Re: Servlet output in IE

From:
"asaguden" <asaguden@lycos.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.help
Date:
8 Jun 2006 04:29:39 -0700
Message-ID:
<1149766179.063061.283170@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
I agree with Andrea. but I have a tip, try the same with Firefox.
And turn off your web site cache.

( IE ususally assumes whats coming is HTML, but Firefox doesnt.
  Which means that if you dont specify the output there will be a
difference )

/ Peter
Sameer wrote:

Hello,
I have the following servlet code:

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("Hello World\n");
out.println("Hello World\n");
out.println("Hello World\n");
out.println("Hello World\n");
}
}

The first time I execute the servlet, it gives me the output:
Hello World Hello World Hello World Hello World
i.e. all the text in a single line.
Please note that no HTML code is embedded in the servlet.

The next time I refresh the same page, the output is:

Hello World

Hello World

Hello World

Hello World

Why this may be happening?
Please clarify.

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