sub postXML {

    my $self = shift;

    my $finalXML = $self->getFinalXML();

    my $POST_URL = $self->getProcessingURL();

    use URI::URL;
    my $url = URI->new($POST_URL);

    my $domain = $url->host();
    my $port = $url->port();

    use Net::SSLeay;
    my ($page, $response, %reply_headers) =
        Net::SSLeay::post_https(
            $domain,
            $port,
            '',
            Net::SSLeay::make_headers(
                '', # notice 'Content-type' omitted
                'User-Agent' => 'ClearCommerce::XML::POST/0.1'
            ),
            "CLRCMRC_XML=$finalXML"
        );

    return $page;

}