diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/support/CharSequenceEncoder.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/support/CharSequenceEncoder.java
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--- a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/codec/support/CharSequenceEncoder.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 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.core.codec.support;
-
-import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
-import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
-
-import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
-import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
-import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferFactory;
-import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
-
-/**
- *
- * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
- */
-public class CharSequenceEncoder extends AbstractEncoder<CharSequence> {
-
-	private final StringEncoder stringEncoder;
-
-
-	public CharSequenceEncoder(StringEncoder encoder) {
-		super(encoder.getEncodableMimeTypes().toArray(new MimeType[encoder.getEncodableMimeTypes().size()]));
-		this.stringEncoder = encoder;
-	}
-
-
-	@Override
-	public Flux<DataBuffer> encode(Publisher<? extends CharSequence> inputStream,
-			DataBufferFactory bufferFactory, ResolvableType elementType,
-			MimeType mimeType, Object... hints) {
-
-		return this.stringEncoder.encode(
-				Flux.from(inputStream).map(CharSequence::toString),
-				bufferFactory, elementType, mimeType, hints);
-	}
-
-}