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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Andy Aspell-Clark
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 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
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package uk.org.aspellclark.fillerup.mid;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

import android.util.Log;

/**
 *
 * @author andy
 */
public class MotorInsuranceDatabase {

  /**
   * check out 
   http://www.askmid.com/ownvehicle/
   http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/
   
   http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/askmid.aspx?regno=ynb29x&acceptTC=acceptTC
   
   aspx form
   
   <form name="Form1" method="post" action="askmid.aspx" id="Form1">
  <input name="regno" type="text" maxlength="20" id="regno" tabindex="1" class="inputbox" />
  <input id="acceptTC" type="checkbox" name="acceptTC" tabindex="2" />
  </form>

   */
  /*
  
  see http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/methods/post.html
  
  http://www.innovation.ch/java/HTTPClient/emulating_forms.html
  
  
  */

  private static final String TAG = "MotorInsuranceDatabase";

  /**
   * from http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip34.html
   */
  public Boolean askmid(String vehicleRegNbr) {
    Boolean isInsured = Boolean.FALSE;
    URL url;
    URLConnection urlConn;
    DataOutputStream printout;
    DataInputStream input;
    try {
      // URL of CGI-Bin script.
      url = new URL("http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/askmid.aspx");

      // URL connection channel.
      urlConn = url.openConnection();

      // Let the run-time system (RTS) know that we want input.
      urlConn.setDoInput(true);

      // Let the RTS know that we want to do output.
      urlConn.setDoOutput(true);

      // No caching, we want the real thing.
      urlConn.setUseCaches(false);

      // Specify the content type.
      urlConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

      // Send POST output.
      printout = new DataOutputStream(urlConn.getOutputStream());
      String content = "regno=" + URLEncoder.encode(vehicleRegNbr) + "&acceptTC=" + URLEncoder.encode("1");
      printout.writeBytes(content);
      printout.flush();
      printout.close();

      // Get response data.
      input = new DataInputStream(urlConn.getInputStream());
      String str;
      while (null != ((str = input.readLine()))) {
        System.out.println(str);
        //textArea.appendText(str + "\n");
      }
      input.close();

    } catch (MalformedURLException mfUrl) {
      Log.e(TAG, mfUrl.getMessage());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
    }

    return isInsured;
  }
}