void post(String strURL, String strSoapAction,  String strXMLFilename) throws Exception{

        File input = new File(strXMLFilename);
        PostMethod post = new PostMethod(strURL);
        RequestEntity entity = new FileRequestEntity(input, "text/xml; charset=ISO-8859-1");
        post.setRequestEntity(entity);
        post.setRequestHeader("SOAPAction", strSoapAction);
        HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
        try {
            int result = httpclient.executeMethod(post);
            System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);
            System.out.println("Response body: ");
            System.out.println(post.getResponseBodyAsString());
        } finally {
            post.releaseConnection();
        }
    }

void sendRequest()throws Exception {
    System.out.println("Start sending " + action + " request");
    URL url = new URL( serviceURL );
    HttpURLConnection rc = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
    //System.out.println("Connection opened " + rc );
    rc.setRequestMethod("POST");
    rc.setDoOutput( true );
    rc.setDoInput( true );
    rc.setRequestProperty( "Content-Type", "text/xml; charset=utf-8" );
    String reqStr = reqT.getRequest();
    int len = reqStr.length();
    rc.setRequestProperty( "Content-Length", Integer.toString( len ) );
    rc.setRequestProperty("SOAPAction", soapActions[actionLookup(action)] );
    rc.connect();
    OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter( rc.getOutputStream() );
    out.write( reqStr, 0, len );
    out.flush();
    System.out.println("Request sent, reading response ");
    InputStreamReader read = new InputStreamReader( rc.getInputStream() );
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    int ch = read.read();
    while( ch != -1 ){
      sb.append((char)ch);
      ch = read.read();
    }
    response = sb.toString();
    read.close();
    rc.disconnect();
  }