diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
index 78dd4ff505..4e3461fb69 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ object ConsistentHashingRouter {
    * INTERNAL API
    */
   private[akka] def hashMappingAdapter(mapper: ConsistentHashMapper): ConsistentHashMapping = {
-    case message if (mapper.hashKey(message).asInstanceOf[AnyRef] ne null) ⇒
+    case message if mapper.hashKey(message).asInstanceOf[AnyRef] ne null ⇒
       mapper.hashKey(message)
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-bench-jmh/src/main/scala/akka/stream/JsonFramingBenchmark.scala b/akka-bench-jmh/src/main/scala/akka/stream/JsonFramingBenchmark.scala
index 6f353ed4d9..cf5d779415 100644
--- a/akka-bench-jmh/src/main/scala/akka/stream/JsonFramingBenchmark.scala
+++ b/akka-bench-jmh/src/main/scala/akka/stream/JsonFramingBenchmark.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package akka.stream
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
-import akka.stream.impl.JsonBracketCounting
+import akka.stream.impl.JsonObjectParser
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations._
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class JsonFramingBenchmark {
         |{"fname":"Bob","name":"Smith","age":42,"id":1337,"boardMember":false},
         |{"fname":"Hank","name":"Smith","age":42,"id":1337,"boardMember":false}""".stripMargin)
 
-  val bracket = new JsonBracketCounting
+  val bracket = new JsonObjectParser
 
   @Setup(Level.Invocation)
   def init(): Unit = {
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/server/JsonEntityStreaming.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/server/JsonEntityStreaming.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 529ae2dea3..0000000000
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/javadsl/server/JsonEntityStreaming.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-package akka.http.javadsl.server
-
-class JsonEntityStreaming {
-
-}
-
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/common/StrictForm.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/common/StrictForm.scala
index 615941d25c..cfea86b285 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/common/StrictForm.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/common/StrictForm.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ object StrictForm {
           fsu(value.entity.data.decodeString(charsetName))
       })
 
-    @implicitNotFound(s"In order to unmarshal a `StrictForm.Field` to type `$${T}` you need to supply a " +
+    @implicitNotFound(msg = 
+      s"In order to unmarshal a `StrictForm.Field` to type `$${T}` you need to supply a " +
       s"`FromStringUnmarshaller[$${T}]` and/or a `FromEntityUnmarshaller[$${T}]`")
     sealed trait FieldUnmarshaller[T] {
       def unmarshalString(value: String)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext, mat: Materializer): Future[T]
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/PredefinedFromStringUnmarshallers.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/PredefinedFromStringUnmarshallers.scala
index 6b6ac6b96a..9f44f67762 100755
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/PredefinedFromStringUnmarshallers.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/PredefinedFromStringUnmarshallers.scala
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ package akka.http.scaladsl.unmarshalling
 
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import akka.http.scaladsl.util.FastFuture
+import akka.util.ByteString
 
 trait PredefinedFromStringUnmarshallers {
 
+  implicit def _fromStringUnmarshallerFromByteStringUnmarshaller[T](implicit bsum: FromByteStringUnmarshaller[T]): Unmarshaller[String, T] = {
+    val bs = Unmarshaller.strict[String, ByteString](s ⇒ ByteString(s))
+    bs.flatMap(implicit ec ⇒ implicit mat ⇒ bsum(_))
+  }
+
   implicit val byteFromStringUnmarshaller: Unmarshaller[String, Byte] =
     numberUnmarshaller(_.toByte, "8-bit signed integer")
 
diff --git a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/package.scala b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/package.scala
index 3870019cbd..46dbbce95a 100644
--- a/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/package.scala
+++ b/akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/unmarshalling/package.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package akka.http.scaladsl
 
 import akka.http.scaladsl.common.StrictForm
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.util.ByteString
 
 package object unmarshalling {
   //# unmarshaller-aliases
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ package object unmarshalling {
   type FromMessageUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[HttpMessage, T]
   type FromResponseUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[HttpResponse, T]
   type FromRequestUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[HttpRequest, T]
+  type FromByteStringUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[ByteString, T]
   type FromStringUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[String, T]
   type FromStrictFormFieldUnmarshaller[T] = Unmarshaller[StrictForm.Field, T]
   //#
diff --git a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFramingSpec.scala b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFramingSpec.scala
index e6b657fd59..c69bfc5820 100644
--- a/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFramingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream-tests/src/test/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFramingSpec.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package akka.stream.scaladsl
 
 import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
-import akka.stream.impl.JsonBracketCounting
+import akka.stream.impl.JsonObjectParser
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Framing.FramingException
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ JsonFraming, Framing, Source }
 import akka.stream.testkit.scaladsl.TestSink
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
   "collecting json buffer" when {
     "nothing is supplied" should {
       "return nothing" in {
-        val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+        val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
         buffer.poll() should ===(None)
       }
     }
@@ -132,25 +132,25 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "valid json is supplied" which {
       "has one object" should {
         "successfully parse empty object" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{}"""
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having string value" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john"}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{ "name": "john"}"""
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having string value containing space" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john doe"}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{ "name": "john doe"}"""
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having string value containing curly brace" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
 
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john{"""))
           buffer.offer(ByteString("}"))
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having string value containing curly brace and escape character" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
 
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john"""))
           buffer.offer(ByteString("\\\""))
@@ -177,19 +177,19 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having integer value" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "age": 101}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{ "age": 101}"""
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having decimal value" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "age": 101}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{ "age": 101}"""
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having nested object" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(
             """
               |{  "name": "john",
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         }
 
         "successfully parse single field having multiple level of nested object" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(
             """
               |{  "name": "john",
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
 
       "has nested array" should {
         "successfully parse" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(
             """
               |{  "name": "john",
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
 
       "has complex object graph" should {
         "successfully parse" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(
             """
               |{
@@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
 
       "has multiple fields" should {
         "parse successfully" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john", "age": 101}"""))
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe """{ "name": "john", "age": 101}"""
         }
 
         "parse successfully despite valid whitespaces around json" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(
             """
               |
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
               |  }
             """.stripMargin
 
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString(input))
 
           buffer.poll().get.utf8String shouldBe
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
       }
 
       "returns none until valid json is encountered" in {
-        val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+        val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
 
         """{ "name": "john"""".foreach {
           c ⇒
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ class JsonFramingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
 
       "invalid json is supplied" should {
         "fail if it's broken from the start" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""THIS IS NOT VALID { "name": "john"}"""))
           a[FramingException] shouldBe thrownBy { buffer.poll() }
         }
 
         "fail if it's broken at the end" in {
-          val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting()
+          val buffer = new JsonObjectParser()
           buffer.offer(ByteString("""{ "name": "john"} THIS IS NOT VALID"""))
           buffer.poll() // first emitting the valid element
           a[FramingException] shouldBe thrownBy { buffer.poll() }
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonBracketCounting.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
similarity index 96%
rename from akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonBracketCounting.scala
rename to akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
index 850d3c0f68..3d0c6ec253 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonBracketCounting.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/impl/JsonObjectParser.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import scala.annotation.switch
 /**
  * INTERNAL API: Use [[akka.stream.scaladsl.JsonFraming]] instead.
  */
-private[akka] object JsonBracketCounting {
+private[akka] object JsonObjectParser {
 
   final val SquareBraceStart = '['.toByte
   final val SquareBraceEnd = ']'.toByte
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ private[akka] object JsonBracketCounting {
  *
  * Leading whitespace between elements will be trimmed.
  */
-private[akka] class JsonBracketCounting(maximumObjectLength: Int = Int.MaxValue) {
-  import JsonBracketCounting._
+private[akka] class JsonObjectParser(maximumObjectLength: Int = Int.MaxValue) {
+  import JsonObjectParser._
 
   private var buffer: ByteString = ByteString.empty
 
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
index 0a48c0a3c4..bc5f69d037 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/JsonFraming.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package akka.stream.scaladsl
 
 import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.stream.Attributes
-import akka.stream.impl.JsonBracketCounting
+import akka.stream.impl.JsonObjectParser
 import akka.stream.impl.fusing.GraphStages.SimpleLinearGraphStage
 import akka.stream.stage.{ InHandler, OutHandler, GraphStageLogic }
 import akka.util.ByteString
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object JsonFraming {
    */
   def bracketCounting(maximumObjectLength: Int): Flow[ByteString, ByteString, NotUsed] =
     Flow[ByteString].via(new SimpleLinearGraphStage[ByteString] {
-      private[this] val buffer = new JsonBracketCounting(maximumObjectLength)
+      private[this] val buffer = new JsonObjectParser(maximumObjectLength)
 
       override def createLogic(inheritedAttributes: Attributes) = new GraphStageLogic(shape) with InHandler with OutHandler {
         setHandlers(in, out, this)