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javajsonpostmanspring-restcontroller

Getting "malformed syntax" while hitting REST Controller POST method sending "Request Body"

Here is the Rest Controller Service signature 

@RequestMapping(value = "/getFilteredReport", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public void getFilteredReport(@RequestBody FilteredReportVO filteredReportVO,HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) {

Now below is the JSON structure I am sending 

{
"filterAttributesFactory":{
"930000":{
"metaDataId":930000,
"displayText":"Select Category",
"attributeType":211009,
"userInputValue":null,
"dropDownoptions":null,
"isMandatory":false,
"isDropDown":false,
"defaultValue":null,
"isdefaultValue":false,
"constraintId":null
},
"930001":{
"metaDataId":930001,
"displayText":"Item Status",
"attributeType":211005,
"userInputValue":null,
"dropDownoptions":{
"157005":"FC - fake scrap",
 "157006":"FH - firearm hold",
 "157008":"IN - inventory"
  },
  "isMandatory":false,
  "isDropDown":true,
  "defaultValue":null,
  "isdefaultValue":false,
  "constraintId":213007
  }
 },
"reportId":132030,
"location":1202
}

Here is the FilteredReportVO POJO

public class FilteredReportVO {

private HashMap<Integer,FilterAttributeVO> filterAttributesFactory=new HashMap<Integer,FilterAttributeVO>();

private Integer reportId;

private Long location; .....GETTERS and setters below

FilterAttributeVO pojo structure is below..

public class FilterAttributeVO {
Integer metaDataId;
//String elementName;
String displayText;
Integer attributeType;
Object userInputValue;
Map<Integer,String> dropDownoptions;
Boolean isMandatory=false;;
Boolean isDropDown=false;
Object defaultValue;
Boolean isdefaultValue=false;
Integer constraintId=null;...Getters n setters..

I am hitting the service through POSTMAN plugin. Getting error:

"The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications".

FYI in POSTMAN I am putting the JSON structure inside "Body", selected "raw", type as "JSON(application/json)".

Notice I am using 2 object type attributes userInputValue and defaultValue inside FilteredAttributeVO. R we allowed to keep object type?

Where is the problem here?

Solution

  • The problem was with FilteredReportVO POJO. I was setting values of the attributes "location" and "reportId" through a constructor. No setter methods were defined for these 2 attributes.

    It was my bad, if I would have posted the complete POJO class u guys must have figured it out. Anyway thanks everyone for ur help