--- a/src/main/resources/scripts/Utils.js	Thu Aug 25 17:57:34 2011 -0400
+++ b/src/main/resources/scripts/Utils.js	Fri Aug 26 01:11:13 2011 -0400
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@
 };
 
 var Util = {
-
-  // get the name of a property as a string, based on its value 
-  getPropertyString : function(obj, propertyValue) {
-    for (key in obj) {
-      if (obj[key] === propertyValue) return key; 
-    }
-    return "";
-  },
   
   // Web Storage handling
 
@@ -76,39 +68,6 @@
     return ((hours > 0)?  Util.formatNumber(hours) + ":": "") + Util.formatNumber(minutes) + ":" + Util.formatNumber(seconds);
   },
 
-  
-  // send information to the server as JSON
-
-  postNewResourceAsJSON : function (uri, data, successHandler) {
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest;
-
-    try {
-    xhr.open("POST", uri, true);
-    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
-            if (xhr.status != 201) {
-              Util.log("xhr failed? [" + xhr.status + "] " + xhr.statusText);
-            } else {
-              var resource = xhr.getResponseHeader("Location");
-              Util.log("resource created at " + resource);
-              if (successHandler != null) successHandler(resource);              
-            }
-        } else {
-            Util.log("xhr readyState is " + xhr.readyState);
-        }
-    };
-    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
-    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", data.length);
-    xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/plain");
-
-    xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
-
-    } catch (e) {
-      Util.log("Failed to send to server " + e);
-      return false;
-    }
-   return true;
-  },
 
   // Geolocation related functions
 
@@ -159,6 +118,51 @@
     }
   },
   
+  // send information to the server as JSON
+  // uri is a URI
+  // resource is { contentType : string, data : string }
+  // successHandler is function(XMLHttpRequest)
+  // errorHandler is function(XMLHttpRequest || Exception)
+  post : function (uri, resource, successHandler, errorHandler) {
+  	
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest;
+    var _emptyFunction = function() { };
+    var successHandler = (!!successHandler)? successHandler : _emptyFunction;
+    var errorHandler = (!!errorHandler)? errorHandler : _emptyFunction;
+    try {
+    	xhr.open("POST", uri, true);
+    	xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+        	if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
+            	if (xhr.status === 201 || xhr.status === 200) {
+	        		Util.log("XHR HTTP POST successfull " + xhr.status);
+       		    	successHandler(xhr);
+            	} else {
+            		Util.log("[ERROR] XHR HTTP POST failed " + xhr.status);
+    	        	errorHandler(xhr);      
+            	}
+        	} else {
+            	Util.log("xhr readyState is " + xhr.readyState);
+        	}
+    	};
+   		xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", (!!resource.contentType)? resource.contentType : "application/octet-stream");
+    	xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", resource.data.length);
+    	xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/plain");
+    	xhr.send(resource.data);
+    } catch (e) {
+      Util.log("Failed to send to server " + e);
+      errorHandler(e); 
+    }
+  },
+
+ // send information to the server as JSON
+  postAsJSON : function (uri, data, successHandler, errorHandler) {
+  	try {
+    	Util.post(uri, { contentType : "application/json", data : JSON.stringify(data) }, successHandler, errorHandler);
+   	} catch (e) {
+   		errorHandler(e);
+   	}
+  },
+  
   request : function (uri, body, callback, async) {
   	body = body ? body : null;
     callback = callback ? callback : null;