Getting `javax.xml.bind.MarshalException` in "What makes something RESTful?" part of tutorial about tut-rest

[Lance-Drane]

You can access the data through a browser as well as CURL if you change all GetMapping annotations to something like this:

@GetMapping(value = "/employees", produces = "application/json; charset=UTF-8")

[nvwieren]

Calling the url using a browser (ie Google Chrome) causes this issue - it seems the browser prefers an XML response and Spring adheres to that.. Using something like Postman avoids the issue and returns the expected result.

[nvwieren]

As for the imports -

tut-rest/rest/src/main/java/payroll/EmployeeController.java

Line 3 in 454f7cd

import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.*;

[gregturn]

As of spring-projects/spring-hateoas@dca65e1, the JAXB annotations have been removed and should no longer cause this issue

However you may have to wait for Spring Data REST to catch up to Spring HATEOAS 1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.

[mlvandijk]

Good to know I had the right imports. I'd like to find a way to do the tutorial without having to use additional tools like Postman, but good to know where the error comes from. Thank you!

[gregturn]

Indeed. Spring HATEOAS had XML support before we added HAL support. Long story short, the JAXB annotations are still there, but not very usable.

See spring-projects/spring-hateoas#695.

[jason279]

I have the same "jaxbexception", and thank @Lance-Drane ,who solves it.