How to automatically parse String @RequestBody as json

Question

I have an endpoint which should read a string value as body.

@RestController
public class EndpointsController {
   @RequestMapping( method = RequestMethod.PUT, v         


        

Answer 1

If you're using Jackson as your JSON parser, you can simply declare your parameter with the type TextNode. This is the Jackson type representing JSON strings.

public String updateName(@PathVariable(MY_ID) String myId, @RequestBody TextNode name) {

You can then use its asText method to retrieve its text value.