no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14')

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This question is almost same as this one, but it differs in that I am trying to get String to LocalDate. Here is error from STS:

2018-12-14 00:47:04.507 WARN 6216 --- [nio-8080-exec-2] .w.s.m.s.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver : Resolved [org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: JSON parse error: Can not construct instance of java.time.LocalDate: no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14'); nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not construct instance of java.time.LocalDate: no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14') at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@73ff9989; line: 3, column: 16] (through reference chain: com.xxxxx.xxxxxx.model.request.ReservationRequest["checkin"])]

and here is from Postman:

{ "timestamp": 1544744824516, "status": 400, "error": "Bad Request", "exception": "org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException", "message": "JSON parse error: Can not construct instance of java.time.LocalDate: no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14'); nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException: Can not construct instance of java.time.LocalDate: no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14')\n at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@73ff9989; line: 3, column: 16] (through reference chain: com.xxxxx.xxxxx.model.request.ReservationRequest[\"checkin\"])", "path": "/room/reservation/v1" }

And POST request was:

{
    "id": 12345,
    "checkin": "2018-12-14",
    "checkout": "2018-12-17"
}

Where relevant classes are:

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;

@Configuration
public class ApiConfig {

    @Bean
    public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
        objectMapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
        return new ObjectMapper();
    }

    @Bean
    public ObjectWriter objectWriter(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        return objectMapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter();
    }
}

and

import java.time.LocalDate;
import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;

public class ReservationRequest {

    private Long id;
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private LocalDate checkin;
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private LocalDate checkout;

    public ReservationRequest() {
        super();
    }

    public ReservationRequest(Long id, LocalDate checkin, LocalDate checkout) {
        super();
        this.id = id;
        this.checkin = checkin;
        this.checkout = checkout;
    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public LocalDate getCheckin() {
        return checkin;
    }

    public void setCheckin(LocalDate checkin) {
        this.checkin = checkin;
    }

    public LocalDate getCheckout() {
        return checkout;
    }

    public void setCheckout(LocalDate checkout) {
        this.checkout = checkout;
    }
}

and

import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import com.xxxxx.xxxxxx.model.request.ReservationRequest;
import com.xxxxx.xxxxxx.model.response.ReservationResponse;

@RestController
@RequestMapping(ResourceConstants.ROOM_RESERVATION_V1)
public class ReservationResource {

    @RequestMapping(path = "", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE)
    public ResponseEntity<ReservationResponse> getAvaiableRooms(
            @RequestParam(value = "checkin") @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE) LocalDate checkin,
            @RequestParam(value = "checkout") @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE) LocalDate checkout) {
        return new ResponseEntity<>(new ReservationResponse(), HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    @RequestMapping(path = "", method = RequestMethod.POST, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE)
    public ResponseEntity<ReservationResponse> createReservation(@RequestBody ReservationRequest reservationRequest) {

        return new ResponseEntity<>(new ReservationResponse(), HttpStatus.CREATED);
    }

    @RequestMapping(path = "", method = RequestMethod.PUT, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE)
    public ResponseEntity<ReservationResponse> updateReservation(@RequestBody ReservationRequest reservationRequest) {

        return new ResponseEntity<>(new ReservationResponse(), HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    @RequestMapping(path = "/{reservationId}", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
    public ResponseEntity<Void> deleteReservation(@PathVariable long reservationId) {

        return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT);
    }
}

I've included imports just in case.

Anyway, if I change ReservationRequest to have fields with Strings instead of LocalDate like this then it doesn't produce error

public class ReservationRequest {

    private Long id;
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private String checkin;
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private String checkout;

    public ReservationRequest() {
        super();
    }

    public ReservationRequest(Long id, String checkin, String checkout) {
        super();
        this.id = id;
        this.checkin = checkin;
        this.checkout = checkout;
    }

(getters and setters updated as well)

JDK 1.8; springBootVersion = '1.5.17.RELEASE'; name: 'jackson-datatype-jsr310', version: '2.9.7'

Question is why it doesn't work as intended with LocalDate?

UPDATE: tried these solutions, and added @JsonSerialize and @JsonDeserialize, as neither objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS); or objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);

worked so now it looks like:

public class ReservationRequest {

    private Long id;
    @JsonSerialize(using = ToStringSerializer.class)
    @JsonDeserialize(using = LocalDateDeserializer.class)
    //@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd")
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private LocalDate checkin;
    @JsonSerialize(using = ToStringSerializer.class)
    @JsonDeserialize(using = LocalDateDeserializer.class)
    //@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd")
    @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE)
    private LocalDate checkout;

    public ReservationRequest() {
        super();
    }

So, now it looks like it works but I don't know if it is good solution?

[FasterXML/jackson-modules-java8: Set of support modules for Java 8 datatypes (Optionals, date/time) and features (parameter names)](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-java8) — Ole V.V., Dec 14 '18 at 08:51

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '19 at 08:59

I think the problem is here

@Bean
public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    objectMapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
    return new ObjectMapper();
}

You must return configured objectMapper instead of new instance:

@Bean
public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false)
    objectMapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule()
            .addSerializer(LocalDate.class, new LocalDateSerializer(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("M/d/yyyy")))
            .addDeserializer(LocalDate.class, new LocalDateDeserializer(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("M/d/yyyy"))))
    return objectMapper;
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '19 at 16:34

2

I faced the same issue recently and reason for the error was there are double quotes around my json string which when I removed it worked perfectly fine

answered Mar 31 '19 at 16:34

anuchadal

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 17:40

-2

I think its too late for me to reply on the post I have faced the same issue the below annotation was helpful.

@JsonFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd")
private LocalDate dateOfBirth;

:)

answered Mar 25 '19 at 17:40

Rifaquat Siddiqui

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no String-argument constructor/factory method to deserialize from String value ('2018-12-14')

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