jersey 2.4 Client

     Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
     WebTarget target = client.target("http://localhost:8080").path("/method");

     Response response = target.request(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
             .post(Entity.entity(entityInstance, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML));

     System.out.println(response.getStatus());
     System.out.println(response.readEntity(String.class));

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
            <version>2.4.1</version>
        </dependency>