Here is the code that works for me. The key is that you need a wrapper class.
public class Person {
private String name;
private Integer age;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public Integer getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(Integer age) {
this.age = age;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age + "]";
}
A PersonWrapper class
public class PersonWrapper {
private List<Person> persons;
/**
* @return the persons
*/
public List<Person> getPersons() {
return persons;
}
/**
* @param persons the persons to set
*/
public void setPersons(List<Person> persons) {
this.persons = persons;
}
}
My Controller methods
@RequestMapping(value="person", method=RequestMethod.POST,consumes="application/json",produces="application/json")
@ResponseBody
public List<String> savePerson(@RequestBody PersonWrapper wrapper) {
List<String> response = new ArrayList<String>();
for (Person person: wrapper.getPersons()){
personService.save(person);
response.add("Saved person: " + person.toString());
}
return response;
}
The request sent is json in POST
{"persons":[{"name":"shail1","age":"2"},{"name":"shail2","age":"3"}]}
And the response is
["Saved person: Person [name=shail1, age=2]","Saved person: Person [name=shail2, age=3]"]