try{
		String urlPrefix = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/Servlets/YourServlet";
		String query = URLEncoder.encode("name", "8859_1") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("John Smith", "8859_1");
		
		URL url = new URL(urlPrefix);
		URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
		connection.setDoOutput(true);
		OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();
		OutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(os);
		OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(bos, "8859_1");
		osw.write(query + "\r\n");
		osw.flush();
		osw.close();
						   
		String response = "";
		InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(new BufferedInputStream(connection.getInputStream()));
		int c = 0;
		 while ((c = isr.read()) != -1){
			response = response + String.valueOf((char)c);
		 }           
		 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null , response);

	}catch(MalformedURLException murle){
	 System.err.println("MalformedURLException: " + murle.getMessage());
	}catch(IOException ioe){
	 System.err.println("IOException: " + ioe.getMessage());
	}