Hi
I am trying to retrieve an object from
servlet to
applet. When I try to run my applet I get this exception:
java.io.EOFException
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(ObjectInputStream.java:2165)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(ObjectInputStream.java:2634)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(ObjectInputStream.java:734)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.<init>(ObjectInputStream.java:253)
at cmsapplet.applet.DisplayFileExplorerApplet.getIFileComposite(Unknown Source)
at cmsapplet.applet.DisplayFileExplorerApplet.init(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:348)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
I have no idea what is causing this exception. I have searched the net for some clues but didn't find anything that makes sense.
Here is my code for applet:
public class DisplayFileExplorerApplet extends JApplet{
IFileComposite m_composite;
/**
* This is invoked when the applet is called.
*/
public void init(){
try {
Container contentPane = this.getContentPane();
m_composite = this.getIFileComposite();
FileExplorer fexplorer = new FileExplorer(m_composite);
contentPane.add(fexplorer);
}
catch(MalformedURLException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}// end of init()
/**
* This method gets a HttpURLConnection.
* @return HttpURLConnection: the connection.
* @throws MalformedURLException
* @throws IOException
*/
private HttpURLConnection getServletConnection() throws MalformedURLException,
IOException{
String host = "Http://localhost:8020/cms/FileCompositeServlet";
URL urlServlet = new URL(host);
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)urlServlet.openConnection();
con.setDoInput(true);
con.setDoOutput(true);
con.setUseCaches(false);
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type",
"application/x-java-serialized-object");
return con;
}
/**
* Returns an IFileComposite object that was retrieved from the servlet.
* @return IFileComposite: the file composite containing all the relevent information
* @throws IOException
*/
private IFileComposite getIFileComposite() throws IOException{
System.err.println("inside getIFileComposite method in DisplayFileExplorerApplet");
try{
URLConnection con = getServletConnection();
con.connect();
InputStream instrm = con.getInputStream();
ObjectInputStream inputFromServlet = new ObjectInputStream(instrm);
IFileComposite result = (IFileComposite) inputFromServlet.readObject();
inputFromServlet.close();
instrm.close();
return result;
}
catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
System.err.println("class not found exception.");
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}// end of FileExplorerApplet
And the code for servlet:
public class FileCompositeServlet extends HttpServlet{
private IFileComposite m_composite;
private FileService fService;
private final String root = "f:/MSc_project/example_website";
/**
* This method received http request from the DisplayFileExplorer applet
* and creates an IFileComposite object for a specified home directory.
* It then sends the IFileComposite object back to the calling applet.
*
* @param request: the request
* @param response: the response
*
* @throws ServletException
* @throws IOException
*/
public void doPost(
HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
try{
response.setContentType("application/x-java-serialized-object");
String root = new String("f:/example-website");
// now call FileService.getFileHierarchy method
boolean isRoot = true;
fService = FileService.getInstance();
m_composite = fService.getFileHierachy(root, isRoot);
// return the composite object back to calling applet
OutputStream outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream objOutStr = new ObjectOutputStream(outputStream);
objOutStr.writeObject(m_composite);
objOutStr.flush();
objOutStr.close();
}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Can someone point me to the right direction please???
Thanks
Su
