Alternative for reloading the Geoserver catalog

#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use HTTP::Cookies;
use LWP 5.64;
use strict;

reload_geoserver_catalog();

sub reload_geoserver_catalog {
        my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new;
        my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new;

        #Perform geoserver authentication:
        my $url =
        'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/admin/login.do';
        my $response = $browser->request(POST $url,
                ['username' => 'your_username', 'password' => 'your_password', 'submit' => 'Submit']);

        die "Error: ", $response->header('WWW-Authenticate') ||
        'Error accessing',
        # ('WWW-Authenticate' is the realm-name)
        "\n ", $response->status_line, "\n at $url\n Aborting"
        unless $response->is_success;

        $cookie_jar->extract_cookies($response);

        #Load the new catalog:
        $url =
        'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/admin/loadFromXML.do';
        my $req = new HTTP::Request POST => $url;
        $cookie_jar->add_cookie_header($req);
        $response = $browser->request($req);

        #Finally, logout:
        $url =
        'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/j_acegi_logout';
        $req = new HTTP::Request GET => $url;
        $cookie_jar->add_cookie_header($req);
        $response = $browser->request($req);
}

// do login
       URL url=new URL("http://localhost:8080/geoserver/admin/loginSubmit.do?username=goeserverUser&password=geoserverPassword&submit=Submit");
       URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
       InputStream inStream = conn.getInputStream();
       String responseString=new String();
       BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream));
       while(in.ready())
       {   responseString+= in.readLine();  }
       System.out.println("------------------------------------------------------\nresponseString:"+responseString);

        // reload
       String cookie=conn.getHeaderField("Set-Cookie");
       System.out.println("cookie-text:"+cookie);
       cookie = cookie.substring(0, cookie.indexOf(";"));
       String cookieName = cookie.substring(0, cookie.indexOf("="));
       String cookieValue = cookie.substring(cookie.indexOf("=") + 1, cookie.length());
       String cookieString=cookieName+"="+cookieValue;
       URL url2=new URL("http://localhost:8080/geoserver/admin/loadFromXML.do");
       URLConnection conn2 = url2.openConnection();
       conn2.setRequestProperty("Cookie",cookieString);                 // set the Cookie for request
       conn2.connect();
       inStream = conn2.getInputStream();
       in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream));
       responseString=new String();
       while(in.ready())
       {   responseString+= in.readLine();  }
       System.out.println("------------------------------------------------------\nresponseString:"+responseString);

        //logout
       URL url3=new URL("http://localhost:8080/geoserver/admin/logout.do");
       URLConnection conn3 = url3.openConnection();
       conn3.setRequestProperty("Cookie",cookieString);
       conn3.connect();
        inStream = conn3.getInputStream();
       in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inStream));
       responseString=new String();
       while(in.ready())
       {   responseString+= in.readLine();  }
      System.out.println("------------------------------------------------------\nresponseString:"+responseString);

<?php

//Register the new data type using geoserver configuration tool
require_once('HttpClient.class.php');

//Generate a ramdom featureType name (layer)
srand(time());
$layerName = (rand()%99999999);

//Datastore from where the FeatureType will be created (database in PostGIS)
$datastore="localhost_postgis";


$client = new HttpClient('localhost', 8080);
$client->setDebug(false);

//Authenticate in Geoserver
$client->post('/geoserver/admin/loginSubmit.do', array (
	'username' =>"admin";,
	'password' =>"geoserver",
	'submit' => 'Submit'
));

$headers = $client->getHeaders();
//Sorry, not very nice but I did not manage to make it work other way...
$foo= explode(";",$headers['set-cookie']);
$foo= explode("=",$foo[0]);
$sessionArray = array('JSESSIONID' => $foo[1]);
$client->setCookies($sessionArray);

//Create a new Feature Type
$client->post('/geoserver/config/data/typeNewSubmit.do', array ('selectedNewFeatureType' => $datastore.':::'.$layerName));

//edit feature details
$client->post('/geov2/config/data/typeEditorSubmit.do', array (
	'styleId' => 'poi',
	'SRS' => '4326',
	'title' => 'temporary dataset:' . $layerName,
	'minX' => '-180',
	'minY' => '-90',
	'maxX' => '180',
	'maxY' => '90',
	'keywords' => ' ',
	'abstract' => 'temporary dataset:' . $layerName,
	'schemaBase' => '--',
	'action' => 'Submit'
));

//Click Apply
$client->post('/geov2/admin/saveToGeoServer.do', array ('submit' => 'Apply'));

//Click Save
$client->post('/geov2/admin/saveToXML.do', array ('submit' => 'Save'));



?>

//edit feature details
$client->post('/geoserver/config/data/typeEditorSubmit.do', array (
	'styleId' => 'poi',
	'title' => 'temporary dataset:' . $layerName,
	'keywords' => ' ',
	'abstract' => 'temporary dataset:' . $layerName,
	'schemaBase' => '--',
	'action' => 'Submit',
	'autoGenerateExtent' => 'true'
));