Re: giving delayed response

Nic Ferrier <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.sun.servlet
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Madhu Vadlapudi <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello Friends,
>
> In my servlet program i am trying to send a message to the client before
> completion of servicing the request completly. Some more elobaration...
>
>
>     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
>                       HttpServletResponse response)
>         throws IOException, ServletException
>     {
>         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
>
>         // This is the message that i have to give to the client.
>         out.println("<html>");
>         out.println("<body>");
>         out.println("Processing your request..");
>         out.println("</body>");
>         out.println("</html>");
>
>         //Then i will call the apropriate function that
>         // serves the request of the client
>         //Then i am writing the out put to a file 'FileName'
>
>         // .... processing ....
>
>         //Redirecting to the client
>
>         response.sendRedirect(FileName);
>     }
>
> Here i am unable to see the message (which should be "Processing your
> request..." ) when i test this servlet. What might be the reason, if anybody
> has the script or any source code or suggestions please let me know.
>

You can't do this. HTTP is not a session based protocol, it executes
things in batches. See the archives of this list for more discussion
about this subject.


Nic Ferrier

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