cannot call getOutputStream() after getWriter()

[sreedhar somi]

This is the line which throws the exception, and i didn't call
getWriter() at all before this.

OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
wb.write(out);
out.close();

I am using poi api(servlets) for generating excel sheets.

[Ben Souther]

sreedhar somi,

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Go to the original thread and click the "reply" button to add a new post.

http://www.coderanch.com/t/362882/Servlets/java/cannot-call-getoutputstream-after-getwriter