Unable to find a MessageBodyReader of content-type application/json and type class java.lang.String

Question

I am using RestEasy client with jackson providers and getting the above error

clientside code is:

ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(url);
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Answer 1

Just adding the line org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.providers.jackson.ResteasyJacksonProvider into META-INF/services/javax.ws.rs.ext.Providers file, solves the problem.

This file is included into resteasy-jackson-providers.jar but same file is also included into another jar, restasy-jaxrs.jar and for an executable jar file, that use both these jars, they are not merged !!