Re: DefaultDOMWriter

Hi Srini,

At 02:22 PM 8/4/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>In the write method of DefaultDOMWriter, the content-type is set without 
>regards to what was set before. In my application, I provide a excel 
>download using html content. So I need to set the content-type to 
>application/excel for some html documents that I spit out. Does anybody 
>have any suggestions?
>Sorry if this question has already been asked. Please point me in the 
>right direction.

It is a good question.  I have a question for you.  Why would you use a 
content type of "application/excel" for "html content".  if it is "html", 
then it isn't an excel document.  Well, I'm probably missing some 
details.  That said, I think you are right.   Overriding the content type 
in DefaultDOMWriter is probably not a good idea.  I wonder if that code 
shouldn't be removed entirely?  Would this cause any problems for 
anyone?  I can imagine i might, but I'd like to hear opinions from others.

Jake