[PJUG Javamail] downloading file from JEE server app to client

[David Mirly]

The server side is the easy part.  Just create a byte[] representation  
of your file and write it to the output stream of the response.

response.getOutputStream().write(yourfile);  // response is  
HttpServletResponse

It seems proper to handle the directory listing and the filenaming  
exclusively on the client.

Now the question in your case is whether it is possible to handle all  
of this via javascript?

It would certainly work in an applet.



On Aug 2, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Michael Phoenix wrote:

> I am currently creating a file in a Web app bean. Any suggestions on
> how to download the file to the client? I want to be able to get a
> directory name from the client and put the file on that directory
> using a standard file name determined by the Web app. The thing that
> is particualrly mystifying to me is how to get the data file from the
> server side to the client. I've googled it but am apparently not
> wording things properly. I am using JSF, but understand AJAX and
> javascript if the easiest solution involves those technologies.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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