Not a problem. If it can save others the headache I had getting it to work- I'm all for it ;o)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthias Wessendorf Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:26 AM To: adffaces-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Providing Files / Streams as download-link with trinidad? why not, at least for the hopfully soon coming sandbox ? Do you mind to *upload* something like that to jira? the download thing is a common task, has been ask several times on myfaces_dev/user as well. -M On 3/27/07, William Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthias, > > Sure... How would I go about doing that? > > I have been writting a few custom trinidad components and was thinking that > this might be a good canidate for it's own component. What's your take on > that? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Matthias Wessendorf > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:05 AM > To: adffaces-user@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Providing Files / Streams as download-link with trinidad? > > > Possible, > long time ago, I dealt w/ that last time :-) > Yours looks much more detailed. Interested in providing a nice how-to > for the wiki ? > > Thx, > Matthias > > On 3/27/07, William Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matthias, > > > > I have been struggling with the same problem when streaming files for > > download. I have tried the solution described below, but I still recieve an > > java.lang.IllegalStateException- even when calling > > FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete(). This also breaks all > > of the links/buttons on the page. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Matthias Wessendorf > > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:48 AM > > To: adffaces-user@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Providing Files / Streams as download-link with trinidad? > > > > > > Hello Jochen, > > > > I've worked with Apache FOP for creating pdfs. iText or > > JasperReports are also lib that help you on that task. > > > > inside of your backing bean method (referenced by a commandLink or > > cmdButton) you can do somthing like this: > > > > public String pdf() { > > > > FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); > > > > if(!ctx.getResponseComplete()) { > > > > > > HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) > > ctx.getExternalContext().getResponse(); > > > > byte[] file = //do some FOP, or ... stuff; > > > > response.setContentType("application/pdf"); > > response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; > > filename=\"foo.pdf\""); > > response.setContentLength(file.length); > > > > OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); > > out.write(file, 0, file.length); > > out.flush(); > > out.close(); > > > > ctx.responseComplete(); > > > > return null; > > } > > > > > > This will work in p(l)ain servlet or struts world too (expect of the > > usage of jsf api (like FacesContext)) > > > > However, the *magic* here is the responseComplete() > > <from_java_doc> > > Signal the JavaServer Faces implementation that the HTTP response for > > this request has already been generated (such as an HTTP redirect), > > and that the request processing lifecycle should be terminated as soon > > as the current phase is completed. > > </from_java_doc> > > > > and yes... it's getResponseComplete() instead of isResponseComplete() > > > > HTH, > > Matthias > > > > On 3/27/07, Jochen Traunecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > I'm just wondering if there is some Trinidad-specific / Faces-specific > > > way to serve binary downloads, like PDFs stored in a database. Or do I > > > have to provide some link to a non managed servlet? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Jochen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthias Wessendorf > > http://tinyurl.com/fmywh > > > > further stuff: > > blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > > mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > > > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > http://tinyurl.com/fmywh > > further stuff: > blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf > mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com > > -- Matthias Wessendorf http://tinyurl.com/fmywh further stuff: blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
