Method call: Method toObject(java.util.LinkedHashMap) cannot be found on org.springframework.integration.x.gemfire.JsonStringToObjectTransformer - spring-xd

Question

I am facing the following issue in Spring XD and gemfire
nested exception is org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException: EL1004E:(pos 8): Method call: Method toObject(java.util.LinkedHashMap) cannot be found on org.springframework.integration.x.gemfire.JsonStringToObjectTransformer type.
Any idea how to fix this?
Following is how we can replicate this issue:
stream create json_test --definition "trigger --fixedDelay=1 |
transform --expression='''{node1 : {node2 : {data1:hello, data2: world}}}''' |
splitter --expression=#jsonPath(payload,'$.node1.node2') |
log" --deploy`
What we are expecting {data1:hello, data2:world} but we are getting {data1=hello, data2=world} which is causing the issue.
What is the solution for this issue?

Answer 1

The gemfire-json-server sink can only handle incoming String JSON payloads; it looks like you are supplying a LinkedHashMap somehow.
It probably means you have run it through some JSON to object transformation or conversion.
EDIT
The splitter produces a LinkedHashMap - specify an outputType to convert it to JSON...
xd:>stream create json_test --definition "trigger --fixedDelay=1 |
transform --expression='''{node1 : {node2 : {data1:hello, data2: world}}}''' |
splitter --expression=#jsonPath(payload,'$.node1.node2') --outputType=application/json |
log" --deploy
Result...
2017-06-14T09:52:10-0400 1.3.1.RELEASE INFO task-scheduler-2 sink.json_test - {"data1":"hello","data2":"world"}
2017-06-14T09:52:11-0400 1.3.1.RELEASE INFO task-scheduler-2 sink.json_test - {"data1":"hello","data2":"world"}
2017-06-14T09:52:12-0400 1.3.1.RELEASE INFO task-scheduler-2 sink.json_test - {"data1":"hello","data2":"world"}