[FIXED] Failed to read HTTP message: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Required request body is missing

Issue

I have and Interceptor and for some reasons i have to read POSTED date included in HttpServletRequest like this:

    InputStream inputStream = request.getInputStream();
    if (inputStream != null) {
        bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
        char[] charBuffer = new char[128];
        int bytesRead = -1;
        while ((bytesRead = bufferedReader.read(charBuffer)) > 0) {
            stringBuilder.append(charBuffer, 0, bytesRead);
        }
    } else {
        stringBuilder.append("");
    }

after this action i get 400 bad request for ajax Failed to read HTTP message: org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: Required request body is missing

Solution

Spring provides a class called ContentCachingRequestWrapper which extends HttpServletRequestWrapper. This class caches all content read from the getInputStream() and getReader() and allows this content to be retrieved via a getContentAsByteArray() . So we can retrieve InputStream multiple times for this purpose. This ability provided by method blow in ContentCachingRequestWrapper :

@Override
public ServletInputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
    if (this.inputStream == null) {
            this.inputStream = new ContentCachingInputStream(getRequest().getInputStream());
    }
    return this.inputStream;
}

This class fix character encoding issues for UTF-8 with method below:

@Override
public String getCharacterEncoding() {
    String enc = super.getCharacterEncoding();
    return (enc != null ? enc : WebUtils.DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING);
}

Here is full detail in ContentCachingRequestWrapper .

Answered By - Hadi Rasouli
Answer Checked By - Pedro (JavaFixing Volunteer)