On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Jeff Kilbride wrote:
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 20:22:46 -0800
> From: Jeff Kilbride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Unable to include *.sum files (Again)
>
> Yeah, see my last post. Since JSP output is written with a PrintWriter, the
> Catalina code is restricting it to only being able to output known text/*
> MIME types. This just doesn't "feel" right to me.
>
I've forwarded this issue to the developer who wrote DefaultServlet (Remy
Maucherat). Unfortunately, he's in transit at the moment, so it may take
a bit for him to respond.
> Thanks,
> --jeff
>
Craig
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Micael Padraig Og mac Grene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Unable to include *.sum files (Again)
>
>
> >
> >
> > At 02:21 PM 12/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Hi Micael,
> > >
> > >Let's make sure we're talking about the same thing. If I include a file
> > >like:
> > >
> > ><jsp:include page="./testTxt.sum" flush="true" />
> > >
> > >Why does it matter what the file extension of the included file is? Isn't
> > >the container just supposed to open the file and output it's contents at
> > >that particular spot in my JSP? Now, I agree that the contents of the
> > >included file will be affected by the MIME type of the response -- how
> the
> > >browser views those contents. If you include a file that doesn't match
> the
> > >MIME type of your response, it may not appear correctly in your browser.
> But
> > >that's not the point.
> > >
> > >The JSP spec says the "page" attribute must evaluate to a String that is
> a
> > >relative URL specification. When I pull up the testTxt.sum file in my
> > >browser, it displays correctly (it's only one line of text...). So, I
> should
> > >be able to include it in my JSP with the jsp:include directive. When I
> > >change the extension to .txt, .html, or .jsp it works. Anything else,
> even
> > >other registered MIME types like .doc, and it doesn't. (ok, I didn't try
> > >them ALL... :)
> > >
> > >I think this is a bug. The old Java Web Server used to have a similar bug
> > >where it would only include .htm and .html files.
> > >
> > >--jeff
> >
> > Before I look further, have you looked at the source code to see why this
> > is happening?
> >
> >
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