2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcControllersConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcControllersConfiguration.java
index d0b116f71..5d8cbb05e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcControllersConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/clds/config/sdc/SdcControllersConfiguration.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ package org.onap.policy.clamp.clds.config.sdc;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import org.onap.policy.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 
 /**
  * This class maps the SDC config JSON file. This JSON can have multiple
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/configuration/ClampGsonDataFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/configuration/ClampGsonDataFormat.java
index 95d1fe182..6479cf767 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/configuration/ClampGsonDataFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/clamp/configuration/ClampGsonDataFormat.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.spi.DataFormat;
 import org.apache.camel.spi.DataFormatName;
 import org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceSupport;
 import org.apache.camel.util.IOHelper;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.onap.policy.clamp.clds.util.JsonUtils;
 
 public class ClampGsonDataFormat extends ServiceSupport implements DataFormat, DataFormatName {
@@ -113,7 +114,9 @@ public class ClampGsonDataFormat extends ServiceSupport implements DataFormat, D
     public Object unmarshal(final Exchange exchange, final InputStream stream) throws Exception {
         try (final InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 final BufferedReader reader = IOHelper.buffered(isr)) {
-            if (unmarshalGenericType == null) {
+            if (unmarshalType.equals(String.class)) {
+                return IOUtils.toString(reader);
+            } else if (unmarshalGenericType == null) {
                 return gson.fromJson(reader, unmarshalType);
             } else {
                 return gson.fromJson(reader, unmarshalGenericType);