Metacat

    /**

     *  Method used to log in to a metacat server. Implementations will need

     *  to cache a cookie value to make the session persistent.  Each time a

     *  call is made to one of the other methods (e.g., read), the cookie will

     *  need to be passed back to the metacat server along with the request.

     *

     *  @param username   the username of the user, like an LDAP DN

     *  @param password   the password for that user for authentication

     *  @return the response string from metacat in XML format

     *  @throws MetacatAuthException when the username/password could

     *                    not be authenticated

     */

    public String getloggedinuserinfo() throws MetacatInaccessibleException

    {

        Properties prop = new Properties();

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

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

        String response = null;

        try {

            response = sendDataForString(prop, null, null, 0);

        } catch (Exception e) {

            throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());

        }

        return response;

    }

     * Get the logged in user for this session.

     *

     * @returns the response received from the server for action=getloggeduserinfo 

     */

    public String getloggedinuserinfo() throws MetacatInaccessibleException;

    /**