Updated Post with random generated name

src/test/java/com/qa/stepdefinition/Employee_post_steps.java

@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@ public class Employee_post_steps {
 	private Util util =new Util();
 	@When("^employee data is uploaded through webservice$")
 	public void employee_data_is_uploaded_through_webservice() throws Throwable {
-		//File reqPayload = util.convertJsonFiletoFile("src/test/resources/requestPayload_employee/employee_post_req_payload.json");
 		File reqPayload = new File(util.getValue("employee_correct_req_payload_loc"));
-		
 	    response = util.post_employee(reqPayload);
-	   
 	}
 
 	@Then("^verify the success status code (\\d+)$")

src/test/java/com/qa/utilities/Employee.java

-package com.qa.utilities;
-
-public class Employee {
-	
-	String name;
-	String age;
-	String salary;
-	
-	public String getName() {
-		return name;
-	}
-	public void setName(String name) {
-		this.name = name;
-	}
-	public String getAge() {
-		return age;
-	}
-	public void setAge(String age) {
-		this.age = age;
-	}
-	public String getSalary() {
-		return salary;
-	}
-	public void setSalary(String salary) {
-		this.salary = salary;
-	}
-	
-
-}

src/test/java/com/qa/utilities/RestUtil.java

@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 
 import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import io.restassured.http.ContentType;
@@ -73,34 +79,28 @@ public class RestUtil {
 		request.given().body(file);
 	}
 
-	public static void setreqPayloadAddRandomName(File file) {
-
+	public static void setreqPayloadAddRandomName(File file) throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
+       //String with random generated name
+		String randomName = "Test Post call "+ Math.random();
+		
+		//read the Json Payload from file
 		String JSONObjectStr = readLineByLineJava8(file.getPath());
+		//String JSONObjectStr = FileUtils.readFileToString(file.getPath());
 		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 		
-		Employee emp = null;
-		try {
-			 emp = mapper.readValue(JSONObjectStr, Employee.class);
-		} catch (JsonParseException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} catch (JsonMappingException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		emp.setName("Name "+ Math.random());
+		//JsonNode will have deserialized Json 
+		JsonNode actualObj = mapper.readTree(JSONObjectStr);
+		ObjectNode jsonObjectNode = (ObjectNode) actualObj;
 		
-		try {
-			String jsonInString = mapper.writeValueAsString(emp);
-			request.given().body(jsonInString);
-			System.out.println(jsonInString);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-
+		//put the random value in jsonObjectNode
+		jsonObjectNode.put("name", randomName);
 		
+		// write jsonObjectNode as strings
+		
+		String jsonInString = mapper.writeValueAsString(jsonObjectNode);
+		request.given().body(jsonInString);
 	}
-
+	
 	private static String readLineByLineJava8(String filePath)
 	{
 	    StringBuilder contentBuilder = new StringBuilder();

src/test/java/com/qa/utilities/Util.java

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 
 public class Util {
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ public class Util {
 	public File convertJsonFiletoFile(String loc) {
 		return new File(loc);
 	}
-	public Response post_employee(File file) {
+	public Response post_employee(File file) throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
 		RestUtil.setreqPayloadAddRandomName(file);
 		RestUtil.setContentType(getValue("content_JSON_type"));
 		Response response = RestUtil.setPostwebserviceUrl(getValue("employee_base_uri"), getValue("employee_service_resurce_POST"));