Metacat

     *  Method used to log out a metacat server. When Metacat server will end

     *  the session when this call is invoken.

     *

     *  @throws MetacatInaccessibleException when the metacat server can not be

     *                                    reached or does not respond

     */

    public void logout() throws MetacatInaccessibleException, MetacatException

    {

        Properties prop = new Properties();

        prop.put("action", "logout");

        prop.put("qformat", "xml"); 

        String response = null;

        try {

            response = sendDataForString(prop);

        } catch (Exception e) {

            throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());

        }

        if (response.indexOf("<logout>") == -1) {

            throw new MetacatException(response);

        }

    }

    /**