Re: Opening files from a web server using Java servlets
in message <1161582925.732684.27740@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, jonesy
('3" <jonesy5656@gmail.com') wrote:
Hi,
I have used Java servlets for a website. I would like to open files
stored on the webserver from the Java servlet. I was previously using:
res.sendRedirect("/filename.xls");
which redirected users to the file, but this forfeits the website
permissions as the users can simply type in the whole URL of the file
at a later date and access the file directly.
I found info on GetFile() here:
http://www.slamd.com/slamd-1.8.2-javadoc/com/sun/slamd/misc/GetFile.html
You don't need this. See java.net.URL.openStream().
Simply open the stream, schlurp the contents either into memory or a local
file, or simply print it directly to the output stream. For example:
/**
* read the value at this URL and return it as a string
*
* @param source where to read from
*
* @return a string representation of the data fetched from the URL
*
* @since Jacquard 1.9
*/
protected String readStringFromURL( URL source ) throws IOException
{
BufferedReader in =
new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( source.openStream( ) ) );
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( );
for ( String line = in.readLine( ); line != null;
line = in.readLine( ) )
{
buf.append( line );
buf.append( '\n' );
}
return buf.toString( );
}
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