AngularJS and Spring MVC - $http 400 Bad Request

Question

I'm trying to post a object that includes an id (int) and a array, but I get a http 400 Bad request response from the server side. This is what I have so far...

Java Bean Object for Request:

public class GuardarVentaRequest {

private Integer idCliente;
private List<Venta> venta; ... (Getters and Setters code)

Java Object:

public class Venta {

private Integer id;
private String nombre;
private Integer precio;
private Integer cantidad;
private Integer total; ... (Getters and Setters code)

Java Controller:

@RequestMapping(value = "/guardarVenta", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody void venta(@RequestBody GuardarVentaRequest factura){
    System.out.println(factura);
}

AngularJS Service:

function guardarVenta(array){                                       
    let factura = {
        idCliente : parseInt($('#cliente').val()),
        venta : array,
    };
    console.log(factura);
    $http({
        method: 'POST',
        url: '/blue/guardarVenta',
        contentType: 'application/json',
        data: factura
    }).then(
    function successCallback(response){
        console.log(response.statusText);
    },
    function errorCallback(response){
        console.log(response.statusText);
    }
    );
}

Array:

$scope.productos = new Array();
let productoInfo = {
        id: $scope.producto.id,
        nombre: $scope.producto.nombre,
        precio: $scope.producto.precio,
        cantidad: $scope.cantidadProducto,
        total: $scope.producto.precio * $scope.cantidadProducto 
    }
    $scope.productos.push(productoInfo);

Output:

ADVERTENCIA: Failed to read HTTP message: 
org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Could 
not read document: Can not construct instance of com.blue.beans.Venta: no 
suitable constructor found, can not deserialize from Object value (missing 
default constructor or creator, or perhaps need to add/enable type 
information?)
at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@663359f3; line: 1, column: 28] 
(through reference chain: com.blue.beans.GuardarVentaRequest["venta"]-
>java.util.ArrayList[0]); nested exception is 
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not construct 
instance of com.blue.beans.Venta: no suitable constructor found, can not 
deserialize from Object value (missing default constructor or creator, or 
perhaps need to add/enable type information?)
at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@663359f3; line: 1, column: 28] 
(through reference chain: com.blue.beans.GuardarVentaRequest["venta"]-
>java.util.ArrayList[0])

Chrome's Network Tab Output

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try these 3 things.

1. Add the default constructor to GuardarVentaRequest and Venta.

   GuardarVentaRequest(){} & Venta(){}

2. Check if a HTTPMessageConverter has been added to your spring config. Eg: MappingJackson2MessageConverter (Check for compatibility with your spring version).

3. Try serializing the request payload by using angular.toJson

Hope that helps!