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Resource requests on custom stages does not work- Error- got "map", expected "string"

Issue​

An organization may want to set a resource request (CPU) on jobs for custom stages.  Improper settings can result in an error similar to the one below:Create failed: error: error validating “STDIN”: error validating data: [ValidationError(Job.spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.cpu): invalid type for io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.api.resource.Quantity: got “map”, expected “string”, An example manifest snippet is provided below.

    spec:
     restartPolicy: Never
     containers:
     - name: ######
        image: ######:latest
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        resources:     ##### I ADDED THIS TO REQUEST RESOURCES
          requests:     ##### I ADDED THIS TO REQUEST RESOURCES
            cpu: 100m  ##### I ADDED THIS TO REQUEST RESOURCES

The above manifest will not work and results in the error: resources.requests.cpu > invalid type > got “map”, expected “string”, These settings can cause organizations to encounter situations where resources are not being used effectively or efficiently.

Cause​

This error is due to a known bug in Spinnaker Operator.  The manifest field defined in the KubernetesPreconfiguredJobProperties class has io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1 Job type.  This type is defined in the Kubernetes Open API models package.  This package contains special JSON serializers e.g io.kubernetes.client.custom.Quantity.QuantityAdapter.  The serializers must be used to get the correct JSON format.