Can somebody give me an example

hi,
can somebody explain this using an example,
"By default, any content written to the output stream is immediately sent to the client. Buffering allows content to be written before anything is actually sent back to the client, thus providing the servlet with more time to set appropriate status codes and headers or forward to another Web resource."
i read this here
regards,
maulin.

"By default, any content written to the output stream is immediately sent to the client.
As much as this stmt is true in itself, this behavior is goverened by the implementation of the App. Server.
Buffering allows content to be written before anything is actually sent back to the client, thus providing the servlet with more time to set appropriate status codes and headers or forward to another Web resource."
The use of the isCommitted() method will help you in deciding if the response is committed (sent to the client) or not. When the buffer size is zero (you need to set the buffer="none" in a JSP) if the page has enough content, it is committed to the client immediately since there is not place to store it. On the other hand, if a buffer is available (which is the default for most servers), the the content is stored in this buffer and is NOT committed to the client till the buffer is full.
I will post the code in a second post......It is pretty big piece of code. Also I am giving you an example with JSP, which is no different thatn a servlet just that you don't have to compile and re-compile.

- satya

Try plaing with the page directive and the content......and observe the output in the Tomcat console........
Good luck.

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Session MaxInactiveInterval Test</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>Test Buffering and Commit</H3>
<HR>
<%-- @ page buffer="none"  
     It is enough to have content in Section 1.
--%>
<%@ page buffer="4kb" %>
<%-- If buffer is 4 kb then if the content is limited to Section 1
     alone, isCommitted() returns false. If the Section 2 is also 
     included, then isCommitted() returns true.
--%>

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<% 
out.println("In Jsp");
// session.setMaxInactiveInterval(0); 
session.invalidate();
System.out.println("Is the page comitted to the client?<BR>Ans: " 
                    + response.isCommitted());
%> 
.....................the end!
</BODY>
</HTML>

- satya

Nice example!

hi satya,
got it! btw, i guess if we say buffer="0kb" in page directive it is same as having no buffering and saying buffer="none". isn't it?
i also read Ken's notes regarding this sendError() and sendRedirect() etc which mentions about buffering theory and how it helps...
thanks
maulin.

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Hi

Mark
p.s. I like the example

You will be amazed how many problems "Cut and Paste technology" can solve......

- satya

good example.

a question:
Are there other reasons to use buffer, but faster/more responsive pages?

Are there other reasons to use buffer, but faster/more responsive pages?

Not that I know of......

- satya