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Subject: Re:  Streaming PDF file with the bean:write tag -- please help
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:54:48 +0200
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This is a Struts User question, so please post it in the Users List.

I just wonder why you want to use a jsp for this. Normally I would use a se=
rvlet for binary content.


leonard_reinstein@bankone.com wrote:
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> I would like to be able to display/stream the PDF file in
> the browser and
> use the <bean:write> tag in the JSP to acomplish that.
> Say I have a form bean that has a byte array field, and I
> want the jsp to
> specify the contentType as "application/pdf" and just have
> the bean:write
> tag, such as:
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> <bean:write name=3D"mybean" property=3D"pdfcontent"/>
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> Is this possible to achieve? Are there any hacks/tricks to
> make it work in
> a JSP when the form bean has the binary content field?
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> When I do it with with the byte array attribute, it just
> displays the
> address of the array in memory (possibly calls toString()).
> If I make the
> field of type String and convert the byte array to String in
> the
> controller as follows: str =3D new String(byteArray),  it does
> not get
> converted correctly and the browser hangs.
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> I know the best way to do it is to have a servlet. But I
> need to do it in
> a JSP because of certain limitations of my application.
> Please help.
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> Thanks.
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