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[BUG][Java] ApiClient.java: error: no suitable method found for create(byte[],MediaType)

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Description

Using the java generator against a basic spec, the generated project fails to compile.

openapi-generator version

5.1.0 and latest master (docker image 3c6b0382cd49)

Regression from 5.0.1

OpenAPI declaration file content or url

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Api

paths:
  /version:
    get:
      tags:
      - version
      summary: Gets the system version check
      operationId: getVersion
      responses:
        200:
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VersionGetResponse'

components:
  schemas:
    VersionGetResponse:
      type: string
      description: The version of this service
      required:
        - status
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: OK

Generation Details

java -jar openapi-generator-cli-5.1.0.jar generate -g java -i service.yaml

Steps to reproduce

Run the generator as described above
Try to compile the code with ./gradlew compileJava or similar

Expected:

It will compile

Actual:

A bunch of:

out\java\src\main\java\org\openapitools\client\ApiClient.java:818: error: no suitable method found for create(byte[],MediaType)
            return RequestBody.create((byte[]) obj, MediaType.parse(contentType));
                              ^
    method RequestBody.create(MediaType,String) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; byte[] cannot be converted to MediaType)
    method RequestBody.create(MediaType,ByteString) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; byte[] cannot be converted to MediaType)
    method RequestBody.create(MediaType,byte[]) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; byte[] cannot be converted to MediaType)
    method RequestBody.create(MediaType,File) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; byte[] cannot be converted to MediaType)