Spring Boot - accept and return JSON / XML in REST controller (consumes and produces)

@RequestMapping example

To make this POST request work, we need to add:

1. consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE
2. produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE
3. @ResponseBody

@RequestMapping(path = "/spring-examples/get-user-data", 
        method = RequestMethod.POST,
        consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE,
        produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
@ResponseBody
public UserResponse getUserRequestMapping(@RequestBody UserRequest userRequest) {
    // our logic
}

Second example:

@RequestMapping(path = "/spring-examples/get-user-data", 
        method = RequestMethod.POST,
        consumes = "application/json",
        produces = "application/json")
@ResponseBody
public UserResponse getUserRequestMapping(@RequestBody UserRequest userRequest) {
    // our logic
}

See also this quesion:

• Spring POST method - accept and return JSON in REST controller