Add Send Array as Part of x-www-form-urlencoded (#12808)

* Add Send Array as Part of x-www-form-urlencoded

* Add README.md

spring-web-modules/pom.xml

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <module>spring-rest-angular</module>
         <module>spring-rest-http</module>
         <module>spring-rest-http-2</module>
+        <module>spring-rest-http-3</module>
         <module>spring-rest-query-language</module>
         <module>spring-rest-shell</module>
         <module>spring-rest-simple</module>

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/README.md

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ The "REST With Spring 2" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Get All Endpoints in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-get-all-endpoints)
 - [HTTP PUT vs. POST in REST API](https://www.baeldung.com/rest-http-put-vs-post)
 - [415 Unsupported MediaType in Spring Application](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-415-unsupported-mediatype)
-- More articles: [[<-- prev]](../spring-rest-http)
+- More articles: [[next -->]](../spring-rest-http-3)

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## Spring REST HTTP 3
+
+This module contains articles about HTTP in REST APIs with Spring.
+
+### The Course
+The "REST With Spring 3" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
+
+### Relevant Articles:
+
+- More articles: [[<-- prev]](../spring-rest-http)

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>spring-rest-http-3</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-rest-http-3</name>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringBootRest3Application.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringBootRest3Application {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootRest3Application.class, args);
+    }
+}

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xwwwformurlencoded/Course.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.xwwwformurlencoded;
+
+class Course {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int hours;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getHours() {
+        return hours;
+    }
+
+    public void setHours(int hours) {
+        this.hours = hours;
+    }
+
+}

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xwwwformurlencoded/StudentComplex.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.xwwwformurlencoded;
+
+class StudentComplex {
+
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    private Course[] courses;
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public Course[] getCourses() {
+        return courses;
+    }
+
+    public void setCourses(Course[] courses) {
+        this.courses = courses;
+    }
+}

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xwwwformurlencoded/StudentController.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.xwwwformurlencoded;
+
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/students")
+public class StudentController {
+
+    @PostMapping(path = "/simple",
+        consumes = { MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE })
+    public ResponseEntity<StudentSimple> createStudentSimple(StudentSimple student) {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(student);
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping(path = "/complex",
+        consumes = { MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE })
+    public ResponseEntity<StudentComplex> createStudentComplex(StudentComplex student) {
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(student);
+    }
+}

spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/xwwwformurlencoded/StudentSimple.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.baeldung.xwwwformurlencoded;
+
+class StudentSimple {
+
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    private String[] courses;
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getCourses() {
+        return courses;
+    }
+
+    public void setCourses(String[] courses) {
+        this.courses = courses;
+    }
+}