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Set ContentType and transfer Pdf document to client
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class OutSimplePdf extends HttpServlet {
public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
super.init(config);
}
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
makePdf(request, response, "GET");
}
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
makePdf(request, response, "POST");
}
public void makePdf(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response, String methodGetPost)
throws ServletException, IOException {
try {
String msg = "your message";
Document document = new Document();
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, baos);
document.open();
document.add(new Paragraph(msg));
document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE);
document.add(new Paragraph("a paragraph"));
document.close();
response.setHeader("Expires", "0");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control","must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
response.setHeader("Pragma", "public");
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
response.setContentLength(baos.size());
ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
baos.writeTo(out);
out.flush();
} catch (Exception e2) {
System.out.println("Error in " + getClass().getName() + "\n" + e2);
}
}
public void destroy() {
}
}
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