Spring boot xml response example

Spring Boot using XML response instead of JSON

If your application need to send XML response instead of JSON, Just add Jackson XML extension (jackson-dataformat-xml) on the classpath, Spring boot will automatically render XML responses.

pom.xml

	
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
		<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
	</parent>
	<groupId>com.candidjava</groupId>
	<artifactId>Spring-Boot-Xml-Response</artifactId>
	<packaging>war</packaging>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>Spring-Boot-Xml-Response Maven Webapp</name>
	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<build>
		<finalName>Spring-Boot-Xml-Response</finalName>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

XmlResponseApplication.java

package com.candidjava;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class XmlResponseApplication {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  SpringApplication.run(XmlResponseApplication.class, args);
 }

}

StudentController.java

package com.candidjava.controller;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import com.candidjava.models.Student;
import com.candidjava.service.StudentService;

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/student")
public class StudentController {
 @Autowired
 StudentService service;

 @GetMapping("/getAll")
 public List<Student> get() {
  return service.getAllStudents();
 }

 @GetMapping("/get/{id}")
 public Student getById(@PathVariable("id") String id) {
  return service.getStudentById(id);
 }
}

StudentService.java

package com.candidjava.service;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import com.candidjava.models.Student;

@Service
public class StudentService {

 private List<Student> studentList = new ArrayList<Student> (Arrays.asList(

  new Student("1", "ram", "20"), new Student("2", "arun", "21"), new Student("3", "karthick", "22")
 ));

 public List<Student> getAllStudents() {
  return studentList;
 }

 public Student getStudentById(String id) {
  return studentList.stream().filter(student -> student.getId()
   .equals(id)).findFirst().get();

 }

Student.java

package com.candidjava.models;

public class Student {
 private String id;
 private String name;
 private String age;

 public Student(String id, String name, String age) {
  this.id = id;
  this.name = name;
  this.age = age;
 }

 public String getName() {
  return name;
 }

 public void setName(String name) {
  this.name = name;
 }

 public String getId() {
  return id;
 }

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

 public String getAge() {
  return age;
 }

 public void setAge(String age) {
  this.age = age;
 }

}

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