To fetch data from certain url in Spring

fetchDatafromUrlSpring.java

List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters = new ArrayList<HttpMessageConverter<?>>();        
//Add the Jackson Message converter
MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter converter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();

// Note: here we are making this converter to process any kind of response, 
// not only application/*json, which is the default behaviour
converter.setSupportedMediaTypes(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.ALL));        
messageConverters.add(converter); 

RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();

restTemplate.setMessageConverters(messageConverters); 


ResponseEntity<Employee[]> restResponse = restTemplate.getForEntity("http://localhost:9999/employees", Employee[].class);
Employee[] emp  = restResponse.getBody();

return Arrays.asList(emp);