POJO conversion doesn't work on Content-Type = application/json; charset=UTF-8

[kst9395]

In ControllerRunner#getRequestObject method, the implicit conversion from json to pojo will only happen if the Content-Type request header is equals to application/json.

boolean jsonRequest = contentType != null && contentType.equals("application/json");

The conversion of request body to Map in HttpSupport however uses .contains

 private void checkJsonContentType(){
        if(!(header("Content-Type") != null && header("Content-Type").toLowerCase().contains("application/json")) ){
            throw new WebException("Trying to convert JSON to object, but Content-Type is " + header("Content-Type") + ", not 'application/json'");
        }
    }
        

Should the ControllerRunner use the same validation logic when doing implicit conversion?

[ipolevoy]

@kst9395 is this causing an issue for you? Is there a way you can provide an example where this is not working?

[ipolevoy]

@kst9395 you are correct, this is a valid bug. What version of JavaLite are you using?

[kst9395]

Hi @ipolevoy , I am using javalite version: 2.5-j8.
This is causing an issue because I am using mithril.js as my frontend framework and seems like the default implementation of ajax call is actually defaulting the Content-Type header to be application/json; charset=utf-8 and there's no way for me to remove the request header.
The current workaround is actually to use raw XMLHttpRequest but it will be nice if this is enable by default in the framework :)

[ipolevoy]

got it, no prob. I implement a fix and make a new release next week

[ipolevoy]

@kst9395 this is fixed, you can pull a current snapshot 2.6-j8-SNAPSHOT for Java8 or 3.0-SNAPSHOT for Java16.