Hello, I am trying to develop a servlet that sends a PDF document to a web browser. I get the following error when i try to display the PDF document:
2002-02-27 01:11:55 StandardContext[/docusoft]: Servlet /docusoft threw load() exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Error instantiating servlet class com.docutech.viewer.web.ImageServlet at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Unknown Source) ----- Root Cause ----- java.lang.VerifyError: (class: com/docutech/viewer/web/ImageServlet, method: doPost signature: (Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V) Incompatible object argument for function call at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:237) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Unknown Source) My code looks like this ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream (); //--------------------------------------------------------------- // Set the output data's mime type //--------------------------------------------------------------- response.setContentType("application/pdf"); // MIME type for pdf doc //--------------------------------------------------------------- // create an input stream from fileURL //--------------------------------------------------------------- String fileURL = "http://localhost/docusoft/jsp/forte-doc.pdf"; //------------------------------------------------------------ // Content-disposition header - don't open in browser and // set the "Save As..." filename. // *There is reportedly a bug in IE4.0 which ignores this... //------------------------------------------------------------ response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" += "forte-doc.pdf" ); //----------------------------------------------------------------- BufferedInputStream bis = null; BufferedOutputStream bos = null; try { //URL url = new URL( "http", PROXY_HOST, Integer.parseInt(PROXY_PORT), fileURL); URL url = new URL(fileURL); // Use Buffered Stream for reading/writing. bis = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream()); bos = new BufferedOutputStream(out); byte[] buff = new byte[10000]; int bytesRead; // Simple read/write loop. while(-1 != (bytesRead = bis.read(buff, 0, buff.length))) { bos.write(buff, 0, bytesRead); } } catch(final MalformedURLException e) { System.out.println ( "MalformedURLException." ); throw e; } catch(final IOException e) { System.out.println ( "IOException." ); throw e; } finally { if (bis != null) bis.close(); if (bos != null) bos.close(); } } Any help would be most appreciated. Kind Regards, Rudi _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>