Respond to 3rd party requests

[Mimi Tam]

Hi,

I want to handle HTTP POST to create an HTTP Response message with an XML string and send it to a 3rd party device, then show what has been sent on a View. The HTTP request comes from the Web Service as well.

Please take a look at below:

	@RequestMapping(value = "/myObject", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String create(@Valid MyObject myobject, BindingResult result, ModelMap modelMap) {
        if (consumer == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("A consumer is required");
        if (result.hasErrors()) {
            modelMap.addAttribute("myobject", myobject);
            return "myobject/create";
        }
      myobject.sendTo3rdParty(HTTPResponse httpresponse);    //<--------------is this the right place to do this? Do I just populate the response body?
      return "redirect:/myobject/" + myobject.getId(); 

Is myobject.sendTo3rdParty() sitting in the right place? How should I populate just the response body and how to send the HTTP out to a 3rd party?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks in advance