I don't understand why you can not use a servlet ?
I the example above I'm using a servlet that prints the photo. It takes as
parameter an Id.
I put it in the admin section because this feature is available only for
admin, so in your case put it wherever you want.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Amit Goyal <goya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In Appfuse, we don't use servlets. I am using struts where Action classes
> extends BaseAction class. Another question: why the pics are in "admin"
> path?
>
> One solution that worked for me is that I saved the pics in a public folder
> (accessible by direct url). Then the Action class sends the path of the pic
> to jsp, and that path is saved in database. Next, jsp just points to that
> url and the pic is shown. Clearly, it doesn't allow us to set privacy
> settings to pics. Ad hoc method to fix this is to set the filename something
> long and messy, so it is not easy to remember/guess.
>
> Cheers,
> Amit
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:28 AM, ramzi khlil <ramzi.atv...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You can use a servlet that print the photo on your page.
>>
>> Here is the needed code:
>> <li class="info">
>> <Admin:label styleClass="desc" key="user.photo"/>
>> <img src="<c:url value="/admin/userPhoto?id=${user.id}"/>"
>> height="150" width="150"/>
>> </li>
>>
>> For the servlet:
>>
>> try {
>> userId = Long.parseLong(_userId);
>> UserPhoto userPhoto =
>> userPhotoManager.getUserPhotoByUserId(userId);
>> _userPhoto = userPhoto.getPhoto();
>> // flush it in the response
>> httpServletResponse.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store");
>> httpServletResponse.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
>> httpServletResponse.setDateHeader("Expires", 0);
>> httpServletResponse.setContentType("image/jpeg");
>> ServletOutputStream responseOutputStream =
>> httpServletResponse.getOutputStream();
>> responseOutputStream.write(_userPhoto);
>> responseOutputStream.flush();
>> responseOutputStream.close();
>> } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
>>
>> }
>> So your userPhotoManager can fetch the photo either from a database or
>> from a filesystem.
>>
>> Hope this helps !
>> Ramzi
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Amit Goyal <goya...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using Appfuse for my application. Its a great starting point and
>>> thanks to all the developers. In my application, I want to add "profile
>>> picture" functionality. I looked over internet and I am kind of confused
>>> what is the best way to do it. It would be great if someone can help me
>>> here.
>>>
>>> Here is what I found. There are two ways to store and serve images:
>>>
>>> 1. Store images in a database. Lot of links suggest that it is not the
>>> best way especially if the images are large (and many), which I think is a
>>> valid point. JFYI, I am using MySQL.
>>>
>>> 2. Store images in filesystem. Looks like this solution is not a clean
>>> solution and it might be difficult to migrate the application (in future if
>>> needed). And it is slower than the database operation. But it is still good.
>>>
>>> My first question is: which is better and scalable? Is there a good
>>> article/discussion about it?
>>>
>>> My second question is related to serving the image to jsp: even after
>>> looking at so many forums, its still not clear to me how to store and serve
>>> images in the appfuse settings (in any of the two options). Imagine an
>>> action servlet (lets call it UserAction) which serves some attributes (like
>>> user name, age, gender etc). To serve the image to jsp, can I just add new
>>> private variable like
>>>
>>> private byte[] image;
>>>
>>> and build the image when the servlet is called OR do I need another
>>> servlet?
>>>
>>> Finally, for now I am assuming that code to store images would be similar
>>> to one in FileUploadAction.java (if it is stored in filesystem). Am I right?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>> Amit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
