Howdy,
It would be <img src="http://yourserver/yourservlet?param=paramValue";
alt="something">

Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Yeargers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:30 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Image Viewing
>
>So your tag would be <img src='servlet(params);' alt='something'> ?
>
>If you do this do the images get cached by the browser?
>
>
>> It sounds like what you're asking is:
>> How can you allow users to view images via the app without allowing
them
>> to
>> look at them directly with a browser?
>>
>> If that's what you want to do, it can be accomplished by writing a
>servlet
>> that streams images and use it as the "src" attribute to your image
tags.
>> This should get you started:
>>
>> package img;
>> import java.io.*;
>> import javax.servlet.*;
>> import javax.servlet.http.*;
>> import javax.servlet.ServletException;
>>
>> public class ImageServlet extends HttpServlet{
>>
>>     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
>>                       HttpServletResponse response)
>>                       throws ServletException{
>>         try{
>>             response.setContentType("image/jpg");
>>             OutputStream o = response.getOutputStream();
>>
>>             BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(
>>                     getServletContext()
>>                        .getResourceAsStream(
>>                      "/WEB-INF/forbidden_images/axis.jpg"));
>>
>>             byte[] buf = new byte[32 * 1024]; // 32k buffer
>>             int nRead = 0;
>>             while( (nRead = in.read(buf)) != -1 ) {
>>                 o.write(buf, 0, nRead);
>>             }
>>             o.flush();
>>             o.close();
>>             return;
>>         }catch(Exception e){
>>             // do something......
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>> ~
>> ~
>> I'm not a streaming guru. It works but
>> someone else might be able to show you a more
>> elegant way to do it or how to do it from a JSP.
>> You'll probably want to pass the image's file name in the
querystring.
>>
>> Good Luck
>> -Ben
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday 11 December 2003 01:29 pm, you wrote:
>>> Howdy,
>>> You asked how to block the user from seeing the images by putting
the
>>> address in the browser.  I told you one possible way, e.g. by
putting
>>> them under WEB-INF.  You can still access them from your servlets
and
>>> JSPs from this location, but users can't.  What part is unclear?
>>>
>>> Yoav Shapira
>>> Millennium ChemInformatics
>>>
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> From: Kiran Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:28 PM
>>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >Subject: Image Viewing
>>> >
>>> >Thank you for the replay and your help.  If I move the images under
>>>
>>> WEB-INF
>>>
>>> >folder, I can't access the images from the application through the
>>> >internet.  The images can only be viewed if you login and start the
>>> >application not by typing the url.  For security purpose.  Please
help
>>>
>>> me
>>>
>>> >if anybody know how to do that.  Thank you.
>>> >
>>> >Kiran Patel
>>> >
>>> >Howdy,
>>> >Put the images directory under the WEB-INF directory and change
your
>>> >servlet accordingly.
>>> >
>>> >Yoav Shapira
>>> >Millennium ChemInformatics
>>> >
>>> >>-----Original Message-----
>>> >>From: Kiran Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:53 AM
>>> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>Subject: Image Viewing
>>> >>
>>> >>I am using jsp and tomcat 4.1 for my web application.  My
application=
>>> >
>>> >is
>>> >
>>> >>viewing image which is in the webapps/image folder.  This image
can
>>> >
>>> >also be
>>> >
>>> >>viewed from the internet by just typing the url.  I want to block
thi=
>>> >
>>> >s
>>> >
>>> >>since these are the confidential images.  Does anybody know how to
do=
>>> >
>>> >that.
>>> >
>>> >>Thanks in advance.
>>> >>
>>> >>Kiran Patel
>>>
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