Temporary attempt on addressing deploying custon message converters

spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/it/bootapp/pom.xml

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>

spring-cloud-function-deployer/src/it/bootapp/src/main/java/function/example/SimpleFunctionAppApplication.java

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class SimpleFunctionAppApplication {
@@ -30,6 +34,24 @@ public class SimpleFunctionAppApplication {
 		};
 	}
 
+	@Bean
+	public MessageConverter customConverter() {
+		return new MessageConverter() {
+
+			@Override
+			public Message<?> toMessage(Object payload, MessageHeaders headers) {
+				System.out.println("==== In Custom Message Converer: toMessage");
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public Object fromMessage(Message<?> message, Class<?> targetClass) {
+				System.out.println("==== In Custom Message Converer: fromMessage");
+				return null;
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 
 
 	public static class Person {