Convert Xml request to Object Spring Boot

Question

Created a spring boot rest service which accepts XML as a request and converts it into object and then inserts it into database. I used Jackson dataformat dependency for directly converting the xml request to object but getting an error .

The controller class is as follows

@RequestMapping(value = "/getRequestData",method=RequestMethod.POST,
        produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE},consumes={MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE})
    public ResponseEntity<?> putDataIntoDatabase(@RequestBody FirstRequestorBean bean) {

        logger.info(bean.getId());
        return new ResponseEntity<String>(HttpStatus.OK);
    }

and bean class

public class FirstRequestorBean {


    private String name;
    private String id;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }



}

the xml passed here is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FirstRequestorBean>
    <name>Akhil</name>
    <id>1</id>
</FirstRequestorBean>

getting a Unsupported Media Type exception.

can someone point out how to resolve the issue

Try removing your XML file header <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and try adding MediaType.TEXT_XML. — CrazySabbath
– CrazySabbath, Commented Jul 27, 2017 at 11:15
produces = {MediaType.TEXT_XML_VALUE},consumes={MediaType.TEXT_XML_VALUE}) tried adding this @CrazySabbath .still the same error — Akhil
– Akhil, Commented Jul 27, 2017 at 11:33
Either you misspelled your comment, or you didn't understand me. Have you tried adding TEXT_XML (notice, not TEXT_XML_VALUE) and removing xml header? — CrazySabbath
– CrazySabbath, Commented Jul 27, 2017 at 11:35
@CrazySabbath yes. I tried removing xml header and using the Mediatype.TEXT_XML .still fetched me the same error — Akhil
– Akhil, Commented Jul 27, 2017 at 11:42

MartinByers · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-27 11:48:12Z

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Your Post request will have a "content-type" which needs to match up to the "consumes" parameter for your request mapping.

For XML there are two types "application/xml" and "text/xml" it is good practice to accept both, (MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE & MediaType.TEXT_XML_VALUE).

Additionally you have: produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE} this is your return type, you only need to define this once you are actually returning something, seeing as are only setting a status code then this should be removed.

answered Jul 27, 2017 at 11:48

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Akhil Over a year ago

I have tried both the specific steps but still getting an error

MartinByers Over a year ago

What is the content type for your request?

Akhil Over a year ago

Hi MartinByers, I was able to resolve the issue ,supposedly was using a tool Jmeter for which I had not set the appropriate Accept Headers , after which it worked.More of a tool settings issue then it was of code.Thank you for the support

PAA Over a year ago

@MartinByers - Could you please guide me here: stackoverflow.com/questions/59485326/…?

Dharita Chokshi · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03 10:10:55Z

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Add MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE to accept XML form of data on your request mapping. Ex:- (Here application accepts both JSON and XML format as request) @PostMapping(value = "/users/add", consumes = { MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE })
Add @XmlRootElement annotation to your bean class
Add appropriate Content-Type (application/json or application/xml) in the header of your request

answered Jan 3, 2018 at 10:10

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