Take the 2-minute tour ×  I wish to append a List<Beans> in a
HTTP Post request.  While making use of Apache HTTPClient, I am
unable to do the same.  This is what I wish to do:
List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new
ArrayList<NameValuePair>(1);  nameValuePairs.add(new
BasicNameValuePair("dailySalesList",beanList));
post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
However, the BasicNameValuePair seems to take only 2 Strings as
argument. I wish to utilize it so that I can use a String - for
identification and Object - to pass a List. Basically a
functionality similar to using a Map.  Any pointers on how it
can be done using Apache HTTPClient ?  share|improve this
question add comment  2 Answers  The NameValuePair in this
context is intended for sending simple text parameters as
queries in the URL (the ?foo=1&bar=2 parameters you see
sometimes). The best way to send something more complex like a
list is to serialize it in an interchange format like XML or
JSON and then send it as the request body.