Spring: @ModelAttribute and array php

Question

I need to map a PHP array to a Java bean.

This is my bean that map the form:

public class SearchModel{
   private String id;
   private String user;
   private List<SearchRoom> rooms;

   //get and set
}

Where SearchRoom is:

public class SearchRoom {
   private int adults;
   private int child;
   private List<Integer> childrenAge;

   //get and set
}

This is my Spring Controller:

@RequestMapping(value = "/search", method = RequestMethod.POST,headers="Accept=application/json")
public void search(@ModelAttribute SearchModel model) {
    System.out.println(model.getRooms());
}

And this is what i'm trying to send using PHP:

Array
(
    [id] => xxx
    [rooms] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [adults] => 3
                    [child] => 2
                    [childrenAges] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => 2
                            [1] => 5
                        )

                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [adults] => 2
                    [child] => 0
                    [childrenAges] => Array
                        (
                        )

                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [adults] => 2
                    [child] => 4
                    [childrenAges] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => 1
                            [1] => 4
                            [2] => 12
                            [3] => 17
                        )

                )

        )

    [user] => yyy
)

I got this exception:

Invalid property 'rooms[0][adults]' of bean class [com.giove.viaggi.hsw.models.SearchModel]: Property referenced in indexed property path 'rooms[0][adults]' is neither an array nor a List nor a Map; returned value was [3]] with root cause
org.springframework.beans.InvalidPropertyException: Invalid property 'rooms[0][adults]' of bean class [com.giove.viaggi.hsw.models.SearchModel]: Property referenced in indexed property path 'rooms[0][adults]' is neither an array nor a List nor a Map; returned value was [3]
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:1046)
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:922)
    at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:82)
    at org.springframework.validation.DataBinder.applyPropertyValues(DataBinder.java:728)
    at org.springframework.validation.DataBinder.doBind(DataBinder.java:624)
    at org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder.doBind(WebDataBinder.java:189)

What is a good solution to avoid that error and retrieve the correct values?

Answer 1

I solved converting php array into an xml string and making my controller accept xml and converting it into my bean using jaxb