if u don't want to open the HTML file in any browsers to submit ur form,
you can programatically sending a POST request using either a Socket or URL. The URL's example is look like:
try {
// Construct data
String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1", "UTF-8");
data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8");
// Send data
URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80/cgi");
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
wr.write(data);
wr.flush();
// Get the response
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
// Process line...
}
wr.close();
rd.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
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Using SOCKET:
try {
// Construct data
String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1", "UTF-8");
data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8");
// Create a socket to the host
String hostname = "hostname.com";
int port = 80;
InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByName(hostname);
Socket socket = new Socket(addr, port);
// Send header
String path = "/servlet/SomeServlet";
BufferedWriter wr = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), "UTF8"));
wr.write("POST "+path+" HTTP/1.0\r\n");
wr.write("Content-Length: "+data.length()+"\r\n");
wr.write("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n");
wr.write("\r\n");
// Send data
wr.write(data);
wr.flush();
// Get response
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
// Process line...
}
wr.close();
rd.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
u can find the additional information at
http://javaalmanac.com hope it helpful.