Yes, I would like the solution where we can write to the servlet
outputstream, but I have no idea how to do it.
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 10:21, Michael E. Locasto wrote:
> I can think of a couple of ways offhand:
>
> -process the request
> -generate your image
> -store your image somewhere (optional)
> - either
> - write the image directly out to the servlet's underlying
> outputstream
> as a buffered byte output stream (I don't think PrintWriter would be
> appropriate. This would probably also in involve a
> "response.setContentType("image/gif"); ... but i've never done this, so I'm
> probably wrong.)
>
> -or-
>
> -store your image somewhere
> -return html that has a bunch of <img src=""> tags or hyperlinks to
> the images
> eg:
> /* get my images! */
> public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
> HttpServletResponse response)
> throws IOException, ServletException {
> /* optionally clean out the temp image directory */
> /* genrt imgs, store in gen_images/username/ under the current context
> */
>
> response.setContentType("text/html");
> PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
> out.println( "<html><body>" );
> out.println( "<img src=\"gen_images/username/foo.gif\" >" );
> out.println( "<img src=\"gen_images/username/foo1.gif\" >" );
> out.println( "<img src=\"gen_images/username/foo2.gif\" >" );
> out.println( "</body></html>" );
> }
>
> of course, feel free to spruce that html up ;)
>
> hope that helps,
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Felipe Schnack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:06 AM
> Subject: RE: Where should i put dynamically generated graphics
>
>
> > 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.
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> > >
> > >
> > > -----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.
> > >
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