Cannot make POST request -- object attributes are null on arrival

[javac9]

Hi,

I've written a simple create method for the Employee entity, but attributes of the object received are null:

@RequestMapping(value = "/employees", method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = MediaTypes.HAL_JSON_VALUE)
public Employee create(Employee employee){
return repository.save(employee);
}

Could you please update the repo with such a simple but working example or at least try to explain what could be the issue here? Thank you very much!

[gregturn]

The input is missing @RequestBody annotation.