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{8.1.0-updated} 
@Body

<p>
	The {@link oaj.http.annotation.Body @Body} annotation is used to identify POJOs to be used as the body of an HTTP request.
</p>
<ul class='javatree'>
	<li class='ja'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body}
	<ul>
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#api() api} - Free-form Swagger JSON.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#description() description} - Description.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#example() example} - Serialized example.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#examples() examples} - Serialized examples per media type.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#required() required} - Input validation.  Body must be present.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#schema() schema} - Swagger schema.
		<li class='jf'>{@link oaj.http.annotation.Body#value() value} - Free-form Swagger JSON.
	</ul>
</ul>

<h5 class='figure'>Examples:</h5>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Defined on parameter</jc>
	<ja>@RestMethod</ja>(name=<jsf>POST</jsf>)
	<jk>public void</jk> addPet(<ja>@Body</ja> Pet pet) {...}
</p>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Defined on POJO class</jc>
	<ja>@RestMethod</ja>(name=<jsf>POST</jsf>)
	<jk>public void</jk> addPet(Pet pet) {...}
	
	<ja>@Body</ja>
	<jk>public class</jk> Pet {...}
</p>
<p>
	This is functionally equivalent to the following code:
</p>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<ja>@RestMethod</ja>(name=<jsf>POST</jsf>)
	<jk>public void</jk> addPet(RestRequest req) {
		Person person = req.getBody().asType(Pet.<jk>class</jk>);
		...
	}
</p>
<p>
	Any of the following types can be used for the parameter or POJO class (matched in the specified order):
</p>
<ol class='spaced-list'>
	<li>
		{@link java.io.Reader}
		<br><ja>@Body</ja> annotation is optional.
		<br><c>Content-Type</c> is ignored.
	<li>
		{@link java.io.InputStream}
		<br><ja>@Body</ja> annotation is optional.
		<br><c>Content-Type</c> is ignored.
	<li>
		Any {@doc PojoCategories Parsable POJO} type.
		<br><c>Content-Type</c> is required to identify correct parser.
	<li>
		Objects convertible from {@link java.io.Reader} by having one of the following non-deprecated methods:
		<ul>
			<li><c><jk>public</jk> T(Reader in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>create</jsm>(Reader in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>fromReader</jsm>(Reader in) {...}</c>
		</ul>
		<c>Content-Type</c> must not be present or match an existing parser so that it's not parsed as a POJO.
	<li>
		Objects convertible from {@link java.io.InputStream} by having one of the following non-deprecated methods:
		<ul>
			<li><c><jk>public</jk> T(InputStream in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>create</jsm>(InputStream in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>fromInputStream</jsm>(InputStream in) {...}</c>
		</ul>
		<c>Content-Type</c> must not be present or match an existing parser so that it's not parsed as a POJO.
	<li>
		Objects convertible from {@link java.lang.String} by having one of the following non-deprecated methods:
		<ul>
			<li><c><jk>public</jk> T(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>create</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>fromString</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>parse</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>parseString</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>forName</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
			<li><c><jk>public static</jk> T <jsm>forString</jsm>(String in) {...}</c>
		</ul>
		Note that this also includes all enums.
	<li>
		Any {@link java.util.Optional} of anything on this list.
</ol>
<p>
	The {@link oaj.oapi.OpenApiSerializer} class can be used to serialize HTTP bodies to OpenAPI-based output.
</p>
<p>
	For example, the following shows how a pipe-delimited list of comma-delimited numbers (e.g. <js>"1,2,3|4,5,6|7,8,9"</js>) can be converted to a 2-dimensional array of <c>Longs</c>:
</p>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Body is a pipe-delimited list of comma-delimited lists of longs.</jc>
	<ja>@RestMethod</ja>(
		method=<js>"POST"</js>, 
		path=<js>"/testBody"</js>,
		serializers=OpenApiSerializers.<jk>class</jk>,
		defaultAccept=<js>"text/openapi"</js>
	)	
	<jk>public void</jk> testBody(
		<ja>@Body</ja>(
			schema=<ja>@Schema</ja>(
				items=<ja>@Items</ja>(
					collectionFormat=<js>"pipes"</js>,
					items=<ja>@SubItems</ja>(
						collectionFormat=<js>"csv"</js>,
						type=<js>"integer"</js>, 
						format=<js>"int64"</js>,
						minimum=<js>"0"</js>,
						maximum=<js>"100"</js>
						minLength=1,
						maxLength=10
					)
				),
				minLength=1,
				maxLength=10
			)
		)
		Long[][] body
	) {...}
</p>
<p>
	Input will be converted based on the types and formats defined in the schema definition.
	Input validations such as <c>minLength/maxLength</c> that don't match the input will result in automatic <c>400 Bad Request</c> responses.
</p>
<p>
	For more information about valid parameter types when using OpenAPI parsing, see {@doc juneau-marshall.OpenApiDetails.Parsers OpenAPI Parsers}
</p>

<p>
	The <ja>@Body</ja> annotation is also used for supplying swagger information about the body of the request.
	This information is used to populate the auto-generated Swagger documentation and UI.
</p>
<h5 class='figure'>Examples:</h5>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Normal</jc>
	<ja>@Body</ja>(
		description=<js>"Pet object to add to the store"</js>,
		required=<jk>true</jk>,
		example=<js>"{name:'Doggie',price:9.99,species:'Dog',tags:['friendly','cute']}"</js>
	)
</p>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Free-form</jc>
	<jc>// Note the extra field</jc>
	<ja>@Body</ja>({
		<js>"description: 'Pet object to add to the store',"</js>,
		<js>"required: true,"</js>,
		<js>"example: {name:'Doggie',price:9.99,species:'Dog',tags:['friendly','cute']},"</js>
		<js>"x-extra: 'extra field'"</js>
	})
</p>
<p>
	{@doc DefaultRestSvlVariables} (e.g. "$L{my.localized.variable}")
	are supported on annotation fields.
</p>
<h5 class='figure'>Example:</h5>
<p class='bpcode w800'>
	<jc>// Localized</jc>
	<ja>@Body</ja>(
		description=<js>"$L{PetObjectDescription}"</js>
	)
</p>

<ul class='notes'>
	<li>
		Annotation parameter values will be aggregated when used on POJO parent and child classes. 
		<br>Values on child classes override values on parent classes.
	<li>
		Annotation parameter values will be aggregated when used on both POJOs and REST methods. 
		<br>Values on methods override values on POJO classes.
</ul>

<div class='warn'>
	If using this annotation on a Spring bean, note that you are likely to encounter issues when using on parameterized
	types such as <code>List&lt;MyBean&gt;</code>.  This is due to the fact that Spring uses CGLIB to recompile classes
 	at runtime, and CGLIB was written before generics were introduced into Java and is a virtually-unsupported library.
 	Therefore, parameterized types will often be stripped from class definitions and replaced with unparameterized types
	(e.g. <code>List</code>).  Under these circumstances, you are likely to get <code>ClassCastExceptions</code>
	when trying to access generalized <code>ObjectMaps</code> as beans.  The best solution to this issue is to either
	specify the parameter as a bean array (e.g. <code>MyBean[]</code>) or declare the method as final so that CGLIB
	will not try to recompile it.
</div>


<ul class='seealso'>
	<li class='jc'>{@link oajr.RequestBody}
	<li class='link'>{@doc juneau-rest-server.OpenApiSchemaPartParsing}
</ul>