Working code based on the accepted answer.
public class CustomHttpServletRequestWrapper extends HttpServletRequestWrapper {
private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CustomHttpServletRequestWrapper.class);
private final String body;
public CustomHttpServletRequestWrapper(HttpServletRequest request) {
super(request);
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
try {
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("");
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
logger.error("Error reading the request body...");
} finally {
if (bufferedReader != null) {
try {
bufferedReader.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
logger.error("Error closing bufferedReader...");
}
}
}
body = stringBuilder.toString();
}
@Override
public ServletInputStream getInputStream () throws IOException {
final ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(body.getBytes());
ServletInputStream inputStream = new ServletInputStream() {
public int read () throws IOException {
return byteArrayInputStream.read();
}
};
return inputStream;
}
}