Camel rest JSON deserialize with START_ARRAY - apache-camel

Question

I'm try to convert a application/json from rest service to a list of POJO.
But I can't
My input is a list of Event in camel:put I cannot refer a list.
<dataFormats>
<json id="eventJsonList" prettyPrint="true" library="Jackson" useList="true"
unmarshalTypeName="example.model.Event" />
</dataFormats>
<camel:rest path="events" consumes="application/json" produces="application/json">
<camel:put
uri="/save">
<to uri="direct:save-events" />
</camel:put>
</camel:rest>
using Camel 2.22

Answer 1

I think you need to use camel:unmarshall to tell the route to use your data format.
<camel:rest path="events" consumes="application/json" produces="application/json">
<camel:put uri="/save">
<camel:route>
<camel:unmarshal ref="eventJsonList" />
<camel:to uri="direct:save-events" />
</camel:route>
</camel:put>
</camel:rest>

Answer 2

Property bindingMode="off" must be disabled and the body converted to String:
<dataFormats>
<json id="eventJsonList" prettyPrint="true" library="Jackson" useList="true"
unmarshalTypeName="example.model.Event" />
</dataFormats>
<camel:rest path="events" bindingMode="off" consumes="application/json" produces="application/json">
<camel:put
uri="/save">
<to uri="direct:save-events" />
</camel:put>
</camel:rest>
<camel:route id="save-events">
<from uri="direct:save-events" />
<camel:convertBodyTo type="java.lang.String"/>
<camel:unmarshal ref="eventJsonList"/>
<to uri="mock:result"/>
</camel:route>