java代码发送JSON格式的httpPOST请求

package com.test;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import net.sf.json.JSONObject;

public class AppAddTest {

    public static final String ADD_URL = "http://localhost:16000/app/add";

    public static void appadd() {

        try {
            //创建连接
            URL url = new URL(ADD_URL);
            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url
                    .openConnection();
            connection.setDoOutput(true);
            connection.setDoInput(true);
            connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
            connection.setUseCaches(false);
            connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
            connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type",
                    "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

            connection.connect();

            //POST请求
            DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(
                    connection.getOutputStream());
            JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
            obj.element("app_name", "asdf");
            obj.element("app_ip", "10.21.243.234");
            obj.element("app_port", 8080);
            obj.element("app_type", "001");
            obj.element("app_area", "asd");

            out.writeBytes(obj.toString());
            out.flush();
            out.close();

            //读取响应
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                    connection.getInputStream()));
            String lines;
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
            while ((lines = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                lines = new String(lines.getBytes(), "utf-8");
                sb.append(lines);
            }
            System.out.println(sb);
            reader.close();
            // 断开连接
            connection.disconnect();
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        appadd();
    }

}
转http://www.blogjava.net/jlins-you/archive/2012/06/22/381290.html