Error reading xml from doPost HttpServletRequest

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I am trying to read the XML file being posted using http \[code\]doPost\[/code\] method. While parsing using SAXParser it throws an Exception:\[code\]Content is not allowed in prolog.\[/code\]The doPost code is:\[code\]protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response){ ServletInputStream httpIn = request.getInputStream(); byte[] httpInData = http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14588471/new byte[request.getContentLength()]; StringBuffer readBuffer = new StringBuffer(); int retVal = -1; while ((retVal = httpIn.read(httpInData)) != -1) { for (int i=0; i<retVal; i++) { readBuffer.append(Character.toString((char)httpInData)); } } System.out.println("XML Received" + readBuffer); try { SAXParser parser = SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser(); ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream( readBuffer.toString().getBytes("UTF-8")); final XmlParser xmlParser = new XmlParser(); parser.parse(inputStream, xmlParser); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception parsing the xml request" + e); }}\[/code\]This is the JUnit I am testing with:\[code\]public static void main(String args[]){ StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); buffer.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"); buffer.append("<person>"); buffer.append("<name>abc</name>"); buffer.append("<age>25</age>"); buffer.append("</person>"); try { urlParameters = URLEncoder.encode(buffer.toString(), "UTF-8"); } catch (Exception e1) { e1.printStackTrace(); } String targetURL = "http://localhost:8888/TestService"; URL url; HttpURLConnection connection = null; try { //Create connection url = new URL(targetURL); connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection(); connection.setRequestMethod("POST"); connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/xml"); connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", "" + Integer.toString(urlParameters.getBytes("UTF-8").length)); connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "en-US"); connection.setUseCaches (false); connection.setDoInput(true); connection.setDoOutput(true); //Send request DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream ( connection.getOutputStream ()); wr.writeBytes (urlParameters); wr.flush (); wr.close (); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }\[/code\]The XML output in the servlet that I am getting is something like this:\[code\]XML Received %3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22+encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Cperson%3E%\[/code\]So this is throwing an exception in SAXparser:What am I doing wrong? Am I sending the XML in wrong way or reading it wrong way?