RE: serving binary files
-Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurie Harper Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 12:28 AM To: user@struts.apache.org Subject: Re: serving binary files Daniel Blumenthal wrote: Hi there, and happy holidays! I have an application in which there are certain files which are only accessible by certain users. So, when a request comes to my GetFile Action, I first verify that they have the correct permissions, then send the file by opening the file and reading it into the response output stream (code included below). This works, but seems unbelievably hacky, and I was wondering if there were a better way to do this. What you have looks pretty standard. Make sure your action returns null so Struts knows the response is complete, and you should be fine. L. Thanks for the reply! I was hoping you would tell me that there was a way to create some kind of forward (or set something in the response) that would tell Tomcat to simply return the correct file. But, if this is the only way, then it's nice not to have to worry about whether or not I'm doing it right. Best, Daniel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: serving binary files
Daniel Blumenthal wrote: Hi there, and happy holidays! U 2. I usually have an action pick up the binary stream (and related info), put it in the request scope and then forward to a servlet responsible for building the response using that info from the request context. Never liked actions that actually produce the request. hth, Manos I have an application in which there are certain files which are only accessible by certain users. So, when a request comes to my GetFile Action, I first verify that they have the correct permissions, then send the file by opening the file and reading it into the response output stream (code included below). This works, but seems unbelievably hacky, and I was wondering if there were a better way to do this. Thanks! Daniel the code: response.reset(); response.setContentType(mimeType); File f = new File(path); long filelen = f.length(); response.setContentLength((int)filelen); FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(f); BufferedInputStream bufIn = new BufferedInputStream(fileIn); BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(response.getOutputStream()); final int READ_SIZE = 1024; int count; byte[] buffer = new byte[READ_SIZE]; while ((count = bufIn.read(buffer,0,READ_SIZE)) != -1) out.write(buffer,0,count); out.flush(); out.close(); response.flushBuffer(); - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: serving binary files
Daniel Blumenthal wrote: Hi there, and happy holidays! I have an application in which there are certain files which are only accessible by certain users. So, when a request comes to my GetFile Action, I first verify that they have the correct permissions, then send the file by opening the file and reading it into the response output stream (code included below). This works, but seems unbelievably hacky, and I was wondering if there were a better way to do this. Thanks! Daniel the code: response.reset(); response.setContentType(mimeType); File f = new File(path); long filelen = f.length(); response.setContentLength((int)filelen); FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(f); BufferedInputStream bufIn = new BufferedInputStream(fileIn); BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(response.getOutputStream()); final int READ_SIZE = 1024; int count; byte[] buffer = new byte[READ_SIZE]; while ((count = bufIn.read(buffer,0,READ_SIZE)) != -1) out.write(buffer,0,count); out.flush(); out.close(); response.flushBuffer(); What you have looks pretty standard. Make sure your action returns null so Struts knows the response is complete, and you should be fine. L. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
