I am not able to deserialize nested JSON array from response JSON using Spring Rest template.
JSON response which I am consuming is as follows
[
{
"creationTime": "2023-01-13",
"code": "456",
"cid": "123",
"priority": "CRITICAL",
"reviewDate": null,
"systemCall": [
{
"creationTime": "2023-01-13",
"status": null,
"id": "787878",
"modificationTime": "2023-01-13",
"creatorId": "ABC"
},
{
"creationTime": "2023-01-14",
"status": null,
"id": "787879",
"modificationTime": "2023-01-14",
"creatorId": "DEF"
}
],
level: "1"
}
]
And My model classes as follows
public class Resolution {
private String creationTime;
private String code;
private String cid;
private String priority;
private String reviewDate
private List<SystemCallVo> systemCall;
private String level;
public Resolution(){
}
//Getters and Settrs
}
public class SystemCallVo {
private String creationTime;
private String status;
private String id;
private String modificationTime;
private String creatorId;
public SystemCallVo(){
}
//Getters and Setters
}
public class ResolutionVo extends Resolution{
public ResolutionVo(){
}
}
I am calling my endpoint using rest template as follows.
ResponseEntity<List<ResolutionVo>> response = this.restTemplateConfig.restTemplate().exchange(builder.toUriString(), HttpMethod.POST, httpEntity, new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<ResolutionVo>>() {
}, new Object[0]);
Problem is List systemCall object is always null in response received through resttemplate even though systemCall attribute is present in JSON whenever I hit endpoint through swagger.
There is a defect in RestTemplate.exchange that prevents the deserialisation of even moderately complex JSON objects.
Read the response as a String and then deserialise to List<ResolutionVo>
with an com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
instance as follows:
ResponseEntity<String> response = this.restTemplateConfig.restTemplate().exchange(builder.toUriString(), HttpMethod.POST, httpEntity, String.class, new Object[0]);
String body = response.getBody();
List<ResolutionVo> value = objectMapper.readValue(body, new TypeReference<List<ResolutionVo>>() {});
I think this is a related issue.