Sorry for the error. checkError() is a method of
PrintWriter, not of response. Thanks for the
correction.
Girish
--- "Christopher K. St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> girish mokashi wrote:
> >
> > There is a method that can be used to detect
> whether
> > the client has closed teh browser or pressed the
> stop
> > or forward or back button.
> > ...
> > This is 100% reliable & works all the time.
> >
>
> Are you asking or telling :-)?
>
> If you're asking, then the answer, as mentioned
> earlier in this thread, is "No, no way to do what
> you want 100% reliably in general, please check the
> archives for a dicussions of partial solutions that
> might meet your needs"
>
> Are you thinking PrintStream::checkError()? That
> might help to detect if the client interrupted the
> download, but it wouldn't help to detect if the
> client
> closed their browser after viewing a page.
>
> In any case, in general, PrintStream::checkError()
> (or
> trapping IOExceptions on the writes) won't detect a
> interruption in the download reliably. Lots of
> things
> can happen, including the response being buffered
> and
> proxies confusing the issue.
>
>
>
> -cks
>
>
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