Fix #1359

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.7.8 (not yet released)
+
+#1359: Improve `JsonNode` deserializer to create `FloatNode` if parser supports
+
 2.7.7 (27-Aug-2016)
 
 #1322: EnumMap keys not using enum's `@JsonProperty` values unlike Enum values

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/JsonNodeDeserializer.java

@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ protected final JsonNode _fromFloat(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt,
             || ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)) {
             return nodeFactory.numberNode(p.getDecimalValue());
         }
+        if (nt == JsonParser.NumberType.FLOAT) {
+            return nodeFactory.numberNode(p.getFloatValue());
+        }
         return nodeFactory.numberNode(p.getDoubleValue());
     }