// This sample shows an example of using Internet Explorer to programmatically
// POST data to a website.
//

import iexplorer.InternetExplorer; 
import iexplorer.IWebBrowserApp;  
import iexplorer.IWebBrowser2;  
import ezjcom.JComVariant;

public class PostData {  

  public static void main(String args[])  
  {  
    IWebBrowserApp app = null;
    try {  
      // Instantiate an InternetExplorer  
      InternetExplorer ie = new InternetExplorer();  

      // Get IWebBrowserApp  
      app = ie.getIWebBrowserApp();  

      // Make the browser visible!! 
      app.setVisible( true );  

      // If IE is trying to load any default pages, stop it.  
      app.Stop();  

      // The URL to POST to, and the data to POST.

      String url = "http://localhost/j_security_check";
      String postData = "j_username=test&j_password=testpwd";
      // NOTE:  The post-data must be URL-encoded if there are any unusual characters.

      // Typically, the content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded must be used.

      String headers = "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";

      // Navigate to the URL with a POST
      app.Navigate( url, new JComVariant(), new JComVariant(),
                    new JComVariant( postData.getBytes()), new JComVariant( headers ));

      // If the POST data performs a login, then after waiting for the Navigate to
      // complete, the secure pages can be accessed.

    } catch (Exception ex) {  
      ex.printStackTrace();  
    } finally {
      // Leave the app running
      // if ( app != null )
      //  try { app.Quit(); } catch (Exception ex) {}
    }
    System.exit(0);
  }  
}