This really belongs on the user list, but JSP's are perfectly happy to spit out whatever you want:
<%@ page contentType="application/pdf" %> They might not be the best choice for certain content, but they're capable of doing a lot more than just text output. Quoting Tom Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sorry, JSP's are only capable of producing text output. You'll need a > servlet to produce PDF output. Also, if you're retrieving the PDF content > from the database consider using the 'ResultSet.getBinaryStream(...)' and > copy the resulting input stream to the response output stream, as opposed > to > materializing the entire PDF 'file' in memory and then writing it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Streaming PDF file with the bean:write tag -- please help > > > > 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: > > <bean:write name="mybean" property="pdfcontent"/> > > 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? > > 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 = new String(byteArray), it does not get > converted correctly and the browser hangs. > > 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. > > Thanks. -- Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D.O.Tech <http://www.dotech.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
