How to customize SpringWebFlux WebClient JSON deserialization?

Question

I\'m using a spring-webflux WebClient (build 20170502.221452-172) to access a Web application producing a stream of Entry objects (application/stream+json) like th

Answer 1

Configuring globally:

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;

    @Autowired
    public AppConfig(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
        this.webClientBuilder = WebClient.builder()
                .exchangeStrategies(exchangeStrategies());
    }

    private ExchangeStrategies exchangeStrategies() {
        Jackson2JsonEncoder encoder = new Jackson2JsonEncoder(objectMapper);
        Jackson2JsonDecoder decoder = new Jackson2JsonDecoder(objectMapper);
        return ExchangeStrategies
                .builder()
                .codecs(configurer -> {
                    configurer.defaultCodecs().jackson2JsonEncoder(encoder);
                    configurer.defaultCodecs().jackson2JsonDecoder(decoder);
                }).build();
    }
}