album.artist.name)
jsonString = album_schema.serialize(album)
print(jsonString)

deserObj = album_schema.deserialize(jsonString)
print(deserObj)
print(type(deserObj)) .   # <--- this returns dict object
print(deserObj.artist.name)    

the last line blows off sayingAttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'artist' which is as expected !
What do I have to do to get the actual Album object from json String ?

[zgoda]

Look what deserialize() returns - it's a dict. This library does not deserialize into objects.

strainer/strainer/structure.py

Line 319 in c238eff

return target