public static Status changePassword(String username, String newPassword) throws Exception { String serviceURI = "service/local/users_setpw"; UserChangePasswordResource resource = new UserChangePasswordResource(); resource.setUserId(username); resource.setNewPassword(newPassword); UserChangePasswordRequest request = new UserChangePasswordRequest(); request.setData(resource); XStreamRepresentation representation = new XStreamRepresentation(xstream, "", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML); representation.setPayload(request); return RequestFacade.doPostForStatus(serviceURI, representation); }