public class Person {
    private String name;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

public class PersonPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
    @Override
    public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        Person person = new Person();
        person.setName(text);

        setValue(person);
    }
}

@InitBinder
    public void initBinder(WebDataBinder webDataBinder) {
        webDataBinder.registerCustomEditor(Person.class,
                new PersonPropertyEditor());
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/addPerson", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String homePost(
            @ModelAttribute("personConverted") Person personConverted) {
        System.out.println(personConverted.getName());
        return "redirect:/home";
    }

<form action="addPerson" method="post">
        <input type="text" name="personConverted" />
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    <form>

@JsonDeserialize(using=DateTimeDeserializer.class)
public DateTime getPublishedUntil() {
    return publishedUntil;
}

public class DateTimeDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<DateTime> {

private DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(Constants.DATE_TIME_FORMAT);

public DateTimeDeserializer(){
    super(DateTime.class);
}

@Override
public DateTime deserialize(JsonParser json, DeserializationContext context) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
        try {
            if(StringUtils.isBlank(json.getText())){
                return null;
            }
            return formatter.parseDateTime(json.getText());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
}