REST and POST with XStream

[bwagner]

I'm using XStream instead of Jaxb to do the conversion. Everythings works fine with GET methods, but I receive a

org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException: 415 Unsupported Media Type

when trying to work with POST.

Simple pojos to use in the request / response is "Order" and "Bundle".

Client Config:
applicationContextXML

	<bean id="httpClient" class="org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient">
		<constructor-arg ref="httpClientParams" />
	</bean>
	<bean id="httpClientFactory"
		class="org.springframework.http.client.CommonsClientHttpRequestFactory">
		<constructor-arg ref="httpClient" />
	</bean>
	<bean id="restTemplate" class="org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate">
		<constructor-arg ref="httpClientFactory" />
		<property name="messageConverters">
			<list>
				<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">
				<property name="marshaller">
						<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller">
							<property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" />
						</bean>
				</property>
				<property name="unmarshaller">
						<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller">
							<property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" />
						</bean>
				</property>
				</bean>
				<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.FormHttpMessageConverter" />
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>

Client:

	private final RestTemplate restTemplate;

	public RestClientImpl(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
		this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
	}
	public Order submitOrder(Order order) {
		return restTemplate.postForObject(submitOrderUrl, order,
				Order.class);
	}

Server:
applicationContext.xml

	<bean id="marshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller">
		<property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" />
	</bean>

	<bean id="xmlView"
		class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
		<constructor-arg ref="marshaller" />
	</bean>

	<bean id="converter"
		class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">
		<constructor-arg ref="marshaller" />
	</bean>
	<bean
		class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
		<property name="messageConverters">
			<list>
				<ref bean="converter" />
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>

Server Code:

	@RequestMapping(value = "/test/order", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public ModelAndView submitOrder(@RequestBody Order order) {
		Order submittedOrder = someService.submitOrder(order);
		ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("xmlView",
				BindingResult.MODEL_KEY_PREFIX + "order", submittedOrder);
return mav;
	}

[paul.mckenzie]

I am getting the same issue with my code too, using XStream and REST template.

It was doing the POST ok until I added <mvc:annotation-driven/> in preparation for adding @DateTimeFormat

[bwagner]

Great, that solved it for me!

[basha]

Great, that solved it for me!

i am facing the same problem,
can you please tell us how did you solve

[bwagner]

if you're using <mvc:annotation-driven/>, remove it