Spring MVC：无法以JSON格式提交表单数据

执行此操作时获取以下异常

HandlerMethod details: 
Controller [application.entry.controller.UserController]
Method [public java.lang.String application.entry.controller.UserController.handleSave(java.util.List<java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.String>>)]

org.springframework.web.HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException: Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' not supported
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver.readWithMessageConverters(AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver.java:124)[org.springframework.web.servlet-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver.readWithMessageConverters(AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver.java:91)[org.springframework.web.servlet-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.resolveArgument(RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java:71)[org.springframework.web.servlet-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]

jQuery提交：

@RequestMapping(value="/save", method=RequestMethod.POST)
@ResponseBody public String handleSave(@RequestBody List<Map<String, String>> client)
    {
        Map<String, String> formInputs = new HashMap<String, String>();

        for (Map<String, String> formInput : client) {
            formInputs.put(formInput.get("name"), formInput.get("value"));
        }

$('form').submit(function () {
                    alert();
                    $.ajax({
                        url: $(this).attr('action'),
                        type: 'POST',
                        data: JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray()),
                        contentType: 'application/json',
                        success: function (data) {
                            alert('data')
                        },
                        error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                            alert('An error has occured!! :-(')
                        }
                    })

                    return false
                })

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尝试调整

@RequestMapping

以接受JSON

@RequestMapping(
    value="/save", 
    method=RequestMethod.POST, 
    consumes="application/json")

原始错误说明“内容类型”应用程序/x-www-form-urlencoded“不受支持”。为什么添加consumes=“application/json”会解决这个问题？

@RequestMapping(
    value="/save", 
    method=RequestMethod.POST, 
    consumes="application/json")