title: Jakson can not deserialize instance of java.util.ArrayList out of START_OBJECT token
body: <p>After having sent a POST I receive a 400 error
  <code>curl localhost:8888/bills/addbill -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"number":"111A111", "customer":"Customer Cuustomer Rrrr", "phone":"1 800 5551212", "manager":"Manager Manager Manager", "date":"2012-09-17", "curId":{"id":"1"}, "payments":{["id":"1"]}}'</code></p>
  
  <p>The response is : 
  <code>{"timestamp":1503684882518,"status":400,"error":"Bad Request","exception":"org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException","message":"Bad Request","path":"/bills/addbill"}</code></p>
  
  <p>I am getting an exception when I try to deserialize the my json data. How can I deserialize JSON properly?</p>
  
  <p>Bill enntity file is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
  import ru.test.practice.view.PaymentView;
  import javax.persistence.*;
  import javax.validation.constraints.*;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.Date;
  import java.util.List;
  
  @JsonIgnoreProperties({"hibernateLazyInitializer", "handler"})
  @Entity
  @Table(name = "Bill")
  public class Bill {
  
      @GeneratedValue
      @Id
      @Column(name = "id")
      private Integer id;
  
      @Version
      private int version;
  
      @Column(name = "number")
      @NotNull(message = "Num should be set")
      @Size(min = 6, max = 10)
      @Pattern(regexp = "^[^\\W_]+$")
      private String number;
  
      @Column(name = "customer")
      @NotNull
      @Size(max = 256)
      @Pattern(regexp = "^[a-zA-Z\\s]*$")
      private String customer;
  
      @Column(name = "phone")
      @NotNull
      @Size(max = 20)
      @Pattern(regexp = "(?:(?:\\+?1\\s*(?:[.-]\\s*)?)?(?:(\\s*([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9]\u200C\u200B)\\s*)|([2-9]1[02-9]|[2-9][02-8]1|[2-9][02-8][02-9]))\\s*(?:[.-]\\s*)?)([2-9]1[02-9]\u200C\u200B|[2-9][02-9]1|[2-9][02-9]{2})\\s*(?:[.-]\\s*)?([0-9]{4})\\s*(?:\\s*(?:#|x\\.?|ext\\.?|extension)\\s*(\\d+)\\s*)?$")
      private String phone;
  
      @Column(name = "manager")
      @Pattern(regexp = "^[a-zA-Z\\s]*$")
      @Size(max = 256)
      @NotNull
      private String manager;
  
      @Column(name = "date")
      @NotNull
      private Date date;
  
      @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
      @JoinColumn(name = "cur_id")
      private Currency curId;
  
      @ManyToMany(targetEntity = ru.test.practice.model.Payment.class)
      public List&lt;PaymentView&gt; payments = new ArrayList&lt;&gt;();
  
      public List&lt;PaymentView&gt; getPayments() {
          return payments;
      }
  
      public void setPayments(List&lt;PaymentView&gt; payments) {
          this.payments = payments;
      }
  
      public Bill(Integer id, String number, String customer, String phone, String manager, Date date, Currency curId, List&lt;PaymentView&gt; payments) {
          this.id = id;
          this.number = number;
          this.customer = customer;
          this.phone = phone;
          this.manager = manager;
          this.date = date;
          this.curId = curId;
          this.payments = payments;
      }
  
      public Bill() {
          this.id = null;
          this.number = null;
          this.customer = null;
          this.phone = null;
          this.manager = null;
          this.date = null;
          this.curId = null;
          this.payments = null;
      }
  
  
      public String getNumber() {
          return number;
      }
  
      public void setNumber(String number) {
          this.number = number;
      }
  
      public String getPhone() {
          return phone;
      }
  
      public void setPhone(String phone) {
          this.phone = phone;
      }
  
      public Integer getId() {
          return id;
      }
  
      public int getVersion() {
          return version;
      }
  
      public void setVersion(int version) {
          this.version = version;
      }
  
      public String getCustomer() {
          return customer;
      }
  
      public void setCustomer(String customer) {
          this.customer = customer;
      }
  
      public String getManager() {
          return manager;
      }
  
      public void setManager(String manager) {
          this.manager = manager;
      }
  
      public Date getDate() {
          return date;
      }
  
      public void setDate(Date date) {
          this.date = date;
      }
  
      public Currency getCurId() {
          return curId;
      }
  
      public void setCurId(Currency curId) {
          this.curId = curId;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>BillView file is</p>
  
  <pre><code>package ru.test.practice.view;
  import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModelProperty;
  import ru.bellintegrator.practice.model.Currency;
  import java.util.Date;
  import java.util.List;
  
  public class BillView {
  
      @ApiModelProperty(hidden = true)
      public Integer id;
  
      public String customer;
  
      public String phone;
  
      public String manager;
  
      public String number;
  
      public Date date;
  
      public Currency curId;
  
      public List&lt;PaymentView&gt; payments;
  
      //для jackson
      public BillView() {
      }
  
      public BillView(Integer id, String number, String customer, String phone, String manager, Date date, Currency curId, List&lt;PaymentView&gt; payments) {
          this.id = id;
          this.number = number;
          this.customer = customer;
          this.phone = phone;
          this.manager = manager;
          this.date = date;
          this.curId = curId;
          this.payments = payments;
      }
  
      @Override
      public String toString() {
          return "{id:" + id +
                  "billNumber:" + number +
                  ";customer:" + customer +
                  ";phone:" + phone +
                  ";manager:" + manager +
                  ";date:" + date +
                  ";currencyId:" + curId +
                  ";payments:" + payments +
                  "}";
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Controller in BillController class that handles a POST request</p>
  
  <pre><code> @Override
      @ApiOperation(value = "addBill", nickname = "addBill", httpMethod = "POST")
      @ApiResponses(value = {
              @ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Success", response = String.class),
              @ApiResponse(code = 404, message = "Not Found"),
              @ApiResponse(code = 500, message = "Failure")})
      @RequestMapping(value = "/addbill", method = {POST})
      public void bill(@RequestBody BillView bill) {
          billService.add(bill);
      }
  
      @Override
      @ApiOperation(value = "getBills", nickname = "getBills", httpMethod = "GET")
      @RequestMapping(value = "/list", method = {GET})
      public List&lt;BillView&gt; bills() {
          return billService.bills();
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Finally my Payments Entity class:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
  
  import javax.persistence.*;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.List;
  
  @JsonIgnoreProperties({"hibernateLazyInitializer", "handler"})
  @Entity
  @Table(name = "Payments")
  public class Payment {
  
      @Id
      @GeneratedValue
      @Column(name = "id")
      private Integer id;
  
      @Version
      private Integer version;
  
      @Column(name = "name", nullable = false, length = 256)
      private String name;
  
      @Column(name = "price", nullable = false)
      private float price;
  
      @ManyToMany(targetEntity = ru.bellintegrator.practice.model.Bill.class, mappedBy = "curId")
      private List&lt;Bill&gt; bills = new ArrayList&lt;&gt;();
  
      public List&lt;Bill&gt; getBills() {
          return bills;
      }
  
      public void setBills(List&lt;Bill&gt; bills) {
          this.bills = bills;
      }
  
      public Integer getId() {
          return id;
      }
  
      public int getVersion() {
          return version;
      }
  
      public void setVersion(int version) {
          this.version = version;
      }
  
      public String getName() {
          return name;
      }
  
      public void setName(String name) {
          this.name = name;
      }
  
      public float getPrice() {
          return price;
      }
  
      public void setPrice(float price) {
          this.price = price;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>