Validator try to parse text/plain request as JSON

Hello,

I'm facing a strange behavior when I try to validate server against my API using mockmvc.

The text/plain input is in csv format, I don't expect any validation on that, it's a string that's all.

I end up with the error: java.lang.AssertionError: Validation failed. [ERROR] Unable to parse JSON - Unrecognized token 'Test': was expecting ('true', 'false' or 'null')

Here is the unit test:

   @Test
   public void testComplianceWithAPI()
   {
      try
      {
         byte[] inputContent = Files.readAllBytes(
               Paths.get(ResourceUtils.getURL(INPUT_CSV_FILE_PATH).toURI()));

         mockMvc.perform(post(URL_TEMPLATE)
               .contentType(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
               .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
               .content(inputContent))
               .andExpect(status().isOk())
               .andExpect(content().contentTypeCompatibleWith(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
               .andExpect(swagger().isValid(SCANALGO_API_PATH));
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
         ex.printStackTrace();
         Assert.fail(ex.getMessage());
      }
   }

And here is the signature of the webservice I try to validate:

   @PostMapping(consumes = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_VALUE, produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE})
   public TranslationInput convert(@RequestBody String pPld) throws IOException

Can you reproduce that bug?

Is there a work around to exclude some request validation?

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