Servlet response already use stream, Writer not possible

I am trying to obtain an image byte from the Session Context, Then i would like to display this image, The code segment is below

But unfortunately i am getting the following exception

Please how can i resolve this

Where is this code located - in a JSP page? I'm guessing it is, since you are posting to the JSP forum. A JSP page really can't (and shouldn't) use the output stream. If the response consists of an image you need move this code to a servlet.

Are you trying to emit HTML and an image from your JSP?

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Are you trying to emit HTML and an image from your JSP?

yes Sir thats what i am trying to do

Originally posted by Abiodun Adisa:

yes Sir thats what i am trying to do

yes Sir thats what i am trying to do , I am trying to emit an image

Originally posted by Abiodun Adisa:
I am trying to emit an image

Remember that a JSP is merely a template to deliver an HTML page to the browser. (See
this article for details).

And to include an image in an HTML page, you don't embed image data, do you? No, you reference the image with an <img> tag.

So you need to do the same thing in your JSP. Include an <img> tag just as if it was an HTML page, specifying the URL of a servlet as the src of the <img> tag, that will feed up the image data.

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:

Remember that a JSP is merely a template to deliver an HTML page to the browser. (See
this article for details).

And to include an image in an HTML page, you don't embed image data, do you? No, you reference the image with an <img> tag.

So you need to do the same thing in your JSP. Include an <img> tag just as if it was an HTML page, specifying the URL of a servlet as the src of the <img> tag, that will feed up the image data.

Actually I am using JSF I have this Tag

and it references another JSP page which is
fileupload_showimg.faces and this contains the code below

<%@ page import="java.io.File,
                 java.io.InputStream,
                 java.io.FileInputStream,
                 java.io.OutputStream"%>
                 <%@ page session="false" %><%
    String contentType = (String)application.getAttribute("fileupload_type");
    String fileName = (String)application.getAttribute("fileupload_name");
 
    String allowCache = request.getParameter("allowCache");
    String openDirectly = request.getParameter("openDirectly");
 
    if(allowCache == null || allowCache.equalsIgnoreCase("false"))
    {
        response.setHeader("pragma", "no-cache");
        response.setHeader("Cache-control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate");
        response.setHeader("Expires", "01 Apr 1995 01:10:10 GMT");
    }
 
    if(contentType!=null)
    {
        response.setContentType(contentType);
    }
 
    if(fileName != null)
    {
        fileName = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf('\\')+1);
        fileName = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
 
        StringBuffer contentDisposition = new StringBuffer();
 
        if(openDirectly==null || openDirectly.equalsIgnoreCase("false"))
        {
            contentDisposition.append("attachment;");
        }
 
        contentDisposition.append("filename=\"");
        contentDisposition.append(fileName);
        contentDisposition.append("\"");
 
        response.setHeader ("Content-Disposition", contentDisposition.toString());
    }
 
    byte[] bytes = (byte[])application.getAttribute("fileupload_bytes");
    if (bytes != null)
    {
    
        response.getOutputStream().write(bytes);
    }
%>

Originally posted by Abiodun Adisa:
and it references another JSP page

This is folly. JSP pages should never be used to serve non-character data. Never. Ever. Ever.

Did you read the article I linked to?

Your image serving code should be a servlet. Plain and simple.
[ December 15, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

JSP compilers will often add characters to the output stream going to the browser. Since the primary intent for JSP is textual output (Mainly HTML or XML) these characters aren't a problem. If you're trying to write binary data to a browser, however, they will become a problem. This is why it's best to do this with a servlet.

We have an example app in our codebarn that streams images to a browser.
See: http://faq.javaranch.com/java/CodeBarnSimpleStream

Thanks folks ,I used a servlet and it worked well. The code i earlier tried was straight from the myfaces example i downloaded from Myfaces. its contained
in the file_upload.java file and it used a JSP to emit images which is wrong like
you two gentlemen pointed out and this i agree with

Thank you

Originally posted by Abiodun Adisa:
and it worked well

Most excellent!