Re: Servlet to download a file returning errors
On 06/18/2010 03:42 AM, K Gaur wrote:
Hello All,
I wrote following servlet to download a file:
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package controller;
import javax.servlet.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.util.*;
class DownloadServ extends HttpServlet{
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response) throws ServletException, IOException{
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
ServletContext ctx=getServletContext();
InputStream is=ctx.getResourceAsStream("/
21stCenturyTiger_Christmas_wishes_2009.pdf");
int read=0;
byte[ ] bytes=new byte[1024];
OutputStream os=response.getOutputStream();
while((read=is.read(bytes)) != -1){
os.write(bytes,0,read);
}
os.flush();
os.close();
}
}
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But it is showing the following error in browser:
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exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating servlet class
com.example.web.DownloadServ
Why does the error message say that the error is with
'com.example.web.DownloadServ' when you show the source for
'controller.DownloadServ'?
Why do you initialize variables 'read' and 'bytes' to values you simply throw
away?
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