>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/12/03 3:14 PM >>> Am Mittwoch, 12. November 2003 21:31 schrieb Craig R. McClanahan: > Quoting Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Why would you ever do this? This looks like a complete and total > > kludge. > > > > If you are sending back binary data (application/pdf), just do it > > from the action class using the response.getOutputStream() and > > return null from the execute method. > > > > Advantages: > > - you already have everything you need right there > > - you eliminate the entry in struts-config > > - you eliminate a useless jsp > > - you can specify any content type (not just one per jsp) > > - you get better exception handling > > - the list could go on and on... > > There's actually a much more fundamental reason than all of the above > (which are true nonetheless) -- JSP pages are not allowed to create > binary output. They never call response.getOutputStream().
>That's how it's meant to be, and JSPs themselves don't, but you >can always shed in a scriptlet to make them behave otherwise. But that is the point - Why would you? It is like using a screwdriver as a hammer because you like screwdrivers. > I've seen people doing just ridiculous things with JSPs, some >of them routinely putting a <% at the top and a %> at the end, >and then went on happily putting everything imaginable in-bet- >ween, usually with lengthy <%@ page import="[xy]" %> state- >ments on top. Won't support Mark Galbreath on this matter, >so if there may be a grain of truth in his direction, I'm still >just telling from my personal experiences, limited to a >single case, thankfully. But never underestimate human >ingenuity ;-) Heheh, you will sometimes see stupidity coming disguised as ingenuity - beware! Larry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
