I have the following code:

			

			URL url = new URL(new String("http://localhost:7001/TestContent?fn=803.txt"));
			

			URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
			

			

			connection.setDoInput(true);
			

			connection.connect();
			

			

			InputStream instrm = connection.getInputStream();
			

			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(instrm));
			

			

			String msg = null;
			

			while ((msg = in.readLine()) != null)
			

			System.out.println(msg);
			

			

		

All is well and good. The result is just plain text from the servlet indicating that the doGet method was executed.

When the code is modified as follows:

			

			URL url = new URL(new String("http://localhost:7001/TestContent?fn=803.txt"));
			

			HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
			

			

			connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
			

			connection.setDoInput(true);
			

			connection.connect();
			

			

			InputStream instrm = connection.getInputStream();
			

			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(instrm));
			

			

			String msg = null;
			

			while ((msg = in.readLine()) != null)
			

			System.out.println(msg);
			

			

		

things fall apart. I get back >Error 400--Bad Request <

In looking at the access.log file I see the following log statements (the GET works, the POST does not):

127.0.0.1 - - [14/Jun/2001:15:20:33 -0400] "GET /TestContent?fn=803.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 0



127.0.0.1 - - [14/Jun/2001:15:21:27 -0400] "POST /TestContent?fn=803.txt HTTP/1.0" 400 1296

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.