How to save seam pdf to a file

terryb Feb 4, 2008 10:44 AM

looking for some clues about how to save pdf, generated by seam template, to a file rather than displaying it.

I guess need to get hold of output stream somehow and write that to a file?

1. Re: How to save seam pdf to a file

norman.richards Feb 4, 2008 11:27 AM (in response to terryb)

I can think of two options. One would be to simply subclass UIDocument and create a new tag with a different implementation of encodeEnd.

Another option would be to use setRedirect="false" and nest the p:document in any JSF component that implements ValueHolder. (maybe a custom component that you used for your file save function) That's basically how the pdf/mail integration works.
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2. Re: How to save seam pdf to a file

norman.richards Feb 4, 2008 11:29 AM (in response to terryb)

I would add that if you do either of those, report back if there's anything you think UIDocument could do to make life easier to re-use for other purposes.
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3. Re: How to save seam pdf to a file

terryb Feb 4, 2008 7:08 PM (in response to terryb)

Thanks Norman, I will report back when make some progress on it.
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4. Re: How to save seam pdf to a file

terryb Feb 10, 2008 8:24 PM (in response to terryb)

Norman I have logged JIRA. It would be a good feature to have in already impressive Seam PDF generation. Whichever way its done, obviously it would allow to specify serverside path/filename.

I have logged JIRA:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2613
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