{
     "code": "123",
     "message": "Reason for the error"
}

public class CustomError {

    @JsonProperty
    private Integer code;
    @JsonProperty
    private String message;

    public Integer getCode() {
       return code;
    }
    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }
}

public class CustomErrorHandler extends DefaultResponseErrorHandler {
    private RestTemplate restTemplate;
    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
    private MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter messageConverter;


    @Override
    public boolean hasError(ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {
        return super.hasError(response);
    }

    @Override
    public void handleError(final ClientHttpResponse response) throws IOException {

        try {
            CustomError error =
                (CustomError) messageConverter.read(CustomError.class, response);
            throw new CustomErrorIOException(error, error.getMessage());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // parsing failed, resort to default behavior
            super.handleError(response);
        }
    }
}

restTemplate.postForObject(url, pojoInstance, responseClass);