XML over HTTP POST using Apache HTTPClient 4.x

Here is an Example on how to send XML data over HTTP POST using Apache HTTPClient 4.x

JARs required:
httpclient-4.3.3.jar
httpcore-4.3.2.jar
commons-logging-1.1.3.jar
commons-io-2.4.jar

package demo.pckg.httpclient;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.http.Consts;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;

public class HTTPClientDemo {

 public static void main(String[] args) {

  String inputXML = "<data> <name>XYZ</name> <message>Hello XYZ...!!!</message> </data>";
  InputStream in ;
  StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(inputXML, ContentType.create(
    "text/xml", Consts.UTF_8));
  entity.setChunked(true);
  HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(
    "http://localhost:8080/MyRestService/rest/UserService");

  httppost.setEntity(entity);

  HttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault();

  try {
   HttpResponse response = client.execute(httppost);
   System.out.println(response.toString());
   in=response.getEntity().getContent();
   String body = IOUtils.toString(in);
   System.out.println(body);
  } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
   System.out.println(e);
  } catch (IOException e) {
   System.out.println(e);
  }

 }
}