diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.java
index 954049e4cd..c52121b6a7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/RecursiveFilesConverter.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class RecursiveFilesConverter {
 				File sourceFile = contract.getPath().toFile();
 				Collection<StubGenerator> stubGenerators = contract.getConvertedContract() != null
 						? holder.allOrDefault(new DslToWireMockClientConverter())
-						: holder.converterForName(sourceFile.getName());
+						: holder.converterForName(sourceFile.getAbsolutePath());
 				try {
 					String path = sourceFile.getPath();
 					if (excludeBuildFolders && (matchesPath(path, "target") || matchesPath(path, "build"))) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGenerator.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGenerator.java
index 8fcdd52f35..84a0cfaf98 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGenerator.java
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.file.ContractMetadata;
 public interface StubGenerator<T> {
 
 	/**
-	 * @param fileName - file name
-	 * @return {@code true} if the converter can handle the file to convert it into a
-	 * stub.
+	 * @param fileName - file name or absolute path of a contract
+	 * @return {@code true} if the converter can handle the contract file to convert it
+	 * into a stub.
 	 */
 	default boolean canHandleFileName(String fileName) {
-		return fileName.endsWith(fileExtension());
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public interface StubGenerator<T> {
 	 * @param inputFileName - name of the input file
 	 * @return the name of the converted stub file. If you have multiple contracts in a
 	 * single file then a prefix will be added to the generated file. If you provide the
-	 * {@link Contract#name} field then that field will override the generated file name.
+	 * {@link Contract#getName()} field then that field will override the generated file
+	 * name.
 	 *
 	 * Example: name of file with 2 contracts is {@code foo.groovy}, it will be converted
 	 * by the implementation to {@code foo.json}. The recursive file converter will create
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ public interface StubGenerator<T> {
 	String generateOutputFileNameForInput(String inputFileName);
 
 	/**
-	 * Describes the file extension that this stub generator can handle.
-	 * @return string describing the file extension
+	 * Describes the file extension that this stub generator will generate.
+	 * @return string describing the file extension starting with a dot
 	 */
 	default String fileExtension() {
 		return ".json";
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGeneratorProvider.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGeneratorProvider.java
index bc2c55e095..edc7c7784b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGeneratorProvider.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/converter/StubGeneratorProvider.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
  */
 public class StubGeneratorProvider {
 
+	private final List<StubGenerator> converters = new ArrayList<StubGenerator>();
+
 	public StubGeneratorProvider() {
 		this.converters.addAll(SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactories(StubGenerator.class, null));
 	}
@@ -49,6 +51,4 @@ public class StubGeneratorProvider {
 		return this.converters.isEmpty() ? Collections.singletonList(defaultStubGenerator) : this.converters;
 	}
 
-	private final List<StubGenerator> converters = new ArrayList<StubGenerator>();
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.java
index d03c814569..fc13a4d93f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/wiremock/DslToWireMockConverter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.wiremock;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.StubMapping;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.converter.StubGenerator;
@@ -40,4 +43,18 @@ public abstract class DslToWireMockConverter implements StubGenerator<StubMappin
 		return "";
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean canHandleFileName(String fileName) {
+		if (!fileName.endsWith(fileExtension())) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		try {
+			StubMapping.buildFrom(new String(Files.readAllBytes(new File(fileName).toPath())));
+			return true;
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/ContractVerifierAmqpAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/ContractVerifierAmqpAutoConfiguration.java
index ef16517998..bf2f52d94b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/ContractVerifierAmqpAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/amqp/ContractVerifierAmqpAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "stubrunner.amqp.enabled", havingValue = "true")
 @AutoConfigureBefore(ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.class)
 @AutoConfigureAfter(ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierAmqpAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@SpyBean
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/camel/ContractVerifierCamelConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/camel/ContractVerifierCamelConfiguration.java
index 005c3b62f3..f5728e91d1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/camel/ContractVerifierCamelConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/camel/ContractVerifierCamelConfiguration.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 @Import(CamelAutoConfiguration.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "stubrunner.camel.enabled", havingValue = "true", matchIfMissing = true)
 @AutoConfigureBefore({ NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.class, ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration.class })
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierCamelConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.java
index a439ec94ae..5c67e851fa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/integration/ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 @ConditionalOnClass(Message.class)
 @AutoConfigureBefore(NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.class)
 @AutoConfigureAfter(ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/jms/ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/jms/ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration.java
index c67d48e168..5973d75fdb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/jms/ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/jms/ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
 @ConditionalOnClass(JmsTemplate.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "stubrunner.jms.enabled", havingValue = "true", matchIfMissing = true)
 @AutoConfigureBefore({ ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.class, NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.class })
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierJmsConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/kafka/ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/kafka/ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration.java
index 959533fd80..0e8f6eb98e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/kafka/ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/kafka/ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "stubrunner.kafka.enabled", havingValue = "true", matchIfMissing = true)
 @AutoConfigureBefore({ ContractVerifierIntegrationConfiguration.class, NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.class })
 @ConditionalOnBean(EmbeddedKafkaBroker.class)
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration {
 
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ContractVerifierKafkaConfiguration.class);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/noop/NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/noop/NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.java
index c3f61f0c7f..ff38e6f6bf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/noop/NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/noop/NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.messaging.noop;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureOrder;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.messaging.MessageVerifier;
@@ -37,26 +37,24 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 @AutoConfigureOrder(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE)
 public class NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration {
 
-	@Autowired(required = false)
-	ObjectMapper objectMapper;
-
 	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(MessageVerifier.class)
 	public MessageVerifier<?> contractVerifierMessageExchange() {
 		return new NoOpStubMessages();
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ContractVerifierMessaging.class)
 	public ContractVerifierMessaging<?> contractVerifierMessaging(MessageVerifier<Object> exchange) {
 		return new ContractVerifierMessaging<>(exchange);
 	}
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	public ContractVerifierObjectMapper contractVerifierObjectMapper() {
-		if (this.objectMapper != null) {
-			return new ContractVerifierObjectMapper(this.objectMapper);
+	public ContractVerifierObjectMapper contractVerifierObjectMapper(ObjectProvider<ObjectMapper> objectMapper) {
+		ObjectMapper mapper = objectMapper.getIfAvailable();
+		if (mapper != null) {
+			return new ContractVerifierObjectMapper(mapper);
 		}
 		return new ContractVerifierObjectMapper();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.java
index cc5d8b6bd4..4c56e259b7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/messaging/stream/ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 @ConditionalOnClass(EnableBinding.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "stubrunner.stream.enabled", havingValue = "true", matchIfMissing = true)
 @AutoConfigureBefore(NoOpContractVerifierAutoConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ContractVerifierMessaging.class, MessageVerifier.class })
 public class ContractVerifierStreamAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean