How can I return an image from a servlet?? On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 20:05, Sexton, George wrote: > It depends. One way I have done it is to have the generator servlet save it > on the session, and have the page the generator servlet writes make a > request to a simple servlet that returns the graphic, and then deletes it > from the session. > > Another way would be to write it to the temp dir. From the Servlet API Spec: > > SRV.3.7.1 Temporary Working Directories > A temporary storage directory is required for each servlet context. Servlet > containers must provide a private temporary directory per servlet context, > and make > it available via the javax.servlet.context.tempdir context attribute. The > objects > associated with the attribute must be of type java.io.File. > > Then, using a servlet mapping request the generated image and have the > servlet retrieve the temporary image. > > I guess that you could make another dir writable to the server, and store > the image in their natively. > > George Sexton > MH Software, Inc. > Home of Connect Daily Web Calendar Software > http://www.mhsoftware.com/connectdaily.htm > Voice: 303 438 9585 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Wagg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 29 August, 2002 4:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Where should i put dynamically generated graphics > > > Hello > > I have a web application that generates a gif file that is then > subsequently displayed. It expects to find the gif file in the context > of the web application. The web app is deployed as a war so obviously > the generated files cant be put there. Any suggestions as to where these > files could be copied that would be accesible by the browser. > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --
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