4 Replies Latest reply on Sep 27, 2010 4:21 AM by the_alien

    Downloading file with Response

    imrehajagos

      Hello to everybody,

       

      I tried to ported a Seam Web Project to JBP 2.7.2, then to GateIn 3.0.0. I solved lot of problems, but unfortunatelly some functionalities still broken, for example the file downloader part. The application works fine as native seam application, so I click on the download button, then a file choser window appears, after that I can save my file to the proper place, but in JBP or GateIn, when I try to download a file - a pdf or an xml - it just shows the file content in the web browser as output.

      I use a h:commandButton to firing the action and in this case the GateIn  gives back an ActionResponseImpl -  org.gatein.pc.portlet.impl.jsr168.api.ActionResponseImpl or  org.jboss.portal.portlet.impl.jsr168.api.ActionResponseImpl, it depends  from GateIn or JBP. I tried with a4j:commandButton also and in that case  the GateIn gives back a BufferedResourceResponseWrapper, JBP gives a  BufferedRenderResponseWrapper.

      I give up the a4j case, when I read somewhere there is no way to save file with response via ajax because of the portlet specification.

       

      Here is a sample function:

       

      public void downloadFile() throws IOException {

       

              String filePath = null;
              String fileName = null;
              int read = 0;
              byte[] bytes = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];

       

              Object responseObject = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getResponse();
             
              // native seam
              if (responseObject instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
                  FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
                  ExternalContext externalContext = facesContext.getExternalContext();
                  HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) externalContext.getResponse();
         
                  ELContext el = facesContext.getELContext();
                  Application app = facesContext.getApplication();
                  ExpressionFactory ef = app.getExpressionFactory();
         
                  ValueExpression pathVe = ef.createValueExpression(el, "#{knowledgebasefile.knowledgeBaseFilePath}", String.class);
         
                  filePath = (String) pathVe.getValue(el);
                  int extDot = filePath.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
                  fileName = filePath.substring(extDot + 1);
         
                  ValueExpression mimeVe = ef.createValueExpression(el, "#{knowledgebasefile.mimeType}", String.class);
         
                  response.setContentType(mimeVe.getValue(el).toString());
                  response.addHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"");
                 
                  try {
                      ServletOutputStream os = response.getOutputStream();
                      File file = new File(filePath);
                      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);

       

                      while ((read = fis.read(bytes)) != -1) {
                          os.write(bytes, 0, read);
                      }

       

                      os.flush();
                      os.close();
                  } catch (Exception e) {
                      System.err.println(e);
                  }

       

                  facesContext.responseComplete();
              // in GateIn
              } else if (responseObject instanceof ActionResponseImpl) {
                  log.info("response is ActionResponseImpl");
                  FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
                  ExternalContext externalContext = facesContext.getExternalContext();
                  ActionResponseImpl portalResponse = (ActionResponseImpl) externalContext.getResponse();
                  HttpServletResponseWrapper response = portalResponse.getRealResponse();
                 
                  ELContext el = facesContext.getELContext();
                  Application app = facesContext.getApplication();
                  ExpressionFactory ef = app.getExpressionFactory();
         
                  ValueExpression pathVe = ef.createValueExpression(el, "#{knowledgebasefile.knowledgeBaseFilePath}", String.class);
         
                  filePath = (String) pathVe.getValue(el);
                  int extDot = filePath.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
                  fileName = filePath.substring(extDot + 1);
         
                  ValueExpression mimeVe = ef.createValueExpression(el, "#{knowledgebasefile.mimeType}", String.class);
         
                  response.setContentType(mimeVe.getValue(el).toString());
                  response.addHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"");
                 
                  try {
                      ServletOutputStream os = response.getOutputStream();
                      File file = new File(filePath);
                      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);

       

                      while ((read = fis.read(bytes)) != -1) {
                          os.write(bytes, 0, read);
                      }

       

                      os.flush();
                      os.close();
                  } catch (Exception e) {
                      System.err.println(e);
                  }
              } else {
                  log.info("fail to download - unexpected response type");
                  log.info("response instance of: " + responseObject.getClass().getName());
              }
          }

       

      Here it is the a4j try:

       

      BufferedResourceResponseWrapper portalResponse = (BufferedResourceResponseWrapper) responseObject;
      RenderResponseImpl responseRRI = (RenderResponseImpl) portalResponse.getResponse();
      HttpServletResponseWrapper response = responseRRI.getRealResponse();

       

       

      I used the following versions:

      GateIn 3.0.0.GA

      Seam 2.2.0.GA

      Portlet Bridge 2.0.0.CR1

      RichFaces 3.3.3.CR1

       

      Thanks for your help and sorry for my English.

      Regards,

      Imre