diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJson.java b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJson.java
index 9ee6681f..c46eb07c 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJson.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJson.java
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public class IsJson<T> extends TypeSafeMatcher<T> {
     private final Matcher<? super ReadContext> jsonMatcher;
 
-    protected IsJson(Matcher<? super ReadContext> jsonMatcher) {
+    public IsJson(Matcher<? super ReadContext> jsonMatcher) {
         this.jsonMatcher = jsonMatcher;
     }
 
-    public static Matcher<Object> isJson(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
-        return new IsJson(matcher);
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean matchesSafely(T json) {
         try {
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFile.java b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFile.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 28d87977..00000000
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFile.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers;
-
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.ReadContext;
-import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
-
-import java.io.File;
-
-public class IsJsonFile extends IsJson<File> {
-
-    IsJsonFile(Matcher<? super ReadContext> jsonMatcher) {
-        super(jsonMatcher);
-    }
-
-    public static Matcher<File> isJsonFile(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
-        return new IsJsonFile(matcher);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonString.java b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonString.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e5225b..00000000
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonString.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers;
-
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.ReadContext;
-import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
-
-public class IsJsonString extends IsJson<String> {
-
-    IsJsonString(Matcher<? super ReadContext> jsonMatcher) {
-        super(jsonMatcher);
-    }
-
-    public static Matcher<String> isJsonString(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
-        return new IsJsonString(matcher);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchers.java b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchers.java
index 0c2e85fd..5103e699 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchers.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchers.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers;
 
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Predicate;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.ReadContext;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.WithJsonPath.withJsonPath;
+import java.io.File;
+
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 
 public class JsonPathMatchers {
@@ -17,14 +20,38 @@ public class JsonPathMatchers {
     }
 
     public static <T> Matcher<? super Object> hasJsonPath(final String jsonPath, final Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
-        return IsJson.isJson(withJsonPath(jsonPath, resultMatcher));
+        return isJson(withJsonPath(jsonPath, resultMatcher));
     }
 
     public static Matcher<Object> isJson() {
-        return IsJson.isJson(withJsonPath("$..*"));
+        return isJson(withJsonPath("$..*"));
     }
 
     public static Matcher<Object> isJson(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
-        return IsJson.isJson(matcher);
+        return new IsJson<Object>(matcher);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> isJsonString(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
+        return new IsJson<String>(matcher);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<File> isJsonFile(final Matcher<? super ReadContext> matcher) {
+        return new IsJson<File>(matcher);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(String jsonPath, Predicate... filters) {
+        return withJsonPath(JsonPath.compile(jsonPath, filters));
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(JsonPath jsonPath) {
+        return withJsonPath(jsonPath, not(anyOf(nullValue(), empty())));
+    }
+
+    public static <T> Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(String jsonPath, Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
+        return withJsonPath(JsonPath.compile(jsonPath), resultMatcher);
+    }
+
+    public static <T> Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(final JsonPath jsonPath, final Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
+        return new WithJsonPath<T>(jsonPath, resultMatcher);
     }
 }
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPath.java b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPath.java
index 5c448898..73acaaad 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPath.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPath.java
@@ -1,37 +1,22 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers;
 
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.*;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPathException;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.PathNotFoundException;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.ReadContext;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-
 public class WithJsonPath<T> extends TypeSafeMatcher<ReadContext> {
     private final JsonPath jsonPath;
     private final Matcher<T> resultMatcher;
 
-    private WithJsonPath(JsonPath jsonPath, Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
+    public WithJsonPath(JsonPath jsonPath, Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
         this.jsonPath = jsonPath;
         this.resultMatcher = resultMatcher;
     }
 
-    public static Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(String jsonPath, Predicate... filters) {
-        return withJsonPath(JsonPath.compile(jsonPath, filters));
-    }
-
-    public static Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(JsonPath jsonPath) {
-        return withJsonPath(jsonPath, not(anyOf(nullValue(), empty())));
-    }
-
-    public static <T> Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(String jsonPath, Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
-        return withJsonPath(JsonPath.compile(jsonPath), resultMatcher);
-    }
-
-    public static <T> Matcher<? super ReadContext> withJsonPath(final JsonPath jsonPath, final Matcher<T> resultMatcher) {
-        return new WithJsonPath<T>(jsonPath, resultMatcher);
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean matchesSafely(ReadContext context) {
         try {
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/DemoTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/DemoTest.java
index f6d0a15c..8dfe8c07 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/DemoTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/DemoTest.java
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.IsJsonFile.isJsonFile;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.IsJsonString.isJsonString;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.isJson;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.WithJsonPath.withJsonPath;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.*;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resource;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resourceAsFile;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFileTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFileTest.java
index 3acb484f..01afa415 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFileTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonFileTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.IsJsonFile.isJsonFile;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.isJsonFile;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resourceAsFile;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.TestingMatchers.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonStringTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonStringTest.java
index 4935c16f..272eb10b 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonStringTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonStringTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.IsJsonString.isJsonString;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.isJsonString;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resource;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.TestingMatchers.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonTest.java
index 4d29a43a..0d08aa02 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/IsJsonTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.IsJson.isJson;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.isJson;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resource;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resourceAsFile;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.TestingMatchers.withPathEvaluatedTo;
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchersTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchersTest.java
index 4967bce6..90ceac01 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchersTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/JsonPathMatchersTest.java
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.hasJsonPath;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.isJson;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.WithJsonPath.withJsonPath;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.*;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resource;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resourceAsFile;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
@@ -127,4 +125,10 @@ public class JsonPathMatchersTest {
         File nonExistingFile = Paths.get("missing-file").toFile();
         assertThat(nonExistingFile, not(hasJsonPath("$..*", anything())));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldMatchJsonPathOnParsedJsonObject() {
+        Object json = Configuration.defaultConfiguration().jsonProvider().parse(BOOKS_JSON);
+        assertThat(json, hasJsonPath("$.store.name", equalTo("Little Shop")));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPathTest.java b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPathTest.java
index de4a45fa..7815d154 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPathTest.java
+++ b/json-path-assert/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/matchers/WithJsonPathTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath.compile;
-import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.WithJsonPath.withJsonPath;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.withJsonPath;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.helpers.ResourceHelpers.resource;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;