Added support for input Collection param

Added support for function parameter type Collection
Updated both Jackson and Gson mappers
Defined a new toObject() operation on JsonMapper and deprecated the old

Resolves #210

spring-cloud-function-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/test/FunctionalWithInputCollectionTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.function.test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.reactive.AutoConfigureWebTestClient;
+import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.test.FunctionalSpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@FunctionalSpringBootTest("spring.main.web-application-type=reactive")
+@AutoConfigureWebTestClient
+public class FunctionalWithInputCollectionTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private WebTestClient client;
+
+	@Test
+	public void words() throws Exception {
+		client.post().uri("/").body(Mono.just("[\"foo\", \"bar\"]"), String.class).exchange()
+				.expectStatus().isOk().expectBody(String.class).isEqualTo("[FOO, BAR]");
+	}
+
+	@SpringBootConfiguration
+	protected static class TestConfiguration implements Function<List<String>, String> {
+		@Override
+		public String apply(List<String> value) {
+			return value.toString().toUpperCase();
+		}
+	}
+}