title: JSON parse error: Unexpected character ('<' (code 60)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null');
body: <p>Requirement is to consume a webservice and persist in database. 
  I wrote a stand alone class with <code>Resttemplate</code> and it works.
  I used same url and same authentication mechanism + spring boot, war deployed on tomcat then when I hit the endpoint(which calls the webservice to get json output) it throws exception.</p>
  
  <pre><code>There was an unexpected error (type=Bad Request, status=400).
  
  JSON parse error: Unexpected character ('&lt;' (code 60)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null'); nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException: Unexpected character ('&lt;' (code 60)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null') at [Source: java.io.PushbackInputStream@4be06322; line: 1, column: 2]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone please assist.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>