gistfile1.txt

	private String doSync(String operation, IClient client, RequestFunction function, AMFDataList params, String host, String data) {
		StringBuffer resultBuffer = new StringBuffer();
		HttpClient httpClient = null;
		BufferedReader in = null;
		OutputStreamWriter out = null;
		
		try {
			httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
			httpClient.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0); // disable chunking
			
			List<NameValuePair> getParams = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
			getParams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("operation",operation));
			getParams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("params", params.getString(PARAM1)));
			
		    HttpPost method = new HttpPost(URIUtils.createURI("http", host.substring(7, host.length()), -1, "/sync_controller.php", URLEncodedUtils.format(getParams, "UTF-8"), null));
		    
		    if (data != null) {
		    	byte[] dataBytes = data.getBytes("UTF-8");
		    	
		    	//MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
		    	UploadProgressListener uploadProgressListener = new UploadProgressListener(client, dataBytes.length, getLogger());
		    	MultipartEntity reqEntity = new CountingMultiPartEntity(uploadProgressListener);
		    	
			    reqEntity.addPart("datafile", new InputStreamKnownSizeBody(new ByteArrayInputStream(dataBytes), dataBytes.length, "application/octet-stream", "vulcandatafile"));

		    	method.setEntity(reqEntity);
		    }
		    
		    if (data != null) client.call("syncSittingMessage", null, "<message><![CDATA[<b>Transferring sitting data...  </b>   ]]></message>");
			HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(method);
			if (data != null) client.call("syncSittingMessage", null, "<message><![CDATA[<br/><font color='#4545A0'>Data transfer complete.</font><br/><br/>]]></message>");
			in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(httpResponse.getEntity().getContent()));
			String inputLine;
			
			while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
				System.out.println(inputLine); // test
				String type = "";
				if (inputLine.startsWith("<message>") && inputLine.endsWith("</message>")) {
					type = "message";
				} else if (inputLine.startsWith("<error>") && inputLine.endsWith("</error>")) {
					type = "error";
				}
				
				if (type.equals("message") || type.equals("error")) {
					client.call("syncSittingMessage", null, inputLine);
				}
				
				if (!type.equals("message"))
					resultBuffer.append(inputLine);
			}
			
			System.out.println("GOT TO THE END!");
		
		} catch (IOException e) {
			client.call("syncSittingMessage", null, "<error><![CDATA[" + e.getMessage() + "]]><br/><br/></error>");
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
			client.call("syncSittingMessage", null, "<error><![CDATA[" + e.getMessage() + "]]><br/><br/></error>");
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			try {
				if (in != null) in.close();
				if (out != null) out.close();
				httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		
		return resultBuffer.toString();
	}