spring-cloud-function-aws-example | An example for Spring Cloud Function Aws | Microservice library

I'm new to Java/AWS etc., and AWS lambda we not de-serialize what I think is a trivial example.

The API Gateway log, which is sending JSON to my lambda:

Execution log for request test-request Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Starting execution for request: test-invoke-request Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : HTTP Method: POST, Resource Path: / Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method request path: {} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method request query string: {} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method request headers: {Content-Type=application/json} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method request body before transformations: {"input":"richard was here"} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Endpoint request URI: https://lambda.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:003374398906:function:uppertolowercase/invocations Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Endpoint request headers: {x-amzn-lambda-integration-tag=test-request, Authorization=****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************8acc24, X-Amz-Date=20170911T180406Z, x-amzn-apigateway-api-id=8fjgcr51va, X-Amz-Source-Arn=arn:aws:execute-api:us-west-2:003374398906:8fjgcr51va/null/POST/, Accept=application/json, User-Agent=AmazonAPIGateway_8fjgcr51va, X-Amz-Security-Token=xxxxxxx//////////wEaDM3BrDjbuGSwMFT5lCK3AyBVM7duW9tzEe/bcWqWiYNIxkpMjTdDZaW3U32asJ4qvntUsRpjfSIhLWAds74XhzHbI7GzXMuV3zQYCIiYRX0ZL1s524J7mETGFN4OredlGln7CCEs3WR417UaPB4XLh6E0v71Srpg4a1kG7KB6426gN9CvXR0mmYbwpl9qtp9bovLgIoVnjYbx5j7qd7Fa3U4wQOqcHonlKtN/uDXMFW+vfHOJyu3gQUyvoVpMuXrQSF/gptEXG+l0v4+v1exq67sp8G5d8h1kAQTNQep8Q19kyOi9hWbNDyU7FzXWvfSRX7f9n6NGIuZ6LYIF3g2kPFY [TRUNCATED] Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Endpoint request body after transformations: {"input":"richard was here"} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Sending request to https://lambda.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:003374398906:function:uppertolowercase/invocations Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Received response. Integration latency: 73 ms Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Endpoint response body before transformations: {"errorMessage":"java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to com.morethanheroic.uppercase.domain.UppercaseRequest","errorType":"java.lang.ClassCastException","stackTrace":["com.morethanheroic.uppercase.UppercaseFunction.apply(UppercaseFunction.java:13)","org.springframework.cloud.function.support.FluxFunction.lambda$apply$0(FluxFunction.java:42)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onNext(FluxMapFuseable.java:107)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust$WeakScalarSubscription.request(FluxJust.java:90)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxMapFuseable.java:159)","reactor.core.publisher.BlockingIterable$SubscriberIterator.onSubscribe(BlockingIterable.java:214)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxMapFuseable.java:90)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust.subscribe(FluxJust.java:67)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable.subscribe(FluxMapFuseable.java:63)","reactor.core.pu [TRUNCATED] Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Endpoint response headers: {x-amzn-Remapped-Content-Length=0, x-amzn-RequestId=9a0ca35b-971b-11e7-b0d0-653f3fe89968, Connection=keep-alive, Content-Length=1557, X-Amz-Function-Error=Unhandled, Date=Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:04:05 GMT, X-Amzn-Trace-Id=root=1-59b6d016-3a1ae0e3274a3e84e451bf13;sampled=0, Content-Type=application/json} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method response body after transformations: {"errorMessage":"java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to com.morethanheroic.uppercase.domain.UppercaseRequest","errorType":"java.lang.ClassCastException","stackTrace":["com.morethanheroic.uppercase.UppercaseFunction.apply(UppercaseFunction.java:13)","org.springframework.cloud.function.support.FluxFunction.lambda$apply$0(FluxFunction.java:42)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onNext(FluxMapFuseable.java:107)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust$WeakScalarSubscription.request(FluxJust.java:90)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxMapFuseable.java:159)","reactor.core.publisher.BlockingIterable$SubscriberIterator.onSubscribe(BlockingIterable.java:214)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable$MapFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxMapFuseable.java:90)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust.subscribe(FluxJust.java:67)","reactor.core.publisher.FluxMapFuseable.subscribe(FluxMapFuseable.java:63)","reactor.core.publi [TRUNCATED] Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method response headers: {X-Amzn-Trace-Id=sampled=0;root=1-59b6d016-3a1ae0e3274a3e84e451bf13, Content-Type=application/json} Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Successfully completed execution Mon Sep 11 18:04:06 UTC 2017 : Method completed with status: 200

I'm using this JSON to provide data to be de-serialized to the following POJO