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spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/AbstractCodecConfigurer.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
- * Base class for client or server codec configurers.
+ * Base class for client or server HTTP message reader and writer configurers.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		List<HttpMessageReader<?>> result = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		addDefaultTypedReaders(result);
-		addCustomTypedReaders(result);
+		customCodec().addTypedReadersTo(result);
 
 		addDefaultObjectReaders(result);
-		addCustomObjectReaders(result);
+		customCodec().addObjectReadersTo(result);
 
+		// String + "*/*"
 		defaultCodec().addStringReaderTo(result);
-
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -124,13 +124,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		defaultCodec().addStringReaderTextOnlyTo(result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add custom, concrete, Java type readers.
-	 */
-	protected void addCustomTypedReaders(List<HttpMessageReader<?>> result) {
-		customCodec().addTypedReadersTo(result);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Add built-in, Object-based readers.
 	 */
@@ -143,14 +136,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add custom, Object-based readers.
-	 */
-	protected void addCustomObjectReaders(List<HttpMessageReader<?>> result) {
-		customCodec().addObjectReadersTo(result);
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Prepare a list of HTTP message writers.
 	 */
@@ -159,14 +144,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		List<HttpMessageWriter<?>> result = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		addDefaultTypedWriter(result);
-		addCustomTypedWriter(result);
+		customCodec().addTypedWritersTo(result);
 
 		addDefaultObjectWriters(result);
-		addCustomObjectWriters(result);
+		customCodec().addObjectWritersTo(result);
 
 		// String + "*/*"
 		defaultCodec().addStringWriterTo(result);
-
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -181,13 +165,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		defaultCodec().addStringWriterTextPlainOnlyTo(result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add custom, concrete, Java type readers.
-	 */
-	protected void addCustomTypedWriter(List<HttpMessageWriter<?>> result) {
-		customCodec().addTypedWritersTo(result);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Add built-in, Object-based readers.
 	 */
@@ -200,14 +177,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodecConfigurer {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add custom, Object-based readers.
-	 */
-	protected void addCustomObjectWriters(List<HttpMessageWriter<?>> result) {
-		customCodec().addObjectWritersTo(result);
-	}
-
-
 
 	/**
 	 * A registry and a factory for built-in HTTP message readers and writers.

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/codec/ClientCodecConfigurer.java

@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ import org.springframework.core.codec.Decoder;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.json.Jackson2JsonDecoder;
 
 /**
+ * Helps to configure a list of client-side HTTP message readers and writers
+ * with support for built-in defaults and options to register additional custom
+ * readers and writers via {@link #customCodec()}.
+ *
+ * <p>The built-in defaults include basic data types such as various byte
+ * representations, resources, strings, forms, but also others like JAXB2 and
+ * Jackson 2 based on classpath detection. There are options to
+ * {@link #defaultCodec() override} some of the defaults or to have them
+ * {@link #registerDefaults(boolean) turned off} completely.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0