How to write a byte[] from a Struts action

[Dhiren Joshi]

I have this action in Struts

 
 
}else if (type.equals("pdf")){
pdfReportType(request,response,bean,datasource);
forwardType="pdf";
}
       try {
 
            // do something here
 
        } catch (Exception e) {
 
            // Report the error using the appropriate name and ID.
            errors.add("name", new ActionError("id"));
 
        }
 
        // If a message is required, save the specified key(s)
        // into the request for use by the <struts:errors> tag.
 
        if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
            saveErrors(request, errors);
 
            // Forward control to the appropriate 'failure' URI (change name as desired)
            //forward = mapping.findForward("failure");
 
        } else {
 
            // Forward control to the appropriate 'success' URI (change name as desired)
            forward = mapping.findForward(forwardType);
 
        }
 
        // Finish with
        return (forward);
}
 
/**
 * @param request
 * @param bean
 * @param datasource
 */
[B]private void pdfReportType(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response, RealPathContextBean bean, WebappDataSource datasource) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
byte[] bytes= new Pdf().executePdf(bean,datasource);
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
response.setContentLength(bytes.length); 
request.setAttribute("reports",bytes);

}
[/B]
 

At this point I have a byte arrray. I wish to simply write it out to a page .
How do I do that . I am not very expert at Struts. So as I know about Struts any output to web page needs to go only through JSP's or forwards so how do I write byte array when JSP doesnt even support it .

Now my forward goes to a JSP but the byte array cant be written in JSP.
Can some one please help me out with this issue.
Thanks
Dhiren
[ June 27, 2005: Message edited by: Dhiren Joshi ]

[Marc Peabody]

I answered this in your other thread.