Hi Thanks for the reply. Tried it and it still gives me a NullPointer. Maybe that's not such a problem though - since the browser still redirects to the JSP I want.
However, I was wondering if it's possible to use a ResourceStreamInfo to redirect to an ActionForward (which ultimately leads to a JSP). Would this be preferable to using RequestDispatcher.forward(request, response)? Richard Gundersen Java Developer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 01618302398 Fax: 01618342536 London Scottish Bank plc 24 Mount Street Manchester M2 3LS -----Original Message----- From: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:47 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Cc: user@struts.apache.org Subject: Re: DownloadAction and a normal Forward It's not the *right* answer, and I'm not sure it won't cause some other exception anyway (in fact, I'd bet it would), but what if instead of returning null you instead do: return new ByteArrayStreamInfo(null, null); ? Frank -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM/Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of "Practical Ajax Projects With Java Technology" (2006, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-695-1) and "JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects" (2007, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-816-4) Java Web Parts - http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net Supplying the wheel, so you don't have to reinvent it! On Wed, August 1, 2007 9:24 am, Gundersen, Richard wrote: > Hi > > I'm using a DownloadAction to generate a PDF and return it the the > browser. If there is a problem generating the PDF however, I want to > redirect the user to a specific JSP. > > What's the best way of doing this? At the moment I am using > > > protected StreamInfo getStreamInfo(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm > form, > HttpServletRequest request, > HttpServletResponse response) { > ... > ... > ... > if(problem) > > servlet.getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/admin.do?doAction=alr > eadyPrinted").forward(request, response); > return null; > } > else { > return new ByteArrayStreamInfo(contentType, myPdfBytes); > } > } > > This works, but I always get a NullPointer, because I'm returning null > to satisfy the method signature. The exception doesn't cause a problem > for the user though, because the forward has already happened by then > (and the user is happily viewing the JSP) > > Is there a better way to do this though - perhaps with > ResourceStreamInfo instead? > > Regards > > Richard Gundersen > Java Developer > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 01618302398 > Fax: 01618342536 > London Scottish Bank plc > 24 Mount Street > Manchester > M2 3LS > > > *** Disclaimer *** > > This electronic communication is confidential and for the exclusive use of > the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. 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