Hi, Another question Toby how do I create file.bin stated in the following. Is it an extention for resource file.
> no quite. if you have a file, eg. a document in >/content/mynode/file.bin which you >want to provide a download link, you write regards, Janandith On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:53 AM, janandith jayawardena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Toby, > > >afaik, there is not way of checking this. you can check if the > >response was already comitted by response.isComitted() but this does > >not reflect the actual state of the jsp output buffer. see: > > I used response.isCommited() to test flush in sling:include it works fine. > > Thanks alot. I'm really greatfull for pointing me to this option :-). > > Janandith. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Tobias Bocanegra <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> On 8/4/08, janandith jayawardena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi Toby, >> > >> > >> > >> > >i see mainly 2 purposes for the suffix,: >> > >1. as an additional way of transporting a path like parameter >> > >2. as a hint for filenames for browsers when downloading a resource. >> > >eg, if your resource is addressable under /foo/bar.res and you want to >> > >provide a download link, >> > >you don't want to browser to store the file as 'bar.res'. so you add >> > >for example the original filename: /foo/bar.res/myfile.pdf >> > >> > >> > does this mean if I have a html.jsp which is accessible using >> > http://localhost:8888/content/mynode.html. >> > >> > If I have another file like test.txt in the same place html.jsp >> > http://localhost:8888/content/mynode.html/test.txt will download the >> file >> > according purpose 2. >> no quite. if you have a file, eg. a document in >> /content/mynode/file.bin which you >> want to provide a download link, you write >> <a href="/content/mynode/file.bin/My Report.pdf">report</a> for example. >> sling selects the /content/mynode/file.bin as resource, but the >> browser will store it under "My Report.pdf". this is just a convenient >> way of suggesting a file name for browsers. >> >> > else in the purpose 1 to have a link to test.txt like a href in >> html.jsp. >> > >> > In a script can I use suffixes instead of giving a browser path. >> actually i don't know of a really good use case for suffixes as >> parameters to be used in scripts. >> >> > > the "flush" attribute just specifies, that the output buffer is >> > > flushed before executing the include. usually you can leave this to >> > > 'false'. this has the advantage, that the output buffer is only >> > > comitted when it's either full, or the end of the response is >> reached. >> > > this allows the included script still to change response headers and >> > > allows for a better error handling. but it depends on the size of the >> > > output buffer, and you should not rely on an uncomitted buffer. as >> > > soon as you write directly on the response.getWriter() you need to >> > > flush the buffer before hand. otherwise you don't get the correct >> > > sequence of output. >> > >> > >> > Is there a way I can know whether the buffer is flushed. can I get the >> > buffer in a script and check this. >> afaik, there is not way of checking this. you can check if the >> response was already comitted by response.isComitted() but this does >> not reflect the actual state of the jsp output buffer. see: >> >> >> http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.2/javadoc/javax/servlet/ServletResponse.html#isCommitted()<http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/2.2/javadoc/javax/servlet/ServletResponse.html#isCommitted%28%29> >> >> regards, toby >> >> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Bocanegra >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > > On 8/3/08, janandith jayawardena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > *replaceSuffix:* >> > > > >> > > > I read the following blog post while exploring replaceSuffix for >> > > SLING-475. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> http://weblogs.goshaky.com/weblogs/lars/entry/an_architecture_for_content_centric2 >> > > > >> > > > it says , >> > > > >> > > > "With the suffix you could for instance address parts of a >> resource." >> > > > >> > > > under suffix: description. >> > > i see mainly 2 purposes for the suffix,: >> > > 1. as an additional way of transporting a path like parameter >> > > 2. as a hint for filenames for browsers when downloading a resource. >> > > eg, if your resource is addressable under /foo/bar.res and you want >> to >> > > provide a download link, >> > > you don't want to browser to store the file as 'bar.res'. so you add >> > > for example the original filename: /foo/bar.res/myfile.pdf >> > > >> > > >> > > > How can I create a suffix for a resource and use it. I've tried to >> > > figure it >> > > > out but it's still not clear. >> > > > Perhaps a simple example will help. >> > > you can't "create" a suffix, you just use it, for example in a link >> or >> > > an image reference. >> > > >> > > > *flush:* >> > > > >> > > > What I have in mind about flush is that it completely erases >> everything >> > > that >> > > > was created in the same script prior to flush="1" so that any >> formatting >> > > > after flush will be the result of the jsp script. >> > > > >> > > > I want to clear this also. A simple example will help here too. >> > > no, you can't erase anything. flush means here: flush the buffer to >> > > the response. >> > > >> > > the "flush" attribute just specifies, that the output buffer is >> > > flushed before executing the include. usually you can leave this to >> > > 'false'. this has the advantage, that the output buffer is only >> > > comitted when it's either full, or the end of the response is >> reached. >> > > this allows the included script still to change response headers and >> > > allows for a better error handling. but it depends on the size of the >> > > output buffer, and you should not rely on an uncomitted buffer. as >> > > soon as you write directly on the response.getWriter() you need to >> > > flush the buffer before hand. otherwise you don't get the correct >> > > sequence of output. >> > > >> > > regards, toby >> > > >> > >> > >
