Re: Possible to send an image from a servlet to Shockwave?

Have you tried to flush the buffer after writing the data?

out.flushBuffer(); ...

Darrin Smith wrote:

> I have an application where I need to load a 3D image based on a user
> selection that takes place in a JSP.
>
> The Flash/Shockwave plugin will have a value that relates to a servlet
> that will load the image and send it back to the plugin.
>
> So far, I can get the plugin to load just fine and contact the servlet
> which loads the image and sends it back, but the Flash/Shcokcwave
> plugin never completes loading (just loops a progress bar saying that
> it is loading).
>
> My question is, can dynamic loading to a Flash/Shockwave component be
> done from a servlet like this?
>
> If so, can someone please point me to an example of what needs to be
> done to send the image back?
>
> Here is what I am trying in the servlet that, although no exceptions
> are thrown and the file gets read in correctly, does not seem to
> provide the plugin what it needs. Can anyone see what I may be doing
> wrong?
>
>
>
> protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
>                HttpServletResponse response)
>                throws ServletException,
>                IOException
> {
>
>   String ct=request.getParameter("contenttype");
>
>   if ((ct==null)||(ct.equals("")))
>   {
>   ct="application/x-director";
>   }
>
>   try
>   {
>     ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
>     response.setContentType(ct);
>
>     byte[] image = getImage();
>
>     if(image == null)
>    {
>       System.out.println("NULL IMAGE");
>    }
>    els e
>    {
>       System.out.println("Returning 3D image" );
>     }
>
>     out.write(image);
>  }
>  catch (Exception e)
>  {
>     System.out.println(e.getMessage());
>     e.printStackTrace();
>   }
> }
>
>
> private byte[] getImage()
> {
>     byte[] result = null;
>
>     String fileLocation = "C:/Documents and Settings/Administrator/My
> Documents/Creator/Projects/MyApp/build/volc_hw.dcr";
>     File f = new File(fileLocation);
>
>     System.out.println("Trying to read from: " fileLocation);
>
>     result = new byte[(int)f.length()];
>
>     try
>    {
>        FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(fileLocation);
>
>       //R ead file into byte array
>       in.read(result);
>    }
>    catch(Exception ex)
>    {
>        log("Exception caught: " ex.getMessage());
>     }
>
>     return result;
> }
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