public void sendPublish(String localURI, String status) {
    try {
      logger.debug("Sending PUBLISH in progress");
      int proxyPort = imUA.getProxyPort();
      String proxyAddress = imUA.getProxyAddress();
      String imProtocol = imUA.getIMProtocol();
      SipStack sipStack = imUA.getSipStack();
      SipProvider sipProvider = imUA.getSipProvider();
      MessageFactory messageFactory = imUA.getMessageFactory();
      HeaderFactory headerFactory = imUA.getHeaderFactory();
      AddressFactory addressFactory = imUA.getAddressFactory();

      // Request-URI:
      if (localURI.startsWith("sip:")) localURI = localURI.substring(4, localURI.length());
      SipURI requestURI = addressFactory.createSipURI(null, localURI);
      requestURI.setPort(proxyPort);
      requestURI.setTransportParam(imProtocol);

      // Via header
      String branchId = Utils.generateBranchId();
      ViaHeader viaHeader =
          headerFactory.createViaHeader(
              imUA.getIMAddress(), imUA.getIMPort(), imProtocol, branchId);
      Vector viaList = new Vector();
      viaList.addElement(viaHeader);

      // To header:
      System.out.println("XXX localURI=" + localURI);
      Address localAddress = addressFactory.createAddress("sip:" + localURI);
      ToHeader toHeader = headerFactory.createToHeader(localAddress, null);

      // From header:
      String localTag = Utils.generateTag();
      FromHeader fromHeader = headerFactory.createFromHeader(localAddress, localTag);

      // Call-ID:
      CallIdHeader callIdHeader = headerFactory.createCallIdHeader(callIdCounter + localURI);

      // CSeq:
      CSeqHeader cseqHeader = headerFactory.createCSeqHeader(1L, "PUBLISH");

      // MaxForwards header:
      MaxForwardsHeader maxForwardsHeader = headerFactory.createMaxForwardsHeader(70);

      // Create Request
      Request request =
          messageFactory.createRequest(
              requestURI,
              "PUBLISH",
              callIdHeader,
              cseqHeader,
              fromHeader,
              toHeader,
              viaList,
              maxForwardsHeader);

      // Expires header: (none, let server chose)

      // Event header:
      Header header = headerFactory.createHeader("Event", "presence");
      request.setHeader(header);

      RouteHeader routeHeader = this.imUA.getRouteToProxy();

      request.setHeader(routeHeader);

      // Content and Content-Type header:
      String basic;
      if (status.equals("offline")) basic = "closed";
      else basic = "open";

      String content =
          "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
              + "<presence xmlns=\"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:pidf\""
              + " entity=\""
              + localURI
              + "\">\n"
              + " <tuple id=\""
              + entity
              + "\">\n"
              + "  <status>\n"
              + "   <basic>"
              + basic
              + "</basic>\n"
              + "  </status>\n"
              + "  <note>"
              + status
              + "</note>\n"
              + " </tuple>\n"
              + "</presence>";

      ContentTypeHeader contentTypeHeader =
          headerFactory.createContentTypeHeader("application", "pidf+xml");
      request.setContent(content, contentTypeHeader);

      // Content-Length header:
      ContentLengthHeader contentLengthHeader =
          headerFactory.createContentLengthHeader(content.length());
      request.setContentLength(contentLengthHeader);

      // Send request
      ClientTransaction clientTransaction = sipProvider.getNewClientTransaction(request);
      clientTransaction.sendRequest();

    } catch (Exception ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }