question: private void writePostContent ( HttpURLConnection connection , String postContent ) throws Exception { connection . setRequestMethod ( "POST" ) ; connection . addRequestProperty ( "Content-Type" , "application/xml; charset=utf-8" ) ; connection . setDoOutput ( true ) ; connection . setDoInput ( true ) ; connection . setAllowUserInteraction ( false ) ; DataOutputStream dstream = null ; try { connection . connect ( ) ; dstream = new DataOutputStream ( connection . getOutputStream ( ) ) ; dstream . writeBytes ( postContent ) ; dstream . flush ( ) ; } finally { if ( dstream != null ) { try { dstream . close ( ) ; } catch ( Exception ex ) { _log . error ( "Exception while closing the stream." + " Exception: " + ex , "WebClient._writePostContent()" ) ; } } } }
target:  Send a post request with content to the specified connection