Add custom Gson
type adapter factories during runtime
#10437
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Description
It is currently not possible to add custom
Gson
type adapters in a modular way at runtime. Adding them requires manually instantiatingGsonSupport
, which undermines the modular approach of extending Helidon with media type implementations.To resolve this, I have added the ability to add custom
TypeAdapterFactory
instances as service providers. These providers are loaded during the initialization ofGsonSupport
by theGsonMediaSupportProvider
using Java'sServiceLoader
API. This allows in a modular way to extend Gson's functionality within Helidon.More details how to use it can be found in issue #10435.