Failing to post data from servlet to web browser see code

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Date;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class TestServlet extends HttpServlet {
String name ="xml=myself";

String xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
"<pwCmdXML>" + "<Command>SubmitJob</Command>" +
"<CommandPassword>aPwd</CommandPassword>\n\r" +
"<ProjectName>TheProject</ProjectName>" +
"<ProjectType>pType</ProjectType>" +
"<ObjectClass>stuff</ObjectClass>" +
"<ObjectList>1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15," +
"16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31," +
"32,33,34,35,36</ObjectList>" +
"</pwCmdXML>";

byte[] b = new byte[100];
private String s=URLEncoder.encode("A Test string to send to a servlet");

public void init() throws ServletException {

System.out.println("TestServlet : init");
}
public void destroy() {
System.out.println("TestServlet : destroy");
}

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws IOException, ServletException {

res.setContentType("text/html");

PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();

// print content

out.println("<html><head>");
out.println("<title>TestServlet ( by ");
out.println( name );
out.println(" )</title>");
out.println("<style>body, p { font-family:tahoma;");
out.println(" font-size:12pt; }</style>");
out.println("</head>");
out.println("<body>");

out.println("<p>TestServlet (");
out.println(b);
out.println(" ) :</p>");

out.println("</body></html>");
out.close();
}

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws IOException, ServletException {

res.setContentType("text/html");

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
try
{

URL url;
URLConnectionurlConn;
DataOutputStreamprintout;
DataInputStreaminput;

// URL of CGI-Bin script.
url = new URL ("http://rsmilgius:5000/InScope.xml");

// URL connection channel.
urlConn = url.openConnection();

// Let the run-time system (RTS) know that we want input.
urlConn.setDoInput (true);

// Let the RTS know that we want to do output.
urlConn.setDoOutput (true);

// No caching, we want the real thing.
urlConn.setUseCaches (false);

// Specify the content type.
urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "text/html");

// Send POST output.
printout = new DataOutputStream (urlConn.getOutputStream ());
printout.writeBytes(xml);

// printout.writeBytes(content);
printout.flush ();
// printout.close ();

// Get response data.
input = new DataInputStream (urlConn.getInputStream ());

//String str;
while( input.read(b) > 0) {}
printout.write(b); //send the original content back
System.out.println (b);

/* while (null != ((b = input.readLine())))
{
System.out.println (b);

} */
doGet(req, res);

}
catch (IOException e)
{
// e.printStackTrace();// should do real exception handling
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
doGet(req, res);
}

}
}
Thanks in advance
Ray Smilgius

This is due to the fact that xml doesn't follow the required format or encode for the post body of HTTP protocol. This is where SOAP comes into play. I recommend you take a look at the SOAP servlet project on apache.

Thanks I will investigate further into this.
Thanks Ray Smilgius