HTTP request snippet for PATCH, POST and PUT requests with no body has an incorrectly inferred Content-Type header #1018
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Closes #1017
Summary
REST Docs previously inferred Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
when processing POST/PUT/PATCH requests that had no Content-Type, no body, and no parts.
This caused the generated documentation to differ from the real request seen by Spring MVC.
What this PR changes
application/x-www-form-urlencodedproduce no Content-Type header in the generated snippet
Rationale
Documentation should reflect the exact request sent by the client.
HTTP provides no default media type, and Spring MVC does not infer one.
Avoiding implicit Content-Type injection ensures accuracy and prevents misleading API documentation.