Downloading file

[Mark Leong]

I am trying to download files through a servlet using the classes from Jason Hunter. The webserver showed the following:-
java.lang.IllegalStateException: getOutputStream has been called on this same request
at ezj.g.a.h.getWriter(Unknown Source)
at ezj.g.a.h.sendError(Unknown Source)
at smallcon.jobcontrol.downloadfile.doPost(downloadfile.java:35)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at ezj.engines.EZServletRunner.service(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.a.a(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.c.handleConnection(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.e.run(Unknown Source)
Can anybody explain what the above mean and how to solve the problem?

[sridhar satuloori]

Originally posted by Mark Leong:
I am trying to download files through a servlet using the classes from Jason Hunter. The webserver showed the following:-
java.lang.IllegalStateException: getOutputStream has been called on this same request
at ezj.g.a.h.getWriter(Unknown Source)
at ezj.g.a.h.sendError(Unknown Source)
at smallcon.jobcontrol.downloadfile.doPost(downloadfile.java:35)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at ezj.engines.EZServletRunner.service(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.a.a(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.c.handleConnection(Unknown Source)
at ezj.b.e.run(Unknown Source)
Can anybody explain what the above mean and how to solve the problem?

Your Test case or servlet would have alread opened a PrintWriter and now it iss trying to open the Stream.
At any point of time either you can associate Writer or Stream with your response but not both. You will get IllegalstateException if u hold either Writer or Stream and try to open other.
--Sridhar

[Mark Leong]

The download servlet worked on the test server. Wouldn't that make it work on the actual host?

[sridhar satuloori]

can you post the test case.
what servers ypu are using for testing and hosting

[Mark Leong]

I have actually placed the application at webappcabaret.net. However it has not be listed at the application directory.
The error is obtained from the log file.
For development, I run RH7.1, Java 1.3.0_02, tomcat 3.2.1.
Will make a test using tomcat 4.0.4 + Java 1.4