Simulation?

[Steve Torrefranca]

Hello everyone,

Here is my question.

I need to make a webservice that can call a url, parses the response and then sends out a form. Example say I have a button that says, for the sake of clarity, <New Gmail>. The request is sent to a servlet that:
1. Calls gmail.com
2. Fills up the username and password and sends it back
3. Open "Compose Mail"

Actually what I need is more complex than this. The URL that my servlet calls returns an xml that I need to parse. After extracting the data I need to call a form, fill out some fields with the data I got from the XML file, then redirect the user to that page.

Can anyone give me an idea on how to do this?

Thank you

Steven

[Chetan Parekh]

Steve Jbuff Welcome to JavaRanch!

Have a look at Jakarta Common HttpClient.

[Bear Bibeault]

"Steven Jbuff",

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