XML HTTP request fails, CURL works
At the suggestion of another member of this forum ( thanks Nick!) I have been successfully testing restful web services by using the xml http object to form my web service requests. i.e. ...
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Briefly: dev had removed the json-lib-2.3-jdk1.5 jar from the build. replacing it fixed the problem.
Lengthy: we determined by using a debugger and setting breakpoints that extra characters WERE being received in the json object. checking the revision history for the library files showed that a change had been made.
Curiously the change log for the new verions of json-lib shows that changes were made to fix iincorrect string parsing. http://json-lib.sourceforge.net/changes-report.html#a2.4
Looks like those changes broke some other stuff. It looks like they need to enhance their automated regression testing!
Thanks all for the suggestions! Regards.