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How do I serve up a PDF from a servlet?
Author: Deron Eriksson
Description: This tutorial describes how to serve up a PDF from a servlet.
Tutorial created using:
Windows XP || JDK 1.5.0_09 || Eclipse Web Tools Platform 2.0 (Eclipse 3.3.0) || Tomcat 5.5.20
(Continued from page 1) If we hit the TestServlet, the browser asks us if we'd like to open or save the pdf-test.pdf file. 
If we open the file, we can see that the servletW did indeed serve up the PDF content via the response. 
This technique can be useful in a variety of ways. For example, PDF content can be generated dynamically and returned to a user via the response output stream without ever needing to create an actual file in the file system. In addition, having a servlet serve up PDF content can serve as a mechanism for restricting access to a PDF file in the file system or in a databaseW since a servlet can determine who should have access to a particular PDF file. Related Tutorials: |